blue

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /bluː/    美 /bluː/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea; the colour midway between green and violet in the visible spectrum and one of the primary additive colours. countable,uncountable
    — Lady Penrhyn was quite handsome enough to have spared one ingredient in her cup of fascination, but, unfortunately, having been married in her teens, she expected to live in them, and, never being reminded by the trials to which her sex is subject, of the flight of years, and the inroads of suffering, expected time to stand still, and the first bloom of existence (the blue on the plum) to remain as stationary as her own taste, for the pleasures of flirtation.
  2. Anything coloured blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in colour. countable,uncountable
    — I don't like red Smarties. Have you got a blue?
  3. A blue dye or pigment. countable,uncountable
  4. Blue clothing. uncountable
    — The boys in blue marched to the pipers.
  5. Blue clothing.; A blue uniform. See blues. countable,in-plural,uncountable
  6. Blue clothing.; A member of a sports team that wears blue colours; (in the plural) a nickname for the team as a whole. See also blues. countable,uncountable
    — Come on, you blues!
  7. Blue clothing.; An umpire, in reference to the typical dark-blue colour of the umpire's uniform. Sometimes perceived by umpires as derogatory when used by players or coaches while disputing a call. countable,slang,uncountable
    — He was safe! Terrible call, blue!
  8. Blue clothing.; Sporting colours awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement, such as representing one's university, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England. See also full blue, half blue. countable,uncountable
    — He excelled at rowing and received a blue in the sport at Oxford.
  9. Blue clothing.; A person who has received such sporting colours. countable,uncountable
    — He was a rugby blue at Cambridge.
  10. Blue clothing.; A member of law enforcement. countable,slang,uncountable
    — He dialed Kathy to be sure she was okay and see if the blues arrived. She was crying when she picked up the phone. “Kathy, honey, I'm here. It'll be okay. Are the police there?”
  11. Blue clothing.; A bluestocking. countable,historical,uncountable
  12. The sky, literally or figuratively. countable,uncountable
    — The balloon floated up into the blue.
  13. The ocean; deep waters. countable,uncountable
  14. The far distance; a remote or distant place. countable,uncountable
    — The problem with buffalo as well as most African antelopes as a steady diet is that they have very little marbling or body fat and, after six months out in the blue, one dreams at night of a T-bone steak sizzling in great globules of yellow fat.
  15. A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat. countable,uncountable
    — On average, blues and other dilutes have weaker coats and skin problems seem more prevalent in the dilutes.
  16. One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points. countable,uncountable
  17. Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings. countable,uncountable
    — The large and handsome spectre-butterfly, Hestia durvillei; the pale-winged peacock butterfly, Drusilla catops; and the most brilliant and wonderful of the clear-winged moths, Cocytia durvillei, were especially interesting, as well, as several little "blues," equalling in brilliancy and beauty anything the butterfly world can produce.
  18. A bluefish. countable,uncountable
    — When snow falls on the roses, when a mako is beheaded, when the weaks and blues swim south
  19. An argument or brawl. Australia,colloquial,countable,uncountable
    — "I had a blue with Dad," said Fay. "He wanted to drive us, I wanted to walk."
  20. A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes. countable,uncountable
    — It was applied methodically, carefully, resolutely, as in the fashion of a Satin-bird with charcoal, desiccated wood or blue from laundry-bags.
  21. Any of several processes to protect metal against rust. countable,uncountable
  22. A type of firecracker. UK,countable,uncountable
    — Lord Lyttelton's Life by Dr Johnson […] which a whole tribe of Blues, with Mrs Montagu at their Head, have Vowed to execrate and revenge […]
  23. One of the three colour charges for quarks. countable,particle,uncountable
  24. A member or supporter of the Conservative Party. UK,countable,uncountable
    — He is a true blue.
  25. A blue cheese. countable,uncountable
    — "No, just get over here. You need to try this one!" she exclaimed as she cheesed up a chunk of bread with one of our blues.
  26. Risqué or pornographic material. slang,uncountable
    — Improvising freely, he entered the stage with a karaoke set and introduced himself as a 'Bohemian street performer', before launching into a series of clubstyle gags and one-liners, promising 'a bit of blue for the Dads'[…]
动词 v.
  1. To spend (money) extravagantly; to blow. dated,slang,transitive
    — So far as I can see, there’s nothing to prevent you from drawing a cheque for fifty thousand and blueing the lot.
  2. To make or become blue; to turn blue. ergative
    — It blows, it snows, And blues your nose, My toes are all frost bitten The weather would Quite starve the crows, Or freeze the part you sit on.
  3. To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust. transitive
  4. To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid). transitive
  5. To fight, brawl, or argue. Australia,intransitive,slang
    — It was years since Ken had flogged her up, but blueing with him still made her ache.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a blue hue.
    — the deep blue sea
  2. Depressed, melancholic, sad. informal
    — “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.[…]”
  3. Having a bluish or purplish shade to the skin due to a lack of oxygen to the normally deep-red red blood cells; cyanotic.
    — My hands were blue with cold.
  4. Pale, without redness or glare.
    — The candle burns blue.
  5. Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue.; Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by the Democratic Party. US
    — I live in a blue constituency.  Congress turned blue in the mid-term elections.
  6. Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue.; Supportive of or related to the Liberal Party. Australian
    — Illawarra turns blue in Liberal washout
  7. Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue.; Supportive of or related to the Conservative Party. UK
  8. Of, dominated by, or shifted toward the higher-frequency, or "bluer", end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
  9. Having a colour charge of blue. particle
  10. Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
  11. Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
  12. Severe or overly strict in morals; gloomy. archaic
    — blue and sour religionists;  blue laws
  13. Literary; scholarly; bluestockinged. archaic
    — Some of the ladies were very blue and well informed, reading Mrs. Somerville and frequenting the Royal Institution; others were severe and Evangelical, and held by Exeter Hall.
  14. Risqué; obscene; profane; pornographic. informal
    — His material is too blue for prime time.
  15. Drunk. dated,slang
    — My wine I drank and oft got blue / On brandy, gin and whisky too— / Until my reputation gay, / Along with care, was cast away —

词形变化

bluer comparative more blue comparative bluest superlative most blue superlative blew alternative,obsolete blewe alternative,obsolete blues plural blew alternative,obsolete blewe alternative,obsolete blues present,singular,third-person blueing participle,present bluing participle,present blued participle,past blued past blew alternative,obsolete blewe alternative,obsolete blues present,singular,third-person blueing participle,present bluing participle,present blued participle,past blued past blew alternative,obsolete blewe alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
azure cerulean navy sapphire X-rated blue indigo royal sky blue ultramarine aqua aquamarine cyan teal turquoise
反义词
nonblue unblue conservative red Republican antiblue
上位词
color hue pigment
衍生词
abyssal blue academy blue Adonis blue alcian blue ant-blue antiblue Arctic blue etc azodiphenyl blue azovan blue baby blue eyes etc Berlin blue berry blue between the devil and the deep blue sea biblical blue bice blue big blue blanket big blue room Bisbee blue black and blue black-and-blue bleen blue acara blue admiral blue ammonia Blue Anchor Blue Andalusian blue-and-gold macaw blue-and-white blue-and-yellow macaw blue angel blue ant blue antelope blue argus blue asbestos blue ash blue ash tree blue baby blue baby syndrome blueback blue badge blue bag blue-ball blue-balled blue baller blue-baller blue-balling blue balls blue-banded eggfly blue-banded sea krait Blue Bay Bluebeard blue-bearded bluebeat blue beech bluebell blue-bellied black snake blue belly bluebelly blue beret blueberry etc blue beryl blue bible bluebill blue-billed duck blue Billy bluebird blue-black blue blanket blue blazes blue bloater blue blood blue-blooded blue-blood blueblossom blue blossom Ceanothus thyrsiflorus) bluebonnet blue bonnet bluebook blue book blue book exam blue book examination bluebottle blue bottle blue bottle experiment blue box blue boxing blue-breasted fairywren bluebreast etc blue bugle blue bull bluebunch blue butter blue button etc bluecap blue-capped ifrit blue-capped kingfisher blue carbon blue card blue cat blue catfish blue chalksticks blue chamber blue check blue check mark blue checkmark blue-cheeked bee-eater blue cheese blue cheese dressing Blue China blue-chinned blue-chip blue chip blue-chipper blue chip swap blue circle rate bluecoat blue code blue code of silence blue cod blue cohosh blue-collar blue-collared blue-collar work blue-collar worker bluecomb blue corn Blue Cow blue crab blue crane blue creeping gromwell Blue Crown bluecurls blue daisy blue dandelion blue dart blue dasher blue daze blue detuning blue devil blue devils blue diamond impatiens blue diaper syndrome blue discharge blue disease blue doe blue dragon blue drawers blue duck blue duiker blue dwarf blue-ear disease blue ear disease blue-eared kingfisher blue-ear pig disease Blue Earth Blue Earth County Blue Earth River blue economy Blue Ensign blue-eye blue-eye cod blue-eyed blue-eyed boy blue-eyed cormorant blue-eyed grass blue-eyed Mary blue-eyed shag blue-eyed soul bluefaced blue-faced honeyeater blue falcon blue fenugreek blue fever blue fig blue film bluefin bluefin tuna blue fire bluefish blue fit blue flag blue flash blue flax blue flier blue flu blue fly blue flyer blue force blue fox blue frog blue-fronted jay blue funk blue giant bluegill blue ginger blue gold Blue Goose Bluegown blue grama bluegrass blue grass blue-gray blue-green blue-green alga Blue-Green alliance blue-green bacterium blue-green deployment blue-grey blue ground beetle blue ground dove blue grouse blue gum blue hair bluehair blue hare Blue Haven Blue Hawke bluehead blue-headed wagtail bluehearts blue heaven blue heeler blue-helmet blue helmet blue hen blue hen-hawk Blue Hen's Chicken blue heron Blue Hill blue hole blue hook star blue hour Blue House blue hydrogen blue ice blue iceberg blueing bluing blueish Blue Island blueism blue jack bluejacket blue jaundice Blue Java blue-jawed blue jay bluejay blue jeans blue jean blue jet blue job blue John blue king crab Blue Knob blue land crab blue law blue lead blueless blue lie blue light blue light bandit blue light disco blue-light special blue light special blueline blue line blue-lined blue line process blueliner blue link blue-linked blue-lipped sea krait blue list blue lives matter bluelizardite Blue Lodge blue lotus bluely blue manna crab Blue Mantle blue marble tree blue marsh hawk blue martyrdom blue mass blue meanie blue measles Blue Mediterranean blue metal bluemink blue mold blue Monday blue money blue monkey blue moon Blue Mountain Blue Mountain Heights Blue Mountains Blue Mountains National Park blue movie blue murder blue mussel bluen blue-necked ostrich blueness bluenette Blue Nile Blue Nobby blue noise blue norther blue nose blue-nosed bluenose blue note blue notice blue oak blue-ocean blue ointment blue-on-blue blue orchid blue pages blue pansy Blue Pearl of Morocco blue-pencil blue pencil doctrine blue peter blue petrel blue pigeon blue pigeon flyer blue pike blue pill blue-pill blue pine blue pipe blue planet blue plaque blue plate blue-plate blue plate special blue-plate special blue point bluepoint blue pony ant blue potato blue print blueprint blue-print blue racer blue raspberry blue rat's tail blue-red Blue Revolution Blue Riband blue ribbon blue-ribbon Blue Ridge Bluerina blue-ringed octopus blue rinse bluerinse blue-rinse blue-rinse brigade blue-rinsed Blue River blue riverdamsel Blue Rocks blue rock thrush blue roll blue room blue rubber blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome blue ruin blue runner Blue Russia Blue Russian blues blue sage blue sailor blue sandalwood blue sausage fruit blue savory blue scale blueschist blue screen bluescreen blue screen of death blue seal blue shark blue sheep blue shift blueshift Blueshirt blue shirt blue shrimp blueside blue-sided leaf frog blue-skies blue skimmer blue-sky blue sky blue sky law blue-sky law blue-sky thinking blue slip bluesman blue Smarties blue snakeweed blue space blue spot bluespotted blue spruce blue square blue stain bluestar blue starter blue star wife blue state bluestem blue-stocking bluestocking bluestone blue straggler blue streak bluestreak bluestripe blue suit blue supergiant blue swallow blue swimmer crab blue swimming crab bluesy bluet bluetail blue tang blue tape blue team blue teamer blue tet blueth blue threeawn blue-throated goldentail blue-throated sapphire bluethroat bluetick blue tick blue ticket blue-tile fever blue tit bluetit blue titmouse blue toe syndrome bluetongue blue-tongue blue-tongued skink blue-tongue lizard blue-tongued lizard Blue-Tooner Bluetooth blue top bluetop blue triangle bluette Blue Vale blue vanda blue vein blue-veined cheese blue vervain blue vitriol blue vulva blue waffle disease blue waffle blue wall blue wall of silence blueward bluewards bluewash blue water blue-water bluewater blue-water navy Bluewater Park blue-wattled crow blue wave blue waxweed blueway blue weed blueweed blue whale blue-white screen blue whiting blue wildebeest bluewing blue-winged grasshopper blue-winged kookaburra blue-winged laughingthrush blue-winged macaw blue won bluewood blue wood sedge blue wren bluey blue zone bluish bluishness Blu-ray blurple bolt out of the blue bolt from the blue Bonney's blue boy in blue Bristol blue glass bromophenol blue bromothymol blue bromthymol blue bronze blue butcher blue calm blue ocean Cambridge blue Carolina blue celestial blue cerulean blue chalkhill blue Chartres blue Chilean blue mussel china blue Chinese blue clear blue water cobalt blue code blue Colly Blue colonial blue Colorado blue spruce Columbia blue common blue Copenhagen blue cornflower blue Coventry blue cry blue murder cycad blue Danish blue dark blue dark-blue snakeweed dark blue snakeweed deep blue deep blue sea Delft blue desert blue dolly blue duck-egg blue Duke blue Dumont's blue dusky-blue eggshell blue Egyptian blue electric-blue electric blue engineer's blue Eschel blue Evans blue false blue indigo fast blue optical transient flow blue fly the blue pigeon forest-blue gentian blue Glandon blue glass blue-eye granite blue gray-blue great blue heron great blue lobelia greenish blue grey-blue grue Guimet's blue Haarlem blue haint blue half blue Han blue Hawaiian blue eyes heath-blue Himalayan blue poppy holly blue ice blue indigo blue into the wide blue yonder iron blue isosulfan blue is the sky blue jouvence blue Kerry Blue Terrier large blue laundry blue leukomethylene blue light blue light the blue touchpaper like a blue-arsed fly line-blue little blue man little blue pill long-tailed blue Madonna blue Majorelle blue marking blue Maya blue Mayan blue mazarine blue Mediterranean blue Meldola's blue men in blue ties methylene blue midnight blue Milori blue mineral blue Mohammedan blue molybdenum blue monoblue moonlight blue mountain blue naphthol blue Nattier blue navy blue night blue Nile blue nodding blue lily non-photo blue non-repro blue oak-blue ocean blue Old Blue once in a blue moon oriental blue out of the blue out the blue Oxford blue pale blue dot patrician blue peacock blue Peligot's blue pencil-blue Persian blue petrol blue phthalo blue plushblue potash blue powder blue Prussian blue pure blue pygmy blue whale Queensland Blue reblue robin's-egg blue robin egg blue Roslyn blue royal blue Russian Blue Russian blue potato Saunders blue Savoy blue saxe blue Saxon blue Scotch blue scream blue murder screwed, blued and tattooed sea-blue histiocytosis short-tailed blue Shropshire Blue Silverblu silver-studded blue Singapore blue Singapore blue tarantula sky blue-pink sky-blue-pink sky blue pink sky-blue pink sky blue sky-blue slate blue small blue southern blue gum spirit blue starlight blue steel-blue steel blue Swedish Blue talk a blue streak TARDIS blue Tasmanian blue gum telegraph blue thin blue line thumb blue thymol blue Tiffany blue triisopropylsilyloxycarbonylleucomethylene blue true blue true-blue trypan blue Turkey blue Turnbull's blue turn the air blue turquoise blue Tyndall blue until one is blue in the face USPS blue box Venetian blue Venice blue Vestorian blue Victoria blue vote blue no matter who washing blue Waterloo blue Wedgwood blue western pygmy blue white-blue-white flag white-tailed blue flycatcher wide blue yonder wild blue yonder Windsor blue wine-blue winter blue woodland blue phlox work blue Wurster's blue Xerces blue Yale blue YInMn blue
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English blew, blewe, from Anglo-Norman blew, from Middle French bleu, from Old French blöe, bleve, blef (“blue”), from Frankish *blāu (“blue”) (perhaps through a Late Latin blāvus, blāvius (“blue”) attested from Isidore of Seville), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, dark blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlēw- (“yellow, blond, grey”).
Cognate with dialectal English blow (“blue”), Scots blue, blew (“blue”), North Frisian bla, blö (“blue”), Saterland Frisian blau (“blue”), Dutch blauw (“blue”), German blau (“blue”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish blå (“blue”), Faroese bláur (“blue”), Icelandic blár (“blue”), Latin flāvus (“yellow”), French bleu (“blue”), Middle Irish blá (“yellow”). Doublet of blow.
Possibly related also to English blee (“colour”), from Old English blēo (“colour”); but direct derivatives of Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, dark blue”) in Old English include: Old English blāw and blēo (“blue”), Old English blǣwen (“bluish, light-blue”), blǣhǣwen (“blue-coloured, bluish, violet or purple colour”, literally “blue-hued”). There seems to be a parallel connection in Germanic between words for blue and colour, dually exemplified by Proto-West Germanic *blīu (“colour, blee”) and *blāu (“blue”); and Proto-Germanic *hiwją (“colour, hue”) and *hāwī (“blue, purple”).
(depressed): Compare typologically Russian тоска́ зелёная (toská zeljónaja) (<+ зелёный (zeljónyj)). Also compare фиоле́тово (fiolétovo).
词源 2
Uncertain; possibly from blew, past tense of blow.
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