The room was painted in various shades of blue. 房间是用深浅不一的蓝色粉刷的。
blue bluer, bluest
[ noun ]
blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
<noun.attribute> he had eyes of bright blue
blue clothing
<noun.artifact> she was wearing blue
any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
<noun.group> the Union army was a vast blue
the sky as viewed during daylight
<noun.object> he shot an arrow into the blue
used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
<noun.substance>
the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
<noun.artifact>
any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
<noun.animal> [ verb ]
turn blue
<verb.change> [ adj ]
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
<adj.all> October's bright blue weather a blue flame blue haze of tobacco smoke
used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
<adj.all> a ragged blue line
filled with melancholy and despondency
<adj.all> gloomy at the thought of what he had to face gloomy predictions a gloomy silence took a grim view of the economy the darkening mood lonely and blue in a strange city depressed by the loss of his job a dispirited and resigned expression on her face downcast after his defeat feeling discouraged and downhearted
characterized by profanity or cursing
<adj.all> foul-mouthed and blasphemous blue language profane words
suggestive of sexual impropriety
<adj.all> a blue movie blue jokes he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details a juicy scandal a naughty wink naughty words racy anecdotes a risque story spicy gossip
belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
<adj.all> an aristocratic family aristocratic Bostonians aristocratic government a blue family blue blood the blue-blooded aristocracy of gentle blood patrician landholders of the American South aristocratic bearing aristocratic features patrician tastes
morally rigorous and strict
<adj.all> the puritan work ethic puritanic distaste for alcohol she was anything but puritanical in her behavior
causing dejection
<adj.all> a blue day the dark days of the war a week of rainy depressing weather a disconsolate winter landscape the first dismal dispiriting days of November a dark gloomy day grim rainy weather
Blue \Blue\ (bl[=u]), a. [Compar. {Bluer} (bl[=u]"[~e]r); superl. {Bluest}.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, livid, black, fr. Icel.bl[=a]r livid; akin to Dan. blaa blue, Sw. bl[*a], D. blauw, OHG. bl[=a]o, G. blau; but influenced in form by F. bleu, from OHG. bl[=a]o.] 1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets. ``The blue firmament.'' --Milton.
2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths.
3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue. [Colloq.]
5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws.
6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of {bluestocking}. [Colloq.]
The ladies were very blue and well informed. --Thackeray.
{Blue asbestus}. See {Crocidolite}.
{Blue black}, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost black.
{Blue blood}. See under {Blood}.
{Blue buck} (Zo["o]l.), a small South African antelope ({Cephalophus pygm[ae]us}); also applied to a larger species ({[AE]goceras leucoph[ae]us}); the blaubok.
{Blue cod} (Zo["o]l.), the buffalo cod.
{Blue crab} (Zo["o]l.), the common edible crab of the Atlantic coast of the United States ({Callinectes hastatus}).
{Blue curls} (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also {bastard pennyroyal}.
{Blue devils}, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons suffering with {delirium tremens}; hence, very low spirits. ``Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils, or lay them all in a red sea of claret?'' --Thackeray.
{Blue gage}. See under {Gage}, a plum.
{Blue gum}, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as a protection against malaria. The essential oil is beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very useful. See {Eucalyptus}.
{Blue jack}, {Blue stone}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
{Blue jacket}, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval uniform.
{Blue jaundice}. See under {Jaundice}.
{Blue laws}, a name first used in the eighteenth century to describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any puritanical laws. [U. S.]
{Blue light}, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at sea, and in military operations.
{Blue mantle} (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms; -- so called from the color of his official robes.
{Blue mass}, a preparation of mercury from which is formed the blue pill. --McElrath.
{Blue mold} or {Blue mould}, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C.
{Blue Monday}, (a) a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or itself given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent). (b) a Monday considered as depressing because it is a workday in contrast to the relaxation of the weekend.
{Blue ointment} (Med.), mercurial ointment.
{Blue Peter} (British Marine), a blue flag with a white square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater, one of the British signal flags.
{Blue pill}. (Med.) (a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc. (b) Blue mass.
{Blue ribbon}. (a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter; -- hence, a member of that order. (b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great ambition; a distinction; a prize. ``These [scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the college.'' --Farrar. (c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon Army.
{Blue spar} (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See {Lazulite}.
{Blue thrush} (Zo["o]l.), a European and Asiatic thrush ({Petrocossyphus cyaneas}).
{Blue verditer}. See {Verditer}.
{Blue vitriol} (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico printing, etc.
{Blue water}, the open ocean.
{Big Blue}, the International Business Machines corporation. [Wall Street slang.] PJC
{To look blue}, to look disheartened or dejected.
{True blue}, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed; not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the Covenanters.
For his religion . . . 'T was Presbyterian, true blue. --Hudibras.
Blue \Blue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bluing}.] To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, etc.
Blue \Blue\ (bl[=u]), n. 1. One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism; the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that, whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color. Sometimes, poetically, the sky; as, to fly off into the blue.
2. A pedantic woman; a bluestocking. [Colloq.]
3. pl. [Short for blue devils.] Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy. [Colloq.]
{Berlin blue}, Prussian blue.
{Mineral blue}. See under {Mineral}.
{Prussian blue}. See under {Prussian}.
Cod \Cod\, n. [Cf. G. gadde, and (in Heligoland) gadden, L. gadus merlangus.] (Zo["o]l.) An important edible fish ({Gadus morrhua}), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities.
Note: There are several varieties; as {shore cod}, from shallow water; {bank cod}, from the distant banks; and {rock cod}, which is found among ledges, and is often dark brown or mottled with red. The {tomcod} is a distinct species of small size. The {bastard}, {blue}, {buffalo}, or {cultus cod} of the Pacific coast belongs to a distinct family. See {Buffalo cod}, under {Buffalo}.
{Cod fishery}, the business of fishing for cod.
{Cod line}, an eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish. --McElrath. ※ ||
As a consequence, the blue chips extended a decline which had begun in the closing minutes of the previous session, when investors had sensed the bad news to come. However, the downturn paled when compared with the rout in bonds.
Among active blue chips, International Business Machines advanced 2[ to 107.
And once that becomes evident to investors, these optimistic analysts see nothing ahead but blue sky for stock prices.
Some blue chip stocks also rose in up-and-down trading that saw the Dow Jones industrials average fluctuate during the session before settling below a record high set Friday.
His tan slacks and blue worker's jacket, saved from before he went to prison, were loose on his slight frame.
These were readily seized but traders then found that stock in the underlying blue chips had become very hard to find.
He is a distinguished-looking, gray-haired man, and he dresses in conservative blue suits.
The European Security Forum is evidence of the weight that blue chip companies attach to data security.
Biden's blue cap covered the scar on his left temple where the surgical incision was made.
Within hours, volunteer diggers were unearthing interesting shards of pottery, including a button-size chip of blue and white Mexican majolica clay used in pottery since the 17th century.
Touring a car plant in Malaysia, Major looked at green cars, red cars, white cars and blue cars.
The average of 30 blue chip stocks does not necessarily mirror what is happening to the hundreds of other substantial companies.
But the performances of other market indices shows that, once again, the smaller stocks outpaced the blue chips, as investors sought to maximise their benefit from the recovery in company profits - when it comes.
Youngsters hover over her pink nightie, little doll and blue comb.
An on-screen image can, at a quick glance, draw the eye to an unusual spike of red or dash of blue, revealing patterns that numbers need thousands of rows to show.
Tears come into your eyes when you see them in their blue pants and blue skirts and white shirts. They read the scripture, they do everything.
Tears come into your eyes when you see them in their blue pants and blue skirts and white shirts. They read the scripture, they do everything.
"So everything we have is either yellow or blue," she said.
But the firm concludes that high-quality "junior blue chips" are in good position to beat, rather than trail, the big-name stocks over the next five years.
A good earnings report from one of the market's largest companies helped allay some concern and lift the blue chip average.
The uninjured sailors, many wearing blue coveralls and some of them shoeless, also refused to answer reporters' questions here or after they returned to their home base in Charleston, S.C.
Now one wonders if these lovely islands, with their gorgeous empty beaches and sparkling blue lagoons, can be saved from pillage by builders and developers.
There was a sudden blue flash, a clap of thunder, and a hazy figure appeared.
Lorenzo, wearing a conservative navy suit, blue shirt and reddish tie, looked tired as he answered Sisk's questions.
An NTPA survey found that 69% of those who attend pulls are blue collar, 82% own pickups and 95% fix their own vehicles.
AN EARLY strong performance by the UK equity market was gradually eroded yesterday leaving the blue chip issues marginally lower on the day.
Some blue chips lost ground on profit-taking.
Now we get people in their early 30s, even in their 20s." The precision-cropped hair is mostly gray, but those famous blue eyes remain clear, his skin unlined and his body trim.
The brand-spanking-newness of Mr. Stitzel's project offends some blue bloods on the swanky strip.
It started as faint, curved lines of red, blue, green, purple and pink light.