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Dictionary: blue   (blū) pronunciation
n.
  1. The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between green and indigo, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 420 to 490 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation, whose hue is that of a clear daytime sky; one of the additive or light primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.
    1. A pigment or dye imparting this hue.
    2. Bluing.
    1. An object having this hue.
    2. Dress or clothing of this hue: The ushers wore blue.
    1. A person who wears a blue uniform.
    2. blues A dress blue uniform, especially that of the U.S. Army.
  2. often Blue
    1. A member of the Union Army in the Civil War.
    2. The Union Army.
  3. A bluefish.
  4. A small blue butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.
    1. The sky.
    2. The sea.
adj., blu·er, blu·est.
  1. Of the color blue.
  2. Bluish or having parts that are blue or bluish, as the blue spruce and the blue whale.
  3. Having a gray or purplish color, as from cold or contusion.
  4. Wearing blue.
    1. Gloomy; depressed. See synonyms at depressed.
    2. Dismal; dreary: a blue day.
  5. Puritanical; strict.
  6. Aristocratic; patrician.
  7. Indecent; risqué: a blue joke; a blue movie.
tr. & intr.v., blued, blu·ing, blues.

To make or become blue.

idioms:

blue in the face

  1. At the point of extreme exasperation: I argued with them until I was blue in the face.
into the blue
  1. At a far distance; into the unknown: spontaneously take a trip into the blue.
out of the blue
  1. From an unexpected or unforeseen source: criticism that came out of the blue.
  2. At a completely unexpected time: a long-unseen friend who appeared out of the blue.

[Middle English blue, bleu, from Old French bleu, of Germanic origin.]

bluely blue'ly adv.
blueness blue'ness n.

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Antonyms: blue
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adj

Definition: sad
Antonyms: gay, happy, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, upbeat

adj

Definition: vulgar
Antonyms: clean, decent, unvulgar


In current folklore, blue is either a gender marker for the clothing of baby boys, or a colour associated with loyalty and true love, and hence lucky for brides, who must wear:

Something old, something new,
Something borrowed, something blue.


In the days when bridal dresses were not necessarily white, blue was a good colour to choose:
Marry in blue,
Your love will be true.


This meaning is derived from the rhyme ‘blue/true’, which has been noticed from the Middle Ages onwards; Chaucer refers to blue drapery as a ‘signe of trouthe that is in wommen sene’ (‘The Squire's Tale’, l. 645).

The colour of the sky on a cloudless day, or azure, is often associated with sovereignty or kingship in Celtic tradition, especially in Ireland where the heraldic flag of Irish kings, surviving as the modern presidential flag, has a blue background. See also the many significant women named Gormlaith [Old Irish gorm flaith, blue sovereignty]. The Celtic words for blue do not always denote the same shades as are implied in English. Old Irish and ModIr., Scottish Gaelic gorm; Manx gorrym; Welsh glas; Cornish glas; Breton glas.

1. a color between green and violet in the visible spectrum; the color of the clear sky.
2. a silver-gray coat color. A description often used in dogs and cats, and some breeds of cattle.

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IN BRIEF: Low in spirits; sad. Also: The color of the sky on a sunny day.

pronunciation He was extremely blue when his hamster died.

Wikipedia: Blue
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Blue
Color icon blue.svg
 — Spectral coordinates —
Wavelength 440–490 nm
 — Common connotations —
ice, water, sky, sadness, winter, royalty, boys, cold, calm, magic, Trueness {taken from the fact that the sky is blue in its constancy, i.e.: 'true blue', the sky is unwaveringly blue on a clear day}, conservatism (universally), liberalism (US), and capitalism
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— Colour coordinates —
Hex triplet #0000FF
sRGBB (r, g, b) (0, 0, 255)
HSV (h, s, v) (240°, 100%, 100%)
Source HTML/CSS[1]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Blue is a colour, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440–490 nm. It is considered one of the additive primary colours. On the HSV Colour Wheel, the complement of blue is yellow; that is, a colour corresponding to an equal mixture of red and green light. On a colour wheel based on traditional colour theory (RYB), the complementary colour to blue is considered to be orange (based on the Munsell colour wheel).[2] The English language commonly uses "blue" to refer to any colour from navy blue to cyan. The word itself is derived from the Old French word bleu.

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Etymology and definitions

A mushroom cap on its side revealing closely spaced, blue gills
Lactarius indigo is one of only a few blue-coloured mushrooms

The modern English word blue comes from the Middle English, bleu or blwe, which came from an Old French word bleu of Germanic origin (Frankish or possibly Old High German blao, "shining"). Bleu replaced Old English blaw. The root of these variations was the Proto-Germanic blæwaz, which was also the root of the Old Norse word bla and the modern Icelandic blár, and the Scandinavian word blå, but it can refer to other non blue colours. A Scots and Scottish English word for "blue-grey" is blae, from the Middle English bla ("dark blue", from the Old English blæd). Ancient Greek lacked a word for blue and Homer called the colour of the sea "wine dark", except that the word kyanos (cyan) was used for dark blue enamel.

image of a bush on tile; the background is blue
Blue Tiles

As a curiosity, blue is thought to be cognate with blond, blank and black through the Germanic word. Through a Proto-Indo-European root, it is also linked with Latin flavus ("yellow"; see flavescent and flavine), with Greek phalos (white), French blanc (white, blank) (borrowed from Old Frankish), and with Russian белый, belyi ("white," see beluga), and Welsh blawr (grey) all of which derive (according to the American Heritage Dictionary) from the Proto-Indo-European root *bhel- meaning "to shine, flash or burn", (more specifically the word bhle-was, which meant light coloured, blue, blond, or yellow), whence came the names of various bright colours, and that of colour black from a derivation meaning "burnt" (other words derived from the root *bhel- include bleach, bleak, blind, blink, blank, blush, blaze, flame, fulminate, flagrant and phlegm).

In the English language, blue may refer to the feeling of sadness. "He was feeling blue". This is because blue was related to rain, or storms, and in Greek mythology, the god Zeus would make rain when he was sad (crying), and a storm when he was angry. Kyanos was a name used in Ancient Greek to refer to dark blue tile (in English it means blue-green or cyan).[3] The phrase "feeling blue" is linked also to a custom among many old deepwater sailing ships. If the ship lost the captain or any of the officers during its voyage, she would fly blue flags and have a blue band painted along her entire hull when returning to home port.[4]

Many languages do not have separate terms for blue and or green, instead using a cover term for both (when the issue is discussed in linguistics, this cover term is sometimes called grue in English).

In science

Image of a pier extending out in to a lake, with a clear sky above and mountains in the distance.
The sky and water often appear blue

Pigments

Traditionally, blue has been considered a primary colour in painting, with the secondary colour orange as its complement.

Blue pigments include azurite (Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2), ultramarine (Na8-10Al6Si6O24S2-4), cerulean blue (primarily cobalt (II) stanate: Co2SnO4), cobalt blue (cobalt(II) aluminate: CoAl2O4), and Prussian blue (milori blue: primarily Fe7(CN)18).

Scientific natural standards for blue

  • Emission spectrum of Cu2+
  • Electronic spectrum of aqua-ions Cu(H2O)2+5

Animals

In human culture

Symbolic language

  • In the English language, blue often represents the human emotion of sadness, e.g. "He was feeling blue". In German, on the other hand, to be "blue" (blau sein) is to be drunk. This derives from the ancient use of urine (which is produced copiously by the human body after drinking alcohol) in dyeing cloth blue with woad or indigo.[5]

National colours

A white menorah on a blue field. It is surrounded by white laurels, and at the bottom is the word "Israel" written in Hebrew.
Coat of Arms symbol of Israel

Mysticism

Politics

A man wearing a white robe with blue stripes stands in front of a stone wall.
Blue stripes on a traditional Jewish tallit.

Religion

  • Blue in Hinduism: Many of the gods are depicted as having blue-coloured skin, particularly those associated with Vishnu, who is said to be the Preserver of the world and thus intimately connected to water. Krishna and Ram, Vishnu's avatars, are usually blue. Shiva, the Destroyer, is also depicted in light blue tones and is called neela kantha, or blue-throated, for having swallowed poison in an attempt to turn the tide of a battle between the gods and demons in the gods' favour.
  • Blue in Judaism: In the Torah,[11] the Israelites were commanded to put fringes, tzitzit, on the corners of their garments, and to weave within these fringes a "twisted thread of blue (tekhelet)".[12] In ancient days, this blue thread was made from a dye extracted from a Mediterranean snail called the hilazon. Maimonides claimed that this blue was the colour of "the clear noonday sky"; Rashi, the colour of the evening sky.[13] According to several rabbinic sages, blue is the colour of God's Glory.[14] Staring at this colour aids in mediation, bringing us a glimpse of the "pavement of sapphire, like the very sky for purity", which is a likeness of the Throne of God.[15] (The Hebrew word for glory.) Many items in the Mishkan, the portable sanctuary in the wilderness, such as the menorah, many of the vessels, and the Ark of the Covenant, were covered with blue cloth when transported from place to place.[16]
  • Blue in Islam: In verse 20:102 of the Qur’an, the word زرق zurq (plural of azraq 'blue') is used metaphorically for evildoers whose eyes are glazed with fear, as if the sclera is filmed over with a bluish tint.

Symbolism

  • In Thailand, blue is associated with Friday on the Thai solar calendar. Anyone may wear blue on Fridays and anyone born on a Friday may adopt blue as their colour. The Thai language, however, is one that has had trouble distinguishing blue from green. The default word for Blue was recently สีน้ำเงิน literally, the colour of silver, a poetical reference to the silvery sheen of the deep blue sea. It now means Navy Blue, and the default word is now สีฟ้า literally, the colour of the sky.[17]
  • In the early 1960s, the United States Air Force ran a television commercial with this jingle:[2]
They took the blue from the skies
And the pretty girls' eyes
And a touch of Old Glory too;
And gave it to the men who proudly wear the U. S. Air Force Blue!

Variations

Dark blue

Dark blue
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Hex triplet #00008B
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Dark blue is a shade of blue. The name comes from the word "Dark" (which originated from Old English dark, derk, deork; Anglo-Saxon dearc, and Gaelic and Irish dorch, dorcha) and "Blue" (taken from French and originated from the Indo-European root bhlewos).

Medium blue

Medium blue
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Hex triplet #0000CD
RGBB (r, g, b) (0, 0, 205)
HSV (h, s, v) (240°, 100%, 40%)
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Displayed at right is the colour medium blue.

Light blue

Light Blue
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Hex triplet #ADD8E6
RGBB (r, g, b) (173, 216, 230)
HSV (h, s, v) (240°, 90%, 80%)
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The web colour light blue is displayed in the colour box at right. Also could be known as sky blue, baby blue, or angel blue. The first recorded use of "light blue" as a colour term in English is in the year 1915.[18]

Pigment blue

Pigment Blue
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Hex triplet #333399
RGBB (r, g, b) (51, 51, 153)
HSV (h, s, v) (240°, 50%, 35%)
Source CMYK
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is the colour pigment blue. This is the colour that is achieved by mixing an equal amount of process cyan (printer's cyan) and process magenta (printer's magenta).

Variations of blue in culture

Cartography

  • In historical atlases published in Germany, light blue is traditionally used as a colour to represent Germany, as opposed to pink for England, purple for France, and light green for Russia.[19]

Fashion

Law Enforcement

  • In some parts of the world, police wear dark blue or, sometimes, medium blue uniforms.

Human sexuality

Sociology

See also

References

  1. ^ "W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords". W3.org. http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#html4. Retrieved 2009-04-14. 
  2. ^ "Glossary Term: Color wheel". Sanford-artedventures.com. http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/study/g_color_wheel.html. Retrieved 2009-04-14. 
  3. ^ Merriam-Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary Springfield, Mass.:1984--Merriam-Webster Page 319
  4. ^ "US Navy - origins of Navy Terminology"
  5. ^ Heller, Eva. Wie Farben wirken: Farbpsychologie, Farbsymbolik, kreative Farbgestaltung. Berlin: Rowohlt, 2004.
  6. ^ "Estonia in brief: National Symbols" at Estonica website (www.estonica.org)[1]
  7. ^ Bailey, Alice A. (1995). The Seven Rays of Life. New York: Lucis Publishing Company. ISBN 0853301425. 
  8. ^ Stevens, Samantha. The Seven Rays: a Universal Guide to the Archangels. City: Insomniac Press, 2004. ISBN 1894663497 pg. 24
  9. ^ Swami Panchadasi The Human Aura: Astral Colors and Thought Forms Des Plaines, Illinois, USA:1912--Yogi Publications Society Page 36
  10. ^ Oslie, Pamalie Life Colors: What the Colors in Your Aura Reveal Novato, California:2000--New World Library Blue Auras: Pages 117-130
  11. ^ Numbers 15:38.
  12. ^ http://www.tekhelet.com The Ptil Tekhelet Organization
  13. ^ Mishneh Torah, Tzitzit 2:1; Commentary on Numbers 15:38.
  14. ^ Numbers Rabbah 14:3; Hullin 89a.
  15. ^ Exodus 24:10; Ezekiel 1:26; Hullin 89a.
  16. ^ Numbers 4:6-12.
  17. ^ Glenn Slayden. "Bot generated title ->". thai-language.com<!. http://www.thai-language.com/dict/. Retrieved 2009-04-14. 
  18. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 190
  19. ^ See the Grosshistoricher Weltatlas, 1965 edition (Other German historical atlases use these same colours.)
  20. ^ Card showing list of bandana colours and their meanings, available at Image Leather, 2199 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94114
  21. ^ "Gay.ru". English.gay.ru. http://english.gay.ru/life/history/queermoscow/. Retrieved 2009-04-14. 
  22. ^ The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage, Clifford Stoll, 1989, ISBN 0-7434-1146-3
  23. ^ Shatner, William (with Chris Kreski) Star Trek Memories New York:1993 Harper Collins

Translations: Blue
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - blå
n. - blå, blå farve
v. tr. - gøre blå
v. intr. - blåne

idioms:

  • blue baby    blåt barn
  • blue black    gul og grøn (efter slag)
  • blue blood    blåt blod, adelig
  • blue blooded    med blåt blod i årerne, adelig
  • blue book    blåbog, regeringens årlige publikation
  • blue chip    sikkert papir
  • blue collar    arbejder-, fabriks-
  • blue in the face    ude af sig selv af raseri, være blårød i hovedet af raseri
  • blue jeans    cowboybukser, jeans
  • blue moon    meget lang periode
  • blue murder    ramaskrig, rædselsskrig
  • blue pencil    revision, censur
  • blue riband    blåt bånd, adelsemblem
  • blue ribbon    blåt bånd, adelsemblem
  • blue tit    blåmejse
  • blue-eyed boy    familiens kæledægge
  • out of the blue    uventet, pludselig, som lyn fra en klar himmel
  • the blues    nedtrykthed, depression

2.
v. tr. - rutte med, strø om sig med

Nederlands (Dutch)
blauw, gedeprimeerd, pornografisch, bleek, liberaal (politiek), puriteins, iemand die voor universiteit heeft gesport, lid aanhanger van Conservative partij, blauwsel

Français (French)
1.
adj. - bleu, mélancolique, déprimé, grivois, porno (film, livre)
n. - bleu, bleu azur, azur (le ciel), (lit) ciel, la mer, les flots, le cafard (npl), (Mus) blues, (GB, Univ) équipe (Oxford, Cambridge)
v. tr. - bleuir, teindre en bleu
v. intr. - bleuir, teindre en bleu

idioms:

  • blue baby    (Méd) enfant bleu
  • blue black    noir à reflets bleus
  • blue blood    sang bleu, aristocratique
  • blue blooded    (avoir) du sang noble
  • blue book    (GB) livre bleu (publication officielle du gouvernement), (Pol) livre blanc, (US) bottin mondain, (US, École) cahier bleu (d'examen)
  • blue chip    (Fin) valeur vedette, jeton de grande valeur (aux jeux), placement de tout repos
  • blue collar    col bleu (un travailleur manuel)
  • blue in the face    se tuer à
  • blue jeans    blue jeans
  • blue moon    tous les trente six du mois
  • blue murder    (crier) comme un putois
  • blue pencil    crayon de correction, corriger
  • blue riband    de très haut niveau, prestigieux, éminent, (GB) le ruban bleu
  • blue ribbon    (US, Naut) le ruban bleu, de très haut niveau, prestigieux, éminent, (US, Jur) panel d'experts, premier prix
  • blue tit    mésange bleue
  • blue-eyed boy    (être) le chouchou/le chéri
  • out of the blue    (être) complètement inattendu, (tomber) du ciel, à brûle-pourpoint
  • the blues    le cafard, le blues

2.
v. tr. - gaspiller, claquer (de l'argent)

Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - blau, deprimiert, konservativ, pornographisch
n. - Blau, Sportler, der seine Universität auf Wettkämpfen vertreten hat, Konservativer, Bläuling
v. - blau machen, bläuen

idioms:

  • blue baby    blausüchtiger Säugling
  • blue black    blauschwarz, Reißkohle
  • blue blood    blaues Blut
  • blue blooded    blaublütig
  • blue book    Blaubuch
  • blue chip    blaue Spielmarke, erstklassiges Wertpapier
  • blue collar    Industriearbeiter-
  • blue in the face    blau im Gesicht
  • blue jeans    Blue jeans (blaue Hose)
  • blue moon    seltenes Ereignis
  • blue murder    Zeter und Mordio, große Aufregung
  • blue pencil    blauer Farbstift, Rotstift
  • blue riband    höchste Auszeichnung, blaues Band des Hosenbandorden
  • blue ribbon    höchste Auszeichnung, blaues Band des Hosenbandorden
  • blue tit    (Ornith.) Blaumeise
  • blue-eyed boy    Goldjunge
  • out of the blue    aus heiterem Himmel
  • the blues    Niedergeschlagenheit

2.
v. - (ugs) verpulvern, verschwenden

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κυανός, μπλε, μελανιασμένος, (για ταινία) πορνογραφικός, ροζ, κακόκεφος, μελαγχολικός, (Βρετ.) συντηρητικός (του Συντηρητικού Κόμματος)
n. - μπλε, κυανό ή βαθυκύανο χρώμα, (μτφ.) ο ουρανός

idioms:

  • blue baby    (ιατρ.) κυανωτικό βρέφος
  • blue black    βαθυκύανος
  • blue blood    γαλάζιο αίμα, βασιλική καταγωγή
  • blue blooded    γαλαζοαίματος
  • blue book    κυανή βίβλος (κοινοβουλίου)
  • blue chip    (για μετοχές) εξαιρετικής φερεγγυότητας, με υψηλό μέρισμα και σταθερή τιμή
  • blue collar    εργατοτεχνίτης, εργάτης παραγωγής, χειρωνακτικός
  • blue in the face    αγανακτισμένος, έτοιμος να σκάσει
  • blue jeans    μπλουτζίν
  • blue moon    πολύς καιρός
  • blue murder    (φωνάζω) σα να με σκοτώνουν
  • blue pencil    λογοκρισία, γραφίδα του λογοκριτή
  • blue riband    τιμητική διάκριση, αριστείο, (Βρετ.) το Παράσημο της Περικνημίδας
  • blue ribbon    τιμητική διάκριση, αριστείο, (Βρετ.) το Παράσημο της Περικνημίδας
  • blue tit    (ζωολ.) πάρος ο κυανούς (κν. καλόγερος)
  • blue-eyed boy    ευνοούμενος
  • out of the blue    στα καλά καθούμενα, εντελώς αναπάντεχα
  • the blues    (μουσική) μπλουζ, ακεφιές

Italiano (Italian)
blu, malinconico, abbattuto

idioms:

  • blue baby    bambino cianotico
  • blue black    blu scuro
  • blue blood    sangue blu
  • blue blooded    nobile
  • blue book    lista delle personalità, esame, rapporto governativo
  • blue chip    titolo sicuro
  • blue collar    operaio
  • blue in the face    esasperato
  • blue jeans    jeans
  • blue moon    raramente
  • blue murder    disastro
  • blue pencil    censurare, correggere
  • blue riband    onorificenza
  • blue ribbon    nastro dell'ordine della Giarrettiera
  • blue tit    cinciallegra
  • blue-eyed boy    pupillo favorito
  • once in a blue moon    molto raramente
  • out of the blue    dal nulla, improvvisamente
  • the blues    il blues

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - azul, triste
n. - cor (f) azul

idioms:

  • blue baby    bebê (m) cianótico (Med.)
  • blue black    azul (m) marinho
  • blue blood    nobre
  • blue blooded    de sangue azul
  • blue book    relatório (m) do parlamento
  • blue chip    ação (f) confiável no mercado
  • blue collar    trabalhador (m) braçal
  • blue in the face    fazer algo até cansar (gír.)
  • blue jeans    jeans (m pl) (coloq.)
  • blue moon    muito tempo
  • blue murder    berrar
  • blue pencil    censurar
  • blue riband    primeiro prêmio
  • blue ribbon    primeiro prêmio (EUA)
  • blue tit    pequeno pássaro europeu
  • blue-eyed boy    o favorito (Brit.) (pej.)
  • once in a blue moon    uma vez na vida (gír.)
  • out of the blue    inesperadamente
  • the blues    blues (Mús.), tristeza (f) (fig.)

Русский (Russian)
голубой, печальный, тоскующий

idioms:

  • blue baby    синюшный младенец
  • blue black    иссиня-черный
  • blue blood    голубая кровь, аристократ
  • blue blooded    аристократ
  • blue book    сборник официальных документов, список лиц играющих важную общественную роль
  • blue chip    ценный, превосходный
  • blue collar    рабочий на производстве
  • blue in the face    до посинения
  • blue jeans    джинсы
  • blue moon    редкий случай
  • blue murder    полный разгром, караул
  • blue pencil    корректировать, подвергать цензуре
  • blue riband    первая премия
  • blue ribbon    первая премия
  • blue tit    синица
  • blue-eyed boy    любимчик
  • once in a blue moon    очень редко
  • out of the blue    ни с того ни с сего
  • the blues    тоска, депрессия, хандра

Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - melancólico, triste, deprimido, de color azul
n. - azul
v. tr. - azular, colorear de azul
v. intr. - azularse, tomar color azul

idioms:

  • blue baby    bebé cianótico
  • blue black    azul muy oscuro, casi negro
  • blue blood    sangre azul, aristocracia
  • blue blooded    aristócrata, de linaje noble
  • blue book    libro azul, publicación oficial, guía de personas eminentes
  • blue chip    ficha de póker, valor de primera clase
  • blue collar    obrero
  • blue in the face    repetir hasta la saciedad
  • blue jeans    vaqueros, tejanos
  • blue moon    un período de tiempo muy largo
  • blue murder    ¡demonios!
  • blue pencil    corregir, cortar o censurar
  • blue riband    trofeo para el barco más rápido
  • blue ribbon    galardón máximo, primer premio
  • blue tit    alionín
  • blue-eyed boy    de ojos azules, niño mimado
  • out of the blue    inesperadamente, como llovido del cielo
  • the blues    melancolía, nostalgia, tristeza

2.
v. tr. - malgastar dinero

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - blå, deppig, låg, sträng, oanständig, porr-, konservativ
n. - blått, blå färg, blåa kläder

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
蓝色的, 沮丧的, 忧郁的, 蓝色

idioms:

  • blue baby    青紫婴儿
  • blue black    深蓝色的
  • blue blood    贵族血统, 贵族, 贵族阶级
  • blue blooded    贵族的
  • blue book    蓝皮书, 美国政府官员录
  • blue chip    高值筹码, 优值股票
  • blue collar    工人阶级的, 蓝领阶级的
  • blue in the face    因大怒弄得脸上突然变色, 气得脸色发青
  • blue jeans    蓝色牛仔裤
  • blue moon    不可能或稀有的时期或事情
  • blue murder    恐怖的喊声, 十分艰难的事情
  • blue pencil    蓝铅笔
  • blue riband    头奖, 蓝勋带
  • blue ribbon    最高的荣誉, 一流的, 头等的
  • blue tit    蓝山雀
  • blue-eyed boy    蓝眼人
  • out of the blue    突然地
  • the blues    布鲁斯舞, 沮丧

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 藍色的, 沮喪的, 憂鬱的
n. - 藍色

idioms:

  • blue baby    青紫嬰兒
  • blue black    深藍色的
  • blue blood    貴族血統, 貴族, 貴族階級
  • blue blooded    貴族的
  • blue book    藍皮書, 美國政府官員錄
  • blue chip    高值籌碼, 優值股票
  • blue collar    工人階級的, 藍領階級的
  • blue in the face    因大怒弄得臉上突然變色, 氣得臉色發青
  • blue jeans    藍色牛仔褲
  • blue moon    不可能或稀有的時期或事情
  • blue murder    恐怖的喊聲, 十分艱難的事情
  • blue pencil    藍鉛筆
  • blue riband    頭獎, 藍勛帶
  • blue ribbon    最高的榮譽, 一流的, 頭等的
  • blue tit    藍山雀
  • blue-eyed boy    藍眼人
  • out of the blue    突然地
  • the blues    布魯斯舞, 沮喪

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adj. - 푸른, 창백한, 우울한
n. - 파랑, 창공, 우울
v. tr. - ~을 푸르게 하다, ~을 낭비하다
v. intr. - 푸르게 하다

idioms:

  • the blues    창공

2.
v. tr. - 낭비하다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 青い, 青ざめた, わいせつな, 陰気な
n. - 青色, 青い絵の具, 憂うつ, 空
v. - 青くする

idioms:

  • blue baby    青色児
  • blue black    濃い藍色の
  • blue blood    貴族の生まれ, 貴族
  • blue blooded    貴族の生まれの
  • blue book    青書, 紳士録, 答案帳
  • blue chip    優良株
  • blue collar    ブルーカラーの
  • blue in the face    顔が青くなって
  • blue jeans    ジーンズ, ジーパン
  • blue moon    非常な長期間
  • blue murder    怒りの声
  • blue pencil    鉛筆, 削除
  • blue riband    青リボン, 最高の名誉
  • blue ribbon    青リボン, 最高の名誉
  • blue tit    アオガラ
  • out of the blue    にわかに

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) أزرق, مكتئب (الاسم) السماء, اللون الأزرق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮כחול, עצוב‬
n. - ‮תכלת, ריב‬
v. tr. - ‮עשה לכחול, הוסיף (לכביסה) צבע כחול‬
v. intr. - ‮נעשה כחול, הכחיל‬
v. tr. - ‮בזבז (כסף)‬


 
 
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