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blue
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blued
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blueing
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bluing
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- blue
[bluː]
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1.
adjective
(in colour) 蓝色的
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2.
adjective
[inf]
(depressed) 抑郁的
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There's no reason for me to feel so blue.
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我不知道为什么感到这么抑郁。
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3.
noun
[u]
蓝色
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4.
n pl
[音]
the blues 蓝调
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5.
n pl
[inf]
to have the blues (depression) 感到抑郁
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blue movie/joke
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色情电影/笑话
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(only) once in a blue moon
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(仅是)难得的一次
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out of the blue
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意料之外
Collins English-English Dictionary
- blue
[bluː]
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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
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2.
n
[Austral and NZ]
[slang]
bluey a court summons, esp for a traffic offence
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3.
n
a dye or pigment of any of these colours
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4.
n
blue cloth or clothing
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dressed in blue
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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)
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an Oxford blue
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6.
n
the honour of so representing one's university
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7.
n
an informal name for Tory
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8.
n
[Brit]
any of numerous small blue-winged butterflies of the genera Lampides, Polyommatus, etc: family Lycaenidae
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9.
n
short for bluestocking
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10.
n
[archaic]
[slang]
a policeman
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11.
n
[archery]
a blue ring on a target, between the red and the black, scoring five points
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12.
n
a blue ball in snooker, etc
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13.
n
another name for blueing
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14.
n
[Austral and NZ]
[slang]
an argument or fight
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he had a blue with a taxi driver
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n
[Austral and NZ]
[informal]
a mistake; error
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16.
adj
of the colour blue
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17.
adj
(of the flesh) having a purple tinge, as from cold or contusion
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18.
adj
depressed, moody, or unhappy
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19.
adj
dismal or depressing
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a blue day
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20.
adj
indecent, titillating, or pornographic
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blue films
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21.
adj
bluish in colour or having parts or marks that are bluish
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a blue fox
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a blue whale
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22.
adj
[rare]
aristocratic; noble; patrician - See blue blood
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a blue family
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23.
vb
to make, dye, or become blue
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24.
vt.
[tr]
to treat (laundry) with blueing
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25.
vt.
[tr]
[slang]
to spend extravagantly or wastefully; squander
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26.
vt.
See also blues
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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
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blue-on-blue contacts
→ blue-on-blue
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alternate stripes of blue and white
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蓝白相间的条纹
→ alternate
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between blue and green
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在蓝色和绿色之间
→ between
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Green results from blending blue and yellow.
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绿色(或青色)是由蓝黄两色调合而成。
→ yellow
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The air was blue with oaths.
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一片咒骂使气氛沉闷。
→ blue
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Blue Nuns
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穿蓝衣的修女
→ blue
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blue eyed
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长蓝眼睛的
→ eyed
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a glaze that fires bright blue
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燃烧后变淡兰色的釉面
→ fire
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to have blue eyes
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有一双蓝眼睛
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blue heat in metals
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金属的蓝热
→ heat
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