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having the colour of a clear sky or the sea on a clear day 藍色的；天藍色的；蔚藍色的 piercing blue eyes 銳利的藍眼睛 The sun shone brilliantly in the clear blue sky. 晴朗的藍天上陽光燦爛。 His eyes were dark blue. 他的眼睛是深藍色的。 She wanted to dye her hair blue. 她想把頭發染成藍色。 a blue shirt 藍色襯衫 a navy blue jumper 深藍的針織套衫 her vivid blue eyes 她碧藍色的眼睛
Homophones blew | blueblew blueTopics Colours and Shapesa1- blew verb (past tense of blow)
The wind blew the door shut. 風把門吹關上了。
- blue adjective
Both candidates wore blue jeans. 兩位候選人都穿着藍色牛仔褲。
- blue noun
They chose an intense blue for the walls. 他們選擇了深藍色作爲牆壁。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- aqua
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(of a person or part of the body 人或身體部位 looking slightly blue in colour because the person is cold or cannot breathe easily （由於冷或呼吸困難）發青的，青紫的 - (informal)
sad 憂鬱的；悲傷的 films, jokes or stories that are blue are about sex （電影、玩笑或故事）色情的，黃色的 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 （美國地區）藍色的（支持民主黨候選人多於支持共和黨候選人） blue states/counties 藍州；藍縣
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 進退維谷；左右爲難
(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）青一塊紫一塊，傷痕累累 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 錯誤；失誤 Voters want to see clear blue water between the main parties. 選民們希望看到主要政黨之間有清澈的藍水。 They failed to put clear blue water between themselves and their competitors. 他們沒能在自己和競爭對手之間劃清界限。
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 徒然拼命地幹；徒勞無功
once in a blue moon
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very rarely 極少地；難得地；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、鳴不平）