释义 |
Examples:Cyanobacteria (phylum of blue-green algae)—thunder from a clear sky (idiom); a bolt from the blue—golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty—green sea, blue sky (idiom); sea and sky merge in one shade—red-blue or black-white (idiom); the rights and wrongs of a case—Blue House (Cheong Wa Dae 청와대), residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul—five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue)—red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet—between the devil and the deep blue sea [idiom.]—Isatis tinctoria (woad, a brassica producing blue dye)—Deep Blue, chess-playing computer, first defeat reigning world champion, developed by IBM (1985-1997)—lit. green is born of blue, but beats blue (idiom); fig. the student becomes superior the master—cyanosis (blue skin due lack of oxygen in blood)—lit. beaten head and scorched brow (idiom); beaten black and blue—lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo [idiom.]—not distinguishing red-blue or black-white (idiom); not distinguish between right and wrong— |