• my nciku
  • conversations
  • Q&A
  • theme words
  • tools
  • nciku mini

listen

 Auto Play

listen

 Auto Play
PETS rank
blue

?�★

  • Conjugation : past  blued ; ing  blueing ; ing  bluing
Font Size

Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

blue [bluː]
  1. 1. adjective (in colour) 蓝色
  2. 2. adjective [inf] (depressed) 抑郁
    There's no reason for me to feel so blue.
    我不知道为什么感到这么抑郁
  3. 3. noun [u] 蓝色
  4. 4. n pl [音] the blues 蓝调
  5. 5. n pl [inf] to have the blues (depression) 感到抑郁
    blue movie/joke
    色情电影/笑话
    (only) once in a blue moon
    (仅是)难得一次
    out of the blue
    意料之外

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

blue [blu] [bluː]
  1. 1. adjective 蓝色的天蓝色的,海蓝色的
    I prefer the blue skirt, it fits more the shirt you are wearing.
    这条蓝裙子更好看,跟你身上的的衬衫比较配。
  2. 2. adjective 皮肤)青黑色的;(脸色发青的,发灰的;青灰色的
  3. 3. adjective 阴沉的黑暗的;朦胧的
    The air was blue with oaths.
    一片咒骂使气氛沉闷
  4. 4. adjective 清教徒的;宗教(或道德)上极端拘谨的;严格的
  5. 5. adjective 穿蓝色服装的;以蓝色标志的,(英国保守党的
    Blue Nuns
    穿蓝衣的修女
  6. 6. adjective [verbal] 下流的;猥亵的;淫猥
  7. 7. noun 蓝色天蓝色,海蓝色
  8. 8. noun 蓝颜料(或染料
  9. 9. noun [textile] 洗染防止白色织物变黄用的)上蓝剂
  10. 10. noun 蓝色物(如箭靶上的第二个环)
  11. 11. noun 蓝布;蓝色服装
  12. 12. noun [常用Blue]穿蓝色制服的人(或人群);尤指美国兵
  13. 13. noun [复数形态时](美国水兵蓝制服
  14. 14. noun 同义词】blue stocking
  15. 15. noun [American English] [verbal] [复数形态时][blue devils的缩略]阴郁,沮丧布鲁斯歌曲(与the连用
  16. 16. noun [复数形态时][c义,动词常用单]慢四步爵士歌曲布鲁斯乐曲
  17. 17. noun [复数形态时][c义,动词常用单]以布鲁斯歌曲格调改编曲子(或演出
  18. 18. vt. 把…染成蓝色
  19. 19. vt. 上蓝于,用上蓝剂于
  20. 20. vi. 变蓝色,呈蓝色
  21. 21. [复数形态时][c义,动词常用单](一种伤感美国黑人民歌)(常与the连用
  22. 22. adjective [slang] 压抑的忧郁
    what's the matter James? You've been a bit blue all the day long! (SAD)
    怎么了,詹姆士,你今天情绪不高啊!
  23. 23. adjective [slang] 下流的;粗俗的;肮脏
    The way he talks is a little too blue for me so I don't like him.
    他说的有点儿不堪入耳,我讨厌他。
  24. 24. noun [slang] 天空天穹
  25. 25. adjective [slang] 喝醉酒的
  26. 26. noun [slang] 安非他明药片胶囊尤其蓝色的毒品相关用语
  27. 27. noun [slang] 警官警察
  28. 28. noun [slang] 每片10毫克的为你安药片药物

Collins English-English Dictionary

blue [bluː]
  1. 1. n any of a group of colours, such as that of a clear unclouded sky, that have wavelengths in the range 490--445 nanometres. Blue is the complementary colour of yellow and with red and green forms a set of primary colours
  2. 2. n [Austral and NZ] [slang] bluey a court summons, esp for a traffic offence
  3. 3. n a dye or pigment of any of these colours
  4. 4. n blue cloth or clothing
    dressed in blue
  5. 5. n a sportsperson who represents or has represented Oxford or Cambridge University and has the right to wear the university colour (dark blue for Oxford, light blue for Cambridge)
    an Oxford blue
  6. 6. n the honour of so representing one's university
  7. 7. n an informal name for Tory
  8. 8. n [Brit] any of numerous small blue-winged butterflies of the genera Lampides, Polyommatus, etc: family Lycaenidae
  9. 9. n short for bluestocking
  10. 10. n [archaic] [slang] a policeman
  11. 11. n [archery] a blue ring on a target, between the red and the black, scoring five points
  12. 12. n a blue ball in snooker, etc
  13. 13. n another name for blueing
  14. 14. n [Austral and NZ] [slang] an argument or fight
    he had a blue with a taxi driver
  15. 15. n [Austral and NZ] [informal] a mistake; error
  16. 16. adj of the colour blue
  17. 17. adj (of the flesh) having a purple tinge, as from cold or contusion
  18. 18. adj depressed, moody, or unhappy
  19. 19. adj dismal or depressing
    a blue day
  20. 20. adj indecent, titillating, or pornographic
    blue films
  21. 21. adj bluish in colour or having parts or marks that are bluish
    a blue fox
    a blue whale
  22. 22. adj [rare] aristocratic; noble; patrician - See blue blood
    a blue family
  23. 23. vb to make, dye, or become blue
  24. 24. vt. [tr] to treat (laundry) with blueing
  25. 25. vt. [tr] [slang] to spend extravagantly or wastefully; squander
  26. 26. vt. See also blues
  27. 27. vt. [Etymology] C13: from Old French bleu, of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse blar, Old High German blao, Middle Dutch bla; related to Latin flavus yellow

Examples

blue-on-blue contacts blue-on-blue
alternate stripes of blue and white
蓝白相间的条纹 alternate
between blue and green
在蓝色和绿色之间 between
Green results from blending blue and yellow.
绿色(或青色)是由蓝黄两色调合而成。 yellow
The air was blue with oaths.
一片咒骂使气氛沉闷。 blue
Blue Nuns
穿蓝衣的修女 blue
blue eyed
长蓝眼睛的 eyed
a glaze that fires bright blue
燃烧后变淡兰色的釉面 fire
to have blue eyes
有一双蓝眼睛
blue heat in metals
金属的蓝热 heat

Would you like to know more about this word? Simply click the button on the right to ask real people.
You can also check your questions and answers at ‘ My nciku > Posts ’.

Revised Vocab Lists

This word has been edited
12 time(s) by users.

View

Recently Reviewed Words

Content partners 外研社collins