blue
- n.蓝色;天蓝色;蔚蓝色;错误;打架;失误;蓝色荣誉的头衔;红发人;蓝色荣誉者(牛津或剑桥大学的校队运动员)
- adj.蓝色的;色情的，黄色的;忧郁的;天蓝色的;蔚蓝色的;悲伤的;(由于冷或呼吸困难)发青的
- v.给…上蓝；〈口〉浪费；把…染成天青色〔蓝色〕；滥花(金钱)；给…上蓝；滥花(金钱)
复数： blues 最高级： bluest 比较级： bluer 派生词： blueness n.
blueadj.
蓝色的；天蓝色的；蔚蓝色的
having the colour of a clear sky or the sea/ocean on a clear day
piercing blue eyes
锐利的蓝眼睛
a blue shirt
蓝色衬衫
（由于冷或呼吸困难）发青的，青紫的
looking slightly blue in colour because the person is cold or cannot breathe easily
Her hands were blue with cold.
她的双手冻得发青。
忧郁的；悲伤的
sad
He'd been feeling blue all week.
他整个星期都郁郁不乐。
（电影、玩笑或故事）色情的，黄色的
films/movies, jokes or stories that are blue are about sex
a blue movie
色情片
the blueness of the water
蔚蓝色的水面
to try to do sth as hard and as long as you possibly can but without success
你可以费尽口舌，但改变不了我的主意。
You can argue till you're blue in the face, but you won't change my mind.
(to hit sb until they are) covered with bruises (= blue, brown or purple marks on the body)
in a difficult situation where there are two equally unpleasant or unacceptable choices
very rarely
to scream loudly and for a long time, especially in order to protest about sth
noun
蓝色；天蓝色；蔚蓝色
the colour of a clear sky or the sea/ocean on a clear day
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。
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
a person who has played a particular sport for Oxford or Cambridge University; a title given to them
错误；失误
a mistake
红发人
a name for a person with red hair
打架；打斗；斗殴
a fight
unexpectedly; without warning
这个决定来得很突然。
The decision came out of the blue.
an event or a piece of news which is sudden and unexpected; a complete surprise
她被解雇简直就是晴天霹雳。
Her dismissal came as a bolt from the blue.
the police
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COLOUR 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。
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N-PLURAL 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.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。
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N-PLURAL 忧郁；沮丧；悲伤
If you have got the blues, you feel sad and depressed.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 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.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 （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. -
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ADJ 色情的；黄色的
Blue films, stories, or jokes are about sex....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 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
noun
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- any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
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- the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate;used as a sedative and a hypnotic
- Synonym: amobarbital sodium blue angel blue devil Amytal
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- blue clothing
- she was wearing blue
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- blue color or pigment;resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
- he had eyes of bright blue
- Synonym: blueness
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- any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
- the Union army was a vast blue
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- the sky as viewed during daylight
- he shot an arrow into the blue
- Synonym: blue sky blue air wild blue yonder
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- used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
- Synonym: bluing blueing
verb
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- turn blue
adj
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- causing dejection
- a blue day
- the dark days of the war
- a week of rainy depressing weather
- a disconsolate winter landscape
- the first dismal dispiriting days of November
- a dark gloomy day
- grim rainy weather
- Synonym: dark dingy disconsolate dismal gloomy grim sorry drab drear dreary
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- of the color intermediate between green and violet;having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
- October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackso
- a blue flame
- blue haze of tobacco smoke
- Synonym: bluish blueish
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- characterized by profanity or cursing
- foul-mouthed and blasphemous
- blue language
- profane words
- Synonym: blasphemous profane
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- filled with melancholy and despondency
- gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
- gloomy predictions
- a gloomy silence
- took a grim view of the economy
- the darkening mood
- lonely and blue in a strange city
- depressed by the loss of his job
- a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
- downcast after his defeat
- feeling discouraged and downhearted
- Synonym: gloomy grim depressed dispirited down(p) downcast downhearted down in the mouth low low-spirited
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- belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
- an aristocratic family
- aristocratic Bostonians
- aristocratic government
- a blue family
- blue blood
- the blue-blooded aristocracy
- of gentle blood
- patrician landholders of the American South
- aristocratic bearing
- aristocratic features
- patrician tastes
- Synonym: aristocratic aristocratical blue-blooded gentle patrician
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- used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
- a ragged blue line
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- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- a blue movie
- blue jokes
- he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details
- a juicy scandal
- a naughty wink
- naughty words
- racy anecdotes
- a risque story
- spicy gossip
- Synonym: gamy gamey juicy naughty racy risque spicy
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Would you call it blue or green ?
你认为它是蓝色还是绿色？
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First I applied a blue colour wash to the canvas .
我先在画布上涂了一层蓝色水彩。
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He has blue eyes like me .
他和我一样有一双蓝眼睛。
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The decision came out of the blue .
这个决定来得很突然。
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Like Picasso , she too had a blue period .
和毕加索一样，她也有过一段消沉时期。
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The blue files are used for storing old invoices .
蓝色卷宗是用来存放旧发票的。
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She was wearing two blue silk ribbons in her hair .
她的头发上系着两根蓝色丝带。
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The air was crisp and clear and the sky was blue .
空气清新，天空碧蓝。
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The inside of the box was blue .
盒子的内面呈蓝色。
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Her voice doesn 't really lend itself well to blues singing .
她的嗓子不是很适于唱布鲁斯歌曲。
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The sun was radiant in a clear blue sky .
湛蓝的天空阳光灿烂。
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The blue fabric was interwoven with red and gold thread .
蓝布中交织着红色和金色的线。
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Her hands were blue with cold .
她的双手冻得发青。
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He stood there , head back , framed against the blue sky .
他站在那里，头向后仰，衬托在蓝天下。
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Rock music came out of the blues .
摇滚乐起源于布鲁斯。
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His blue eyes seemed to bore into her .
他的一双蓝眼睛似乎要穿透她。
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I swapped my red scarf for her blue one .
我用我的红围巾换了她的蓝围巾。
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The sun was shining and the sky was blue .
阳光灿烂，天空一片蓝。
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The blue of the sky paled to a light grey .
天空的蓝色渐变成了浅灰色。
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The sun blazed down from a clear blue sky .
耀眼的阳光从清澈蔚蓝的天空中照射下来。
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The designer has chosen the complementary colours blue and orange .
设计师选取了蓝和橙黄两种对比色。
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The doors were painted blue to match the walls .
门漆成了蓝色，为的是与墙的颜色相配。
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She looked at me with piercing blue eyes .
她用一双敏锐的蓝眼睛盯着我。
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When the baby was born , it was blue and distressed .
这婴儿出生时全身发青，非常虚弱。
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Her dismissal came as a bolt from the blue .
她被解雇简直就是晴天霹雳。
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The Blue Jays have a chance to sweep the series .
蓝鸟队有机会囊括这一系列比赛的冠军。
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The snow-capped mountain stood out in sharp relief against the blue sky .
白雪覆盖的高山在蓝天的映衬下格外醒目。
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The sky was a brilliant blue .
天空一片蔚蓝。
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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。
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The room was decorated in a combination of greens and blues .
这房间是把不同的绿色和蓝色搭配起来装饰的。
最普通用词，尤指因发生了令人不愉快的事情而感到难过的、悲伤的。
She was very sad to hear that he would live in another city.
听说他将去另外一个城市生活，她非常难过。
There was a sad expression on his face.
他脸上的表情很忧伤。
She gave me a sad look.
她伤心地看了我一眼。
指心情低落的，或觉得没有希望的，只作表语。
Hans was blue over his dismissal.
汉斯因被解雇而情绪低落。
He felt blue when he reread Mary's letters.
他重读玛丽的那些信时，心情很不好。
尤指因所爱之人死去或离去而感到极度悲伤的。
She was broken-hearted when she heard that her husband was killed in an accident.
听说丈夫遭遇车祸身亡时，她心都碎了。
He was broken-hearted when she decided to leave.
她决定离他而去，他伤心至极。
指某种不好的事情、行为、消息等使人感到痛苦而烦恼的。
His stealing made his mother deeply distressed.
他的偷窃行为使他母亲非常苦恼。
I was distressed to learn about that.
得悉此事我感到担心。
多指因孤单、寒冷或遭受恶劣对待而极不愉快的。
He has been so miserable since his wife's death.
自从妻子去世后，他十分痛苦。
Her boyfriend stood her up, so she spent the weekend feeling miserable.
男朋友放了她的鸽子，因此她那个周末心情很糟糕。
多指因丧失亲人等而悲伤的。
We heard a sorrowful love song.
我们听到了一首悲怆的恋歌。
A funeral is a sorrowful occasion.
葬礼是令人悲伤的场合。
He was often absent and sorrowful.
他常常心不在焉，愁眉苦脸。
多指因日常生活中遇到不如意之事而感到不愉快的，侧重指心理状态，即精神上不快的或失望的。
Diana's parents had an unhappy marriage.
黛安娜的父母有一段痛苦的婚姻。
He has great power and wealth, but is still unhappy.
他颇有权势，也非常富有，但依然并不快乐。
If you're so unhappy, why not leave him?
如果你这么不开心，为什么不离开他呢？
多指因疾病、忧伤等而造成不幸的或痛苦的，可从外表上看出失望、沮丧等神情，令人同情。
She was wondering why he looked so wretched.
她想搞清楚为什么他看起来如此愁眉苦脸的。
She felt wretched about the way things had turned out.
事情落了这么个结局，她感到很难受。
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