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having the colour of a clear sky or the sea on a clear day 蓝色的；天蓝色的；蔚蓝色的 piercing blue eyes 锐利的蓝眼睛 The sun shone brilliantly in the clear blue sky. 晴朗的蓝天上阳光灿烂。 His eyes were dark blue. 他的眼睛是深蓝色的。 She wanted to dye her hair blue. 她想把头发染成蓝色。 a blue shirt 蓝色衬衫 a navy blue jumper 深蓝的针织套衫 her vivid blue eyes 她碧蓝色的眼睛
Homophones blew | blueblew blueTopics Colours and Shapesa1- blew verb (past tense of blow)
The wind blew the door shut. 风把门吹关上了。
- blue adjective
Both candidates wore blue jeans. 两位候选人都穿着蓝色牛仔裤。
- blue noun
They chose an intense blue for the walls. 他们选择了深蓝色作为墙壁。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- aqua
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(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 - (informal)
sad 忧郁的；悲伤的 films, jokes or stories that are blue are about sex （电影、玩笑或故事）色情的，黄色的 a blue movie 色情片
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politics 政治 (of an area in the US) having more people who vote for the Democratic candidate than the Republican one （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
see also true-blue
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French bleu, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Old English blǣwen ‘blue’ and Old Norse blár ‘dark blue’.
Idioms
between the devil and the deep blue sea
in a difficult situation where there are two equally unpleasant or unacceptable choices 进退维谷；左右为难
(beat somebody) black and blue
(to hit somebody until they are) covered with bruises (= blue, brown or purple marks on the body) （把某人打得）青一块紫一块，伤痕累累 More Like This Alliteration in idiomsAlliteration in idioms- belt and braces
- black and blue
- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
- chop and change
- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spic and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane
clear blue water (between A and B)
a complete difference or division between two people or groups 错误；失误 Voters want to see clear blue water between the main parties. 选民们希望看到主要政党之间有清澈的蓝水。 They failed to put clear blue water between themselves and their competitors. 他们没能在自己和竞争对手之间划清界限。
do something till you are blue in the face
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to try to do something as hard and as long as you possibly can but without success 徒然拼命地干；徒劳无功
once in a blue moon
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very rarely 极少地；难得地；破天荒地
scream blue murder (British English)
(North American English scream bloody murder)
to scream loudly and for a long time, especially in order to protest about something 不停地叫嚷（尤指叫屈、鸣不平）