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单词 blue book
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blue bookn.

Brit. /ˈbluː bʊk/, U.S. /ˈblu ˈˌbʊk/
Forms: see blue adj. and n. and book n. Frequently with capital initials.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., book n.
Etymology: < blue adj. + book n. Compare earlier red book n.
1. (A title given to) any of various books, characteristically bound in blue, and typically containing reports, records, instructions, and the like; spec. such a book containing an official British government publication, such as a report issued by Parliament or the Privy Council, a committee report, etc. Also in extended use.
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society > communication > book > kind of book > book of specific form or colour > [noun] > with specific type of back or cover
blue book1633
green book1798
paperback1843
paper cover1843
yellowback1859
flat-back1888
greenback1893
paperbound1933
softback1951
hardback1953
hardcover1953
pocketbook1953
softcover1953
trade paperback1960
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > state, government, or parliamentary papers > [noun] > reports of Parliament or Privy Council
blue book1633
1633 S. Goffe Let. 7 Nov. in Cal. State Papers: Domest. Ser. (1863) CCL. 279 Dr. Ames's death has put them in hope that they shall not be troubled so much with blue books as heretofore.
1672 E. Ashmole Inst. Order of Garter vi. 201 The second of these Books is called the Blue Book,..the Cover being fairly bound in Blue velvet. It begins with the first year of Queen Mary.
1777 J. Scruton Pract. Counting House 326 The land-waiters, appointed to attend the delivery, together with blue books, wherein an account of the delivery is to be entered.
1793 Gentleman's Mag. 63 59/2 A work which, among the Roman Catholicks, is known by the name of ‘The Third Blue Book’.
1845 B. Disraeli Sybil II. iv. v. 206 On another table were arranged his parliamentary papers, and piles of blue books.
1874 Jrnl. Mental Sci. 20 175 The piecemeal information to be derived from Prison Blue Books as to the mentally weak class.
1881 Macmillan's Mag. 45 51/1 History..is the great Blue-book of the statesman.
1909 B. Ward Dawn Catholic Revival I. i. 2 It is described in the Third Blue Book as follows. Note, The Blue Books were the official publications of the Catholic Committee.
1957 Economist 6 Apr. 63/2 Last year's Blue Book..for the first time provided an official estimate of national income after allowing for depreciation.
1991 T. Pakenham Scramble for Afr. viii. 127 This was the legend spread by Colvin and Cookson in the British government's Blue Books describing the affair.
2. An official register of United States government employees. Cf. red book n. 4. Now historical.The book originally encompassed all such persons; later versions only included principal officials. The last such book was published in 1959.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > state, government, or parliamentary papers > [noun] > list of holders of state office or pensions
red book1762
blue book1817
1817 Niles' Weekly Reg. 1 Nov. 147/2 I am inclined to believe that these things were not adverted to by government until after the ‘Register’, the blue book, was published.
1836 Deb. Congr. U.S. 8 June 1719 An array of names more numerous..than was to be found in the ‘Blue Book’.
1872 Reg. Officers & Agents in Service U.S. p. ii That instead of five hundred copies of the Biennial Register or Blue Book,..there shall, in future, be published seven hundred and fifty copies.
1904 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 7 Sept. 5 The bulky Blue Book of the present day..is in two volumes, each of more than 1000 pages.
1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 66/2 He [sc. a Democratic statesman] had his clerks go through the Blue Book and make a list of all jobs that pay over four thousand dollars a year.
1999 E. Plischke U.S. Dept. of State iv. 134 The Biennial Register or Blue Book, which provided lists of all American officers and agents in the service of the American government.
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a. A directory, often having a blue cover. Also in extended use. [The directory referred to in quot. 1822 was created in distinction from red book n. 4.]
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society > communication > book > kind of book > reference book > [noun] > directories
peerage1766
court-guide1814
blue book1822
stud book1834
peerage book1843
social register1886
1822 (title) The royal blue book; or, fashionable directory, and canvassing guide, for 1822.
1848 (title) The Blue Book of the British Manufacturers.
1928 Daily Tel. 5 May 7/6 The ‘Blue Book’, the directory..of the electrical engineering and allied trades.
1998 G. Giddins Visions of Jazz lxix. 593 After decades of neglect, the Capitol catalogue, once the bluebook of jazz-influenced pop singers,..is now elaborately revived.
b. Originally U.S. A reference book which lists current market prices for consumer items of a particular type, esp. used automobiles; (in later use also) a website, etc., containing similar information. Frequently attributive.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom. In the United States blue book is a proprietary name for a number of price guides in various fields.
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1920 Alton (Illinois) Evening Tel. 28 Feb. 5/4 The Blue Book as the buying guide of the second hand automobiles in Alton is proving a handy book to the dealers.
1953 Changing Times Feb. 23/1 How can a car owner get ‘more than blue-book price’ for his car when he trades it in?
1971 Washington Post 22 Feb. d5 (advt.) Used boats. Various sizes & models, most with trailers. Way below ‘blue book value’.
1998 PC Mag. 20 Oct. 176 Cash rebates are based on the average wholesale value of your PC per the Orion Blue Book.
2005 J. C. Thomas Negotiate to Win xii. 254 Let's look it [sc. a car] up in the Blue Book and see what it's worth.
4. Chiefly U.S. A blank booklet with blue covers used by students for writing answers to examination questions.
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1874 Harvard Advocate Suppl. 3 Oct. 6/1 At three o'clock dancing began in lower Massachusetts [Hall],—no longer the Massachusetts of blue books and examinations, but completely transformed by tasteful decoration.
1893 W. K. Post Harvard Stories 240 Jack..walked up to the desk at the end of the room, and put his blue book on the pile of others.
1918 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 3 16 Eight instructors were assigned to mark the blue books.
1970 Alcalde (Univ. Texas) Oct. 28/1 Today's student concern shows the passing of indifference of some former generations who wanted only answers to write in blue books.
2009 New Yorker 27 Apr. 40/3 Of course, it's hard to imagine a university administration that would require students to pee in a cup before they get their blue books.

Derivatives

ˈbluebooky adj. of, relating to, or resembling a blue book; likely to be found in a blue book.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > dull
tedious1412
weary1549
plumbeousa1586
ungayed1670
deserta1674
prosaic1692
pedestrian1716
languishing1741
unglittering1813
prosy1837
urned1849
monotone1862
bluebooky1872
stodgy1874
pedestrial1941
1872 Sun & Central Press 26 Feb. 12/1 He [sc. the new Viceroy] is a ‘blue-booky’ man, who will not be likely to move about as Lord Mayo did.
1953 A. Ussher Three Great Irishmen i. 40 The blue-booky horribly-named Everybody's Political What's What.
2011 Out of Jungle (Nexis) 2 Mar. This review criticizing the newer edition for becoming so large and ‘bluebooky’ at Law Librarian Blog.
ˈblue-bookiness n. rare resemblance to a blue book.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > dullness
humdrum1727
woodenness1854
pedestrianism1858
monotone1871
blue-bookiness1909
1909 Fabian News 20 76/1 His volume is..readable, notwithstanding the complete blue bookiness of its contents.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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