1Of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass or emeralds.

叶子是鲜绿色的。

1. 1.1 Consisting of fresh green vegetables.
   用新鲜绿色蔬菜制成的
   a green salad

   蔬菜色拉。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Finish with a green, leafy salad and a glass of Rioja.
   • I'd generally serve it with a jacket-baked potato for each person and a green salad or vegetable, depending on the season.
   • The burgers come with either a green salad or a serving of plain potato chips (good ones, too) on the side.
   • If you feel you must give your rabbit green food give a small amount of greens, carrot, apple or bread.
   • Serve with a bowl of grated hard cheese to sprinkle on top as well as a green salad, fresh bread, and the Merlot.
   • More fennel appeared in the green side salad we ordered which got a thumbs up once again.
   • Copious plates of pasta, fresh green salad and ripe peaches would follow.
2. 1.2 Denoting a green light or flag used as a signal to proceed.
   （信号灯，旗）绿色的（示意继续行进）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • I swiped the card key through the lock and little green light appeared.
   • You certainly need a car that you can race well, and I am confident that when the green flag drops, we are going to have that.
   • The two girls climbed the steps into an enormous black room, lit only by six red lamps and a green exit sign.
   • He kept his eyes on the road. Not too many cars at this time. The lights were all green, and he was grateful. At least he didn't have to stop.
   • But when the green flag drops, they also compete against each other as hard as anybody else.
   • For the moment, though, those of us who travel daily by bus in and out of Edinburgh would be happy to see the lights change to green slightly more frequently.
   • The big final was a typically full-blooded affair, with a complete restart being called as the cars piled into each other before the green flag fell.
   • Cars accelerate from the stop lights and just manage a gear change if the following ones are green at the other end of our block.
   • Upon the green flag Majoram pulled away with the rest of the pack snarling at his back bumper.
   • Known for his quick starts, Lewis swept passed several cars in dramatic fashion at the green flag.
   • At most junctions, the crossing time is just a few seconds. Also, vehicles, especially two-wheelers, begin to move even before the signal turns green.
   • There is a traffic junction ahead, but it takes at least three rounds of signal change before one is given a green sign.
   • Billy Moyer grabbed the lead at the drop of the green flag and held the point position for more than half the race.
   • The green flag fell and the pack sprinted into the first lap with the bumpers going in at every opportunity.
   • Until 1970 drivers would line up on the track and run to their cars on the dropping of the green flag.
   • Jake tapped his fingers impatiently on the steering wheel while he waited for a red light to turn green.
   • As the lights changed to green, my dad gave one last friendly toot before we pulled away.
   • A green emergency exit sign was the light to his disappearance and he made his way towards it.
   • A little green light lit up verifying my fingerprint and the door opened.
   • Once the test is started, the green indicator light comes on and the participant can commence the trial.
3. 1.3 (of a ski run) of the lowest level of difficulty, as indicated by green markers on the run.
   （滑雪道）有绿色标志的（表示难度最低）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • By the last day, me and my fellow beginners were coasting (fairly) effortlessly down green and blue runs, starting to experiment with parallel turns and having a fantastic time.
   • The runs were graded like ski runs from green, the easiest, to black, the most difficult.
4. 1.4Physics Denoting one of three colours of quark.
   〔物理〕（指夸克的三种颜色之一）以绿色为标记的
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Quarks come in different varieties, and physicists whimsically give these the names of colors - red, green, and blue. This doesn't mean that quarks really are red, green, or blue.
   • The figure on the left shows a red quark and a green quark interacting by exchanging a gluon that carries the appropriate colours.

2Covered with grass or other vegetation.

会吞没绿地的开发计划。

1. 2.1 Concerned with or supporting protection of the environment as a political principle.
   关注环境的；（政治上）支持环保的
   official Green candidates

   绿党的正式候选人。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • In any case, David Bacon, the Green candidate for governor, has remained in the race.
   • Sir Wilfred Thesiger is an obvious hero of the green movement.
   • Without those Green votes, the Government could not have passed that legislation.
   • If that's true, Lismore is well on the way to having a Green council and a Democrat mayor.
   • At the last European elections British Green MEPs were elected for the first time.
   • Seems to be a job that could be done equally well by a Lib Dem opposition, a Green opposition or any other party opposition.
   • The WI has a strong track record as a campaigning organisation, particularly on green issues.
   • Its ideas resonate strongly with many other sections of the Green movement.
   • If we can use green taxes to reduce pollution and then use the extra revenue to reduce income taxes, society has two hits with one shot.
   • An illuminating consequence of this debate has been the light it has thrown on the priorities of the Green lobby.
   • As Winslow sees it, there's no need to compromise between financial glory and being green.
   • Of course, this can best be achieved by electing Green politicians to parliament.
   • Salford City Council now wants residents to go green and help the environment.
   • What it came down to was the support of the local council on whose land the wind farm is based, as well as key Green groups.
   • There were ten candidates in the ward, including three Labour and one Green candidate.
   • Thanks to the environmentalists, businesses are slowly waking up to green issues.
   • He believes this local student presence may help him win Green votes.
   • But the Green councillors have been told their submission must have been lost in transit.
   • But is the Government as green as it claims and will the environment count at the ballot box?
   • If you haven't heard about the proposed environment tax or green levy, you will in the future.

   Synonyms

   environmentalist, ecologist, conservationist, preservationist
2. 2.2 (of a product or service) not harmful to the environment.
   （产品）于环境无害的，环保的，“绿色”的
   traditional, modern, and green funerals

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The barometer readings calculated in mega watts per hour indicate that the use of green electricity is increasing.
   • Conference attendees will learn how to use green infrastructure to make cities better places to live.
   • Electricity produced from green power stations is to be exempt from the climate change levy.
   • Optimists say that green buildings will be the standard in five to 10 years.
   • What Brown grew to appreciate was the economic and construction logic behind green building.
   • The architect says green products must work in conjunction with thoughtful design.
   • The source and production of green/alternative energies will of necessity be largely based in rural Ireland.
   • They will be able to convert waste which is non-recyclable into green power which will reduce the county's dependence on fossil fuels.
   • If the government gave a tax break to green fuels, the price would go down.
   • They can be cost effective, improve productivity and make green buildings even greener.
   • For some it's a hard pill to swallow - Texas as the national leader in renewable, green energy.
   • This new information will be good for trees and help demonstrate the value of a green infrastructure.
   • Mr Hulme has been an outspoken protester against the plan for the wind farm, which developers say will provide green power for thousands of homes.
   • The £50m wind farm would provide green power to 51,000 homes and would cut carbon dioxide emissions.
   • As more users sign up, the incentive for energy companies to produce green power increases.
   • That might be good for a car this size, but it is hardly a green alternative to small cars.
   • As long as such distortions are built into our energy accounting system, the switch to green energy will remain stalled.
   • This year's theme is climate change and visitors can find out how to switch to green electricity and other ways of helping the environment.
   • In the report, case studies record productivity gains from green design as high as 16 percent.
   • Girls were more aware of green issues than boys, and were more likely to join an environmental group or buy green products.

   Synonyms

   environmentally friendly, environmentally/ecologically sound, non-polluting, ozone-friendly, energy-efficient, energy-saving, fuel-efficient, fuel-saving, low-carbon

3(of a plant or fruit) young or unripe.

嫩芽。

1. 3.1 (of wood, food, or leather) in its original or untreated state; not seasoned, tanned, cured, or dried.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • If you try to burn green wood, the heat produced by combustion must dry the wood before it will burn, using up a large percentage of the available energy in the process.
   • While people in the south of England favoured Wiltshire bacon smoked over oak or pine sawdust, people in the north liked ‘green bacon’ (unsmoked and often cured separately from the legs).
   • Avoid burning green (unseasoned) wood which may contain up to 50% of its weight in moisture.

   Synonyms

   unseasoned, not aged, unfinished

   pliable, supple

   raw, fresh, unsmoked, uncured
2. 3.2 Still strong or vigorous.
   依然生气勃勃的
   clubs devoted to keeping green the memory of Sherlock Holmes

   致力于让福尔摩斯形象在人们记忆中永不褪色的俱乐部。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The scenes on board INS Vikarant, shortly after the surrender ceremony, are still green in his memory.
   • The movement of the war from memory into history is still far from complete. Many participants still survive, and help to keep the memory green.
   • Former pupils and classmates swapped stories about their schooldays, which may or may not have been the happiest days of their lives, but which were still green in their memories and viewed with affection.

   Synonyms

   vigorous, strong, sturdy, sound, healthy, flourishing
3. 3.3archaic (of a wound) fresh; not healed.
   〈古〉（伤口）新的；未愈合的
   Example sentencesExamples

   • I didn't like it one bit, seemed terribly like turning a knife in a very green wound.

4(of a person) inexperienced or naive.

新招收的毫无经验的刚毕业的大学生。

5(of a person or their complexion) pale and sickly-looking.

“你没事吧？——脸上一点血色也没有。”

1mass noun Green colour or pigment.

主要道路用绿色标示。

1. 1.1 Green clothes or material.
   绿色衣服；绿色衣料
   two girls in red and green

   两个穿着红、绿两色衣服的女孩。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • There's also a nice and deserved tribute page to the late Richie Bell who donned the red and green of Mayo on many occasions.
   • Nobody dressed in green would dare to look this gift horse in the mouth.
   • A group of 30 policemen dressed in green stood on a corner receiving instructions.
   • FBK play in yellow and green, two colours from the national flag.
   • His coffin was draped in the red and green of Mayo and the local club formed a guard of honour.
   • Well, I just look up at my team-mates and they're all dressed up in green and gold.
   • But Johnson's latest performance in the red and green of Leicester showed that he still has a ravenous appetite for club rugby.
   • The men in green will be disappointed with their performance as their smooth first half petered out in the second.
2. 1.2 Green foliage or vegetation.
   绿叶；青葱的草木
   that lovely canopy of green over Stratford Road

   斯特拉特福街上方美丽的绿荫。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • From here, the village looked quiet, a group of shacks surrounded by the green of the forest.
   • The canopy of green around the hotel and the lake provides an interesting contrast with the rugged beauty of the sand and scrub beyond.

   Synonyms

   foliage, greenery, plants, leaves, leafage, vegetation

   rare herbage, verdure, frondescence
3. 1.3greens Green vegetables.
   绿色蔬菜
   eat up your greens

   把你的蔬菜吃掉。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Mix the potatoes and chopped greens together with plenty of salt and pepper.
   • Apparently one in five of our supposedly health obsessed, eco friendly and vegetarian teenagers eat no greens at all.
   • Most of the herbs and salad greens are grown in the hotel garden, and there is always at least one vegetarian option available.
   • First, there's salad of mixed greens, tomatoes, cabbage, carrot and cauliflower in a creamy but pungent dressing.
   • Fill up one side of the plate with leafy greens and nonstarchy vegetables.

   Synonyms

   vegetables, leaf vegetables

   informal veg, veggies
4. 1.4 A green light.
   绿色信号灯
   Example sentencesExamples

   • He came to a halt at the first set of traffic lights at the red light and he passed the second one on the green.
   • The car in front of me stalled and I missed the green.
5. 1.5 The green ball in snooker.
   （斯诺克台球戏中的）绿球
   Example sentencesExamples

   • A cagey opening frame went to O'Sullivan after his opponent missed a straightforward green.
   • When Hawkins missed a difficult green the colour finished hanging over a corner pocket and Parrott was left in a full ball snooker.
   • But a brilliant green by Williams gives him the chance to finish the frame and move two clear for the first time.
   • He took green but rattled a difficult brown and Watkinson picked off brown, blue and pink to win 83-49.
   • Milner potted green to level the frame scores but left a sitting brown after attempting an ambitious pot along the baulk cushion.
6. 1.6dated, informal Money.
   〈非正式，旧〉钞票
   that's a lot of green

   那可是一大笔钞票。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • At five shillings a dose that's a lot of green.
   • And plenty of green will be needed to respond to an anticipated $200 million-plus Republican assault on the presumptive nominee.
   • Home life is also happier for those who have some green in their pockets.

   Synonyms

   cash, hard cash, ready money
7. 1.7dated, informal Low-grade cannabis.
   〈非正式，旧〉低级大麻
   he got hold of some bad green

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Finally he got hold of some bad green, as it's called in the trade, and smoked too much of it.

2A piece of public grassy land, especially in the centre of a village.

一座俯瞰公共绿地的房子。

1. 2.1 An area of smooth, very short grass immediately surrounding a hole on a golf course.
   （高尔夫球场的）球穴区（球穴周围短而平整的草地）
   a 60 ft putt on the last green

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Just beyond the third green a new championship tee has been constructed on the fourth hole with the lake on the left now visible off the tee.
   • Murray's morning 70 included a chip in from off the green for a birdie 2 at the 13 th.
   • On the giant scoreboard behind the green, he could see what he had long dreamt about - his own name on top, co-leader.
   • The last three matches were decided on the final green, truly making it a splendid competition!
   • The manicured greens and fairways of golf courses are not usually considered ideal places for conservation management.

3A member or supporter of an environmentalist group or party.

1Make or become green in colour.

屋顶正逐渐被青苔覆盖。

1. 1.1with object Make (an urban or desert area) more verdant by planting trees or other vegetation.
   绿化
   they will continue greening the many treeless and dusty suburbs

   Example sentencesExamples

   • For example, if you want to green the Sahara, and make it suitable for human life, how would you start?
   • And while we have already lost billions in ecosystem services to existing development, some of these natural benefits can be recovered by greening the developed parts of a city.
   • Each and every couple should plant a few tree saplings in their neighbourhood so that the parched earth could be greened, he felt.
   • The programme, also known as the eKhaya Neighbourhood Programme, includes greening the pavements, placing rest areas outdoors and installing CCTV cameras for surveillance.
   • Joubert Park is managed by the Johannesburg Parks Agency, who, together with other bodies, are busy cleaning up the park, and greening the area.
   • Orchids, flowering plants and fruit-bearing trees have been combined to green the area.
   • Pained at this ‘inhuman tree-felling’, a tiny group of tree lovers has been involved in the task of greening the city.
   • The Committee then looked upward to the blocks of flats and focused on balconies and rooftops. They actively encouraged tenants to green their balconies by getting window boxes, soil and plants at wholesale prices for them.
   • Even in Portland, the government struggles with greening its buildings, says Rob Bennett, manager of the city's Building Division.
   • She also recalled that when she first approached her neighbors about greening the area, she was met with mockery and rejection.
   • However, if anybody is willing to give me an appropriate sum of money, I will green the desert.
   • Architect Will Alsop's idea of greening the city and making it car-free, although not new, has to be at the forefront of any masterplan.
   • The efforts of the Government and civic bodies to green the city have been at best half-hearted.
   • And Lusaka Mayor Levy Mkandawire said greening the country had been the plan of the city authority adding that any erring person who would litter the city at free will would be charged.
   • Well, greening our cities is what the program's about today.
   • This year, says Griffiths, Johannesburg City Parks will continue greening the many treeless and dusty suburbs of Soweto, Lenasia and Eldorado Park, with indigenous trees.
   • A bus tour of Soweto was instrumental in showcasing the progress made in greening disadvantaged areas since the World Summit
   • While the level of support was the lowest in the Lower Mainland, it still denotes the majority of residents don't want their neighbours artificially greening their lawns and gardens.
   • A handful of U.S. companies install green roofs commercially, but so far high expense prevents them from greening individual residential roofs.
   • In Europe, there are bylaws: governments tax water runoff, so people green their roofs.
   • The first-ever national congress on green spaces in cities starts today in Johannesburg, with a focus on how greening South African cities can contribute to their social, environmental and financial well-being.
   • Some parks will be upgraded and major routes will be greened.
   • Factors like these are important to consider when deciding how much of your construction budget to direct toward greening the exterior.
   • I was shown some brave attempts to green the town and to get a windbreak going, but the real issue here is housing.
   • With a view to greening the National Highway, the Forest Department has decided to plant 60,000 saplings on the new four-lane road connecting Bangalore with Chennai, which is nearing completion.
   • The mayor was doing a great job of responding to President Thabo Mbeki's mandate to green the townships, she added.
   • Auto and General will be greening its offices in Auckland Park.
   • by now the seeds and grass and plants should have been taking root, greening the area.
   • It has been reclaimed and greened over and, as it is earmarked for business use in the council's planning blueprint, it would be unlikely to present major planning obstacles.
   • For Dale's family and friends, it meshes all Dale's interests into one giant drive for greening the urban community.
   • Businesses should assert further control by cleaning and greening their sidewalks.
   • Readers of my last letter will probably, apart from describing the scripts in a mood of cynical contempt, realise my obsession with trees and greening the city.
   • This group has the reputation of greening the Bangalore University campus with five lakh tree saplings.

2with object Make less harmful to the environment.