[COLOUR 颜色词]蓝色;天蓝色 Something that is blue is the colour of the sky on a sunny day.
There were swallows in the cloudless blue sky...
燕子在万里无云的蓝天飞翔。
She fixed her pale blue eyes on her father's.
她淡蓝色的眼睛紧紧盯着她父亲的双眼。
...colourful blues and reds.
绚丽的蓝色和红色
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[N-PLURAL 复数名词]蓝调音乐,布鲁斯音乐(源于美国南部黑人音乐家,节奏缓慢,旋律感强)The blues is a type of music which was developed by African American musicians in the southern United States. It is characterized by a slow tempo and a strong rhythm.
[the N]
His singing really does have the depth and the emotional range of the blues.
他的歌声确实颇有布鲁斯音乐的内蕴和情感深度。
...the blues bars of Chicago.
芝加哥的蓝调酒吧
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[N-PLURAL 复数名词]忧郁;沮丧;悲伤 If you have got the blues, you feel sad and depressed.
[the N]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
Interfering in-laws are the prime sources of the blues.
喜欢指手画脚的姻亲最让人头疼。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]忧郁的;沮丧的;悲伤的 If you are feeling blue, you are feeling sad or depressed, often when there is no particular reason.
[v-link ADJ]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
There's no earthly reason for me to feel so blue.
我也说不出来为什么这么沮丧。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](剑桥或牛津大学的)校队运动员,蓝色荣誉者 A Cambridge blue or an Oxford blue is a man or woman who has played for Cambridge or Oxford University in a particular sport.
[usu supp N]
[BRIT 英]
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[ADJ 形容词]色情的;黄色的Blue films, stories, or jokes are about sex.
[ADJ n]
...a secret stash of porn mags and blue movies.
偷偷藏起来的一堆色情杂志和黄色影碟
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[PHRASE 短语]突然;出乎意料地 If something happens out of the blue, it happens unexpectedly.
One of them wrote to us out of the blue several years later.
数年后他们中的一人突然给我们写了一封信。
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bolt from the blue→see:
bolt
; blue moon→see:
moon
; blue murder→see:
murder
;
Oxford
blue★/bluː; NAmEbluː/
adjective
,
noun
bluebluesbluedbluingblueingbluerbluestadjective★(bluer,blu·est)1★having the colour of a clear sky or the sea/ocean on a clear day 蓝色的;天蓝色的;蔚蓝色的◆piercing blue eyes锐利的蓝眼睛◆a blue shirt蓝色衬衫2★(of a person or part of the body 人或身体部位)looking slightly blue in colour because the person is cold or cannot breathe easily (由于冷或呼吸困难)发青的,青紫的◆Her hands were blue with cold.她的双手冻得发青。3( informal) sad 忧郁的;悲伤的SYN
depressed
◆He'd been feeling blue all week.他整个星期都郁郁不乐。4films/movies, jokes or stories that are blueare about sex (电影、玩笑或故事)色情的,黄色的◆a blue movie色情片5( politics 政) (of an area in the US) having more people who vote for the Democraticcandidate than the Republicanone (美国地区)蓝色的(支持民主党候选人多于支持共和党候选人)◆blue states/counties蓝州;蓝县OPP
red
☞see also
true-blue
▶blue·ness/ˈbluːnəs; NAmEˈbluːnəs/noun[uncountable , singular ]◆the blueness of the water水的蔚蓝色IDIOMdo sth till you are blue in the ˈface( informal) to try to do sth as hard and as long as you possibly can but without success 徒然拚命地干;徒劳无功◆You can argue till you're blue in the face, but you won't change my mind.你可以费尽口舌,但改变不了我的主意。☞more at
black
adj.,
devil
,
once
adv.,
scream
v.noun★☞see also
blues
1★[countable , uncountable ]the colour of a clear sky or the sea/ocean on a clear day 蓝色;天蓝色;蔚蓝色◆bright/dark/light/pale blue明亮的╱深╱浅╱淡蓝色◆The room was decorated in vibrant blues and yellows.房间内部以鲜明的蓝色和黄色作为装饰。◆She was dressed in blue.她身着蓝色服装。2[countable ]( BrE) a person who has played a particular sport for Oxford or Cambridge University; a title given to them 蓝色荣誉者(牛津或剑桥大学的校队运动员);蓝色荣誉的头衔3[countable ]( AustralE,NZE) ( informal) a mistake 错误;失误4[countable ]( AustralE,NZE) ( informal) a name for a person with red hair 红发人5[countable ]( AustralE,NZE) ( informal) a fight 打架;打斗;斗殴IDIOMout of the ˈblueunexpectedly; without warning 出乎意料;突然;晴天霹雳◆The decision came out of the blue.这个决定来得很突然。☞more at
1having the colour of the sky or the sea on a fine day → navy, navy blue: the blue waters of the lakedark/light/pale/bright blue a dark blue raincoat2[not before noun] informal sad and without hopeSYN depressed: I’ve been feeling kind of blue.3 informal blue jokes, stories etc are about sex, in a way that might offend some people →
blue movie
4argue/talk etc till you’re blue in the face informal to argue, talk etc about something a lot, but without achieving what you want: You can tell them till you’re blue in the face, but they’ll still do what they want.5blue with cold especially British English someone who is blue with cold looks extremely cold6go blue British English if someone goes blue, their skin becomes blue because they are cold or cannot breathe properly7talk a blue streak American English informal to talk very quickly without stopping—blueness noun [uncountable] →
black and blue
, → once in a blue moon
at once1(15)
, → scream blue murder
at scream1(1)
blue1 adjective
blue2 noun
blueblue2 ●●●S3W3 noun
Examples
Thesaurus
Collocations
Phrases
1[countable, uncountable] the colour of the sky or the sea on a fine day: She nearly always dresses in blue. the rich greens and blues of the tapestry2blues (also the blues) [uncountable] a slow sad style of music that came from the southern US: a blues singer →
rhythm and blues
3the blues [plural] informal feelings of sadness: A lot of women get the blues after the baby is born.4out of the blue informal if something happens out of the blue, it is very unexpected → a bolt from/out of the blue
at bolt1(3)
5Blue [countable] British English someone who has represented Oxford or Cambridge University at a sport, or the title given to such a person6the blue literary the sea or the sky → boys in blue