blue
adjective/bluː/
/bluː/
(comparative bluer, superlative bluest)
Idioms - 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.
太阳在清澈的蓝天上闪耀生辉。 - 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/bluː//bluː/- blew verb (past tense of blow)
- The wind blew the door shut.
风把门吹关上了。
- The wind blew the door shut.
- blue adjective
- Both candidates wore blue jeans.
两位候选人都穿着蓝色牛仔裤。
- Both candidates wore blue jeans.
- blue noun
- They chose an intense blue for the walls.
他们为墙壁选择了深蓝色。
- They chose an intense blue for the walls.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- aqua
- azure
- baby
- …
- piercing blue eyes
- (of a person or part of the body) 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 - His lips were turning blue.
他的嘴唇发紫。 - blue with something Her hands were blue with cold.
她的双手冻得发青。
- His lips were turning blue.
- (informal) sad
忧郁的；悲伤的 - He'd been feeling blue all week.
他整个星期都郁郁不乐。
- He'd been feeling blue all week.
- 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
- a blue movie
- (politics) (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 - blue states/counties
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
天壤之别；巨大的差距 - Voters want to see clear blue water between the main parties.
选民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.
他们没能让自己和竞争对手形成明显区别。
- Voters want to see clear blue water between the main parties.
do something till you are blue in the face
- (informal) 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 - You can argue till you're blue in the face, but you won't change my mind.
你可以费尽口舌，但改变不了我的主意。
- You can argue till you're blue in the face, but you won't change my mind.
once in a blue moon
- (informal) 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）