English Dictionary

green

/ɡɹiːn/

adj

Having green as its color. / (figuratively, of people) Sickly, unwell. / Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen. / (figuratively) Inexperienced.

The grass in the park is green.

意味（1）

Having green as its color.

The former flag of Libya is fully green.

意味（2）

(figuratively, of people) Sickly, unwell.

Sally looks pretty green—is she going to be sick?

意味（3）

Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.

意味（4）

(figuratively) Inexperienced.

John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week.

意味（5）

(figuratively) Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent.

a green manhood

意味（6）

(figuratively, of people) Naive or unaware of obvious facts.

意味（7）

(figuratively, of people) Overcome with envy.

He was green with envy.

意味（8）

(figuratively) Environmentally friendly.

green energy

意味（9）

(cricket) Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.

意味（10）

(dated) Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.

意味（11）

(dated) Not fully roasted; half raw.

We say the meat is green when half roasted.

意味（12）

(film, television, historical) Of film: freshly processed by the laboratory and not yet fully physically hardened.

Following initial drying of film in a motion picture laboratory (after treatment in a hardening-fixing bath) the gelatin structure of an emulsion contracts and is permanently changed. The hardening action still continues for a time as a further small amount of residual moisture is given up. While traces of excess moisture remain, the emulsion is green, relatively soft, […]

意味（13）

Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.

That timber is still too green to be used.

意味（14）

(wine) High or too high in acidity.

意味（15）

(Philippines) Having a sexual connotation.

意味（16）

(particle physics) Having a color charge of green.

意味（17）

Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union.

the green pound