blue and whiteadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌbluː (ə)n(d) ˈwʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˌblu ən ˈ(h)waɪt/

Forms: see blue adj. and n., and conj.¹, adv., and n.¹, and white adj. and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., and conj.¹, white adj.

Etymology: < blue adj. + and conj.¹ + white adj.

A. adj.

1. Marked with or characterized by a pattern of blue intermixed with white; spec. designating a type of (originally Chinese) porcelain decorated in this way.Cf. nankeen n. 3, blue china n. at blue adj. and n. Compounds 1d.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] > variegated with specific colours

hasweda1325

pied1382

black and white1395

blue and white1551

bauson1587

piebald1743

tortoiseshell1803

testudinarious1826

pepper-and-salta1843

tortoise1902

salt-and-pepper1915

pepper-and-salty1952

1551–60 Inventorie H. Parkers in H. Hall Society in Elizabethan Age (1886) 151 A Tester of blewe and white velvett, panyd & embroderid with cope worcke of gould.

1623 R. Jobson Golden Trade 55 Her apparrell..is loose clothes party-coloured, blew and white.

1719 Lady Fermanagh Let. 19 Mar. in M. M. Verney Verney Lett. 18th Cent. (1930) II. ii. xxiii. 60 I shall want a dozen of blew and white china plates.

1776 Pennsylvania Evening Post 27 Apr. 212/1 Blue and white and enamelled sauce Turennes, 2 sizes.

1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. i. 2 The fire-place..was ornamented with blue and white Dutch tiles.

1882 Cent. Mag. Nov. 41/1 Young women in white caps and aprons and blue-and-white striped seersucker dresses.

1902 C. Wheeler How to make Rugs 109 The elaborate blue-and-white spreads our grandmothers wove.

1941 E. Bowen Look at all those Roses 236 Blue-and-white plates, in metal clamps, hung in lines up the walls.

2005 N.Y. Times 3 Apr. (T: Style Mag.) 58 At Whittard of Chelsea, the blue-and-white willow china somehow fell short.

2. Of an animal: having a blue or bluish-grey coat, plumage, etc., marked or mixed with white.

ΚΠ

1775 Scots Mag. Oct. 532/2 Three different kinds of animals..the raindeer, the blue and white foxes, and the white bears, were the only food these wretched mariners tasted.

1804 Sporting Mag. Nov. 56/1 Mr Grimston's blue and white dog, Dart, beat Mr Richmond's bitch, Swallow.

1890 Sc. Law Rev. & Sheriff Court Rep. 6 151 The blue and white cow in question had been in April, 1885, sold as a calf by Alexander Moodie to his daughter Janet.

1904 Amer. Kennel Club Stud Bk. 20 753 Dusty Queen... Whelped April 2, 1901; blue and white.

1968 K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 120 The blue-and-white roo had chosen..a day camp.

2009 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 18 May (Neighbor section) 7 Smokey is a blue and white cat that is neutered and 10 years old.

B. n.

1. The colours blue (or bluish-grey) and white together, esp. forming a pattern on a fabric, surface, animal's coat, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > [noun] > variegation with specific colours

blue and white1670

pepper-and-saltiness1880

1670 J. Smith England's Improvem. Reviv'd v. 173 Of these Pigeons there is of several Colours,..as black and white, blew and white, motley, [etc.].

1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) II. 305 Sessile Shells..which had preserved their natural Colour of Blue and White as perfectly as at first.

1774 H. Walpole Descr. Villa Strawberry-Hill 8 The sides, white Dutch tiles, with borders of blue and white.

a1849 J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 338 In an uniform of blue and white..he is dressed.

1888 J. Ruskin Let. 29 Aug. in R. Unwin Gulf of Years (1953) 64 I sent you from Paris..a Turkish sash of dainty blue and white.

1974 Northern Times (Golspie, Sutherland) 2 Aug. 3/4 A St. Andrew's Cross in blue and white.

2003 Church Times 19 Dec. 9/4 A striking dorsal curtain embroidered in blue and white.

2. Something patterned or marked in blue and white, spec. a piece or type of porcelain.

ΚΠ

1806 tr. in Monthly Mag. Jan. 523/1 One of the China-manufactories is of long date.—There is made at it a great quantity of what is called blue-and white, with which all Flanders is supplied.

1830 P. Neilson Recoll. Six Years' Resid. in U.S. 320 Trowsers and frocks made of common drugget, (or blue and white as it is called).

1848 H. R. Forster Stowe Catal. 1 Twelve fruit dishes, of old blue and white.

1945 W. B. Honey Ceramic Art of China ii. 121 An entirely new type of blue-and-white made its appearance... This ‘Transitional’ blue-and-white..shows a distinct range of forms.

2006 Grove Encycl. Decorative Arts I. 116/2 Early examples of Chinese blue and white in Britain suggest that blue and white was rare in the 16th century.

3. colloquial (originally U.S.). A police patrol car painted blue and white. Cf. black and white n. 6.

ΚΠ

1974 V. E. Smith Jones Men xxiii. 212 Make sure none of them god-damn blue-and-whites move until they're told.

1985 W. Diehl Hooligans xxiv. 135 A blue and white was closing in on them.

1995 M. Amis Information (1996) 71 The activities of the night before had involved him in a 120-minute, 120-mile-an-hour Indianapolis down the wrong way of the M20 in a stolen GTi with five blue-and-whites up his pipe.

2001 L. Durkee Rides of Midway xv. 259 Two of the police cars were local blue and whites, the third a green state police cruiser, and the fourth an unmarked white sedan.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blue and white
释义	blue and whiteadj.n. Brit. /ˌbluː (ə)n(d) ˈwʌɪt/, U.S. /ˌblu ən ˈ(h)waɪt/ Forms: see blue adj. and n., and conj.¹, adv., and n.¹, and white adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., and conj.¹, white adj. Etymology: < blue adj. + and conj.¹ + white adj. A. adj. 1. Marked with or characterized by a pattern of blue intermixed with white; spec. designating a type of (originally Chinese) porcelain decorated in this way.Cf. nankeen n. 3, blue china n. at blue adj. and n. Compounds 1d. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] > variegated with specific colours hasweda1325 pied1382 black and white1395 blue and white1551 bauson1587 piebald1743 tortoiseshell1803 testudinarious1826 pepper-and-salta1843 tortoise1902 salt-and-pepper1915 pepper-and-salty1952 1551–60 Inventorie H. Parkers in H. Hall Society in Elizabethan Age (1886) 151 A Tester of blewe and white velvett, panyd & embroderid with cope worcke of gould. 1623 R. Jobson Golden Trade 55 Her apparrell..is loose clothes party-coloured, blew and white. 1719 Lady Fermanagh Let. 19 Mar. in M. M. Verney Verney Lett. 18th Cent. (1930) II. ii. xxiii. 60 I shall want a dozen of blew and white china plates. 1776 Pennsylvania Evening Post 27 Apr. 212/1 Blue and white and enamelled sauce Turennes, 2 sizes. 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. i. 2 The fire-place..was ornamented with blue and white Dutch tiles. 1882 Cent. Mag. Nov. 41/1 Young women in white caps and aprons and blue-and-white striped seersucker dresses. 1902 C. Wheeler How to make Rugs 109 The elaborate blue-and-white spreads our grandmothers wove. 1941 E. Bowen Look at all those Roses 236 Blue-and-white plates, in metal clamps, hung in lines up the walls. 2005 N.Y. Times 3 Apr. (T: Style Mag.) 58 At Whittard of Chelsea, the blue-and-white willow china somehow fell short. 2. Of an animal: having a blue or bluish-grey coat, plumage, etc., marked or mixed with white. ΚΠ 1775 Scots Mag. Oct. 532/2 Three different kinds of animals..the raindeer, the blue and white foxes, and the white bears, were the only food these wretched mariners tasted. 1804 Sporting Mag. Nov. 56/1 Mr Grimston's blue and white dog, Dart, beat Mr Richmond's bitch, Swallow. 1890 Sc. Law Rev. & Sheriff Court Rep. 6 151 The blue and white cow in question had been in April, 1885, sold as a calf by Alexander Moodie to his daughter Janet. 1904 Amer. Kennel Club Stud Bk. 20 753 Dusty Queen... Whelped April 2, 1901; blue and white. 1968 K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 120 The blue-and-white roo had chosen..a day camp. 2009 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 18 May (Neighbor section) 7 Smokey is a blue and white cat that is neutered and 10 years old. B. n. 1. The colours blue (or bluish-grey) and white together, esp. forming a pattern on a fabric, surface, animal's coat, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [noun] > variegation with specific colours blue and white1670 pepper-and-saltiness1880 1670 J. Smith England's Improvem. Reviv'd v. 173 Of these Pigeons there is of several Colours,..as black and white, blew and white, motley, [etc.]. 1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) II. 305 Sessile Shells..which had preserved their natural Colour of Blue and White as perfectly as at first. 1774 H. Walpole Descr. Villa Strawberry-Hill 8 The sides, white Dutch tiles, with borders of blue and white. a1849 J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 338 In an uniform of blue and white..he is dressed. 1888 J. Ruskin Let. 29 Aug. in R. Unwin Gulf of Years (1953) 64 I sent you from Paris..a Turkish sash of dainty blue and white. 1974 Northern Times (Golspie, Sutherland) 2 Aug. 3/4 A St. Andrew's Cross in blue and white. 2003 Church Times 19 Dec. 9/4 A striking dorsal curtain embroidered in blue and white. 2. Something patterned or marked in blue and white, spec. a piece or type of porcelain. ΚΠ 1806 tr. in Monthly Mag. Jan. 523/1 One of the China-manufactories is of long date.—There is made at it a great quantity of what is called blue-and white, with which all Flanders is supplied. 1830 P. Neilson Recoll. Six Years' Resid. in U.S. 320 Trowsers and frocks made of common drugget, (or blue and white as it is called). 1848 H. R. Forster Stowe Catal. 1 Twelve fruit dishes, of old blue and white. 1945 W. B. Honey Ceramic Art of China ii. 121 An entirely new type of blue-and-white made its appearance... This ‘Transitional’ blue-and-white..shows a distinct range of forms. 2006 Grove Encycl. Decorative Arts I. 116/2 Early examples of Chinese blue and white in Britain suggest that blue and white was rare in the 16th century. 3. colloquial (originally U.S.). A police patrol car painted blue and white. Cf. black and white n. 6. ΚΠ 1974 V. E. Smith Jones Men xxiii. 212 Make sure none of them god-damn blue-and-whites move until they're told. 1985 W. Diehl Hooligans xxiv. 135 A blue and white was closing in on them. 1995 M. Amis Information (1996) 71 The activities of the night before had involved him in a 120-minute, 120-mile-an-hour Indianapolis down the wrong way of the M20 in a stolen GTi with five blue-and-whites up his pipe. 2001 L. Durkee Rides of Midway xv. 259 Two of the police cars were local blue and whites, the third a green state police cruiser, and the fourth an unmarked white sedan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1551
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