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blue1/blu:/ adj., n. & v.●adj. (bluer, bluest) 1 having a colour like that of a clear sky 蓝色的，天蓝色的，蔚蓝的 2 sad, depressed; (of a state of affairs) gloomy, dismal 悲伤的，沮丧的；(形势)悲观的，暗淡的 feel blue 感到悲观; blue times 艰难时期 3 indecent, pornographic 下流的，色情的 a blue film 色情影片 4 with bluish skin through cold, fear, anger, etc. (因寒冷、恐惧、生气等致皮肤)青灰色的，青紫色的 5 Brit. politically conservative [英] (政治上)保守的 6 having blue as a distinguishing colour 以蓝色为标志的 blue jay 冠蓝鸦 ●n. 1 a blue colour or pigment 蓝色，天蓝色；蓝颜料，蓝染料 2 blue clothes or material 蓝衣服(或衣料) dressed in blue 穿蓝色服装 3 Brit. [英]a a person who has represented a university (esp. Oxford or Cambridge) in a sport (尤指牛津或剑桥大学的)大学校队运动员 b this distinction Cf. 参见 HALF-BLUE “蓝色选手”称号4 Brit. a supporter of the Conservative Party [英]保守党的支持者(或党员) 5 any of various small blue-coloured butterflies of the famil Lycaenidae (灰蝶科)浅蓝色小蝴蝶 6 blue powder used to whiten laundry 增白剂 7 Austral. slang [澳] [俚语]a an argument or row 辩论，争吵 b (as a nickname) a red-headed person (用作绰号)长红头发的人 8 a blue ball, piece, etc. in a game or sport 蓝色物(游戏中或运动场上的蓝色球、蓝色环等) 9 (prec. by 前接 the) the clear sky 晴空 ●v. tr. (blues, blued, bluing or blueing) 1 make blue 使成蓝色 2 treat with laundering blue 给…用上蓝剂 □ blue in the face in a state of extreme anger or exasperation (因极度生气、愤怒而)脸色发紫 □ once in a blue moon very rarely 难得有一次，极为罕见 □ out of the blue unexpectedly 出乎意外，突然 □ blueness n.[Middle English from Old French bleu, from Germanic] |