| 单词 | a bit of blue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa bit of blue 11. colloquial. Indecency, obscenity (often of a mild nature); = blueness n. 3. Chiefly in a bit of blue. Cf. sense A. 10. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] inhonesty1481 scandal1622 nastiness1650 fulsomeness1684 indecency1692 impropriety1751 blue1824 paw-pawness1828 blueness1833 gaminess1854 suggestiveness1888 purple1930 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] > that which is indecent indecency1774 a bit of blue1889 scorcher1942 sizzler1957 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 446 Thread o' Blue, any little smutty touch in song-singing, chatting, or piece of writing. 1883 E. J. Milliken Childe Chappie's Pilgrimage vi. 47 Music-Halls were thine, Childe Chappie; halls of ‘blue’, and brazen glee. 1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 145/2 ‘A bit of blue’, an obscene or libidinous anecdote. 1967 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 80 383 What I considered obscene, they considered merely bawdy (‘It has a wee thread o' blue in it,’ they would say). 2005 Guardian (Nexis) 25 Apr. (Sports section) 32 Saturday's..encounter in which Jenny Powell and Victoria Silvstedt pretended to tear off each other's clothes, providing a bit of blue for the dads at what is prime family-viewing time. < as lemmas |
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