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out of the blue
blue B0322700 (blo͞o)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.2. a. A pigment or dye imparting this hue.b. Bluing.3. a. An object having this hue.b. Dress or clothing of this hue: The ushers wore blue.4. a. A person who wears a blue uniform.b. blues A dress blue uniform, especially that of the US Army.5. often Bluea. A member of the Union Army in the Civil War.b. The Union Army.6. A bluefish.7. Any of various small blue butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.8. a. The sky.b. 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.5. Being a trail, as for skiing, marked with a sign having a blue square, indicating an intermediate level of difficulty.6. Relating to or being a blue state.7. a. Gloomy; depressed. See Synonyms at depressed.b. Dismal; dreary: a blue day.8. Puritanical; strict.9. Aristocratic; patrician.10. 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 At the point of extreme exasperation: I argued with them until I was blue in the face. into the blue At a far distance; into the unknown: spontaneously take a trip into the blue. out of the blue1. 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; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]
blue′ly adv.blue′ness n.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. out of the blue - not anticipated; "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden; "unforeseen circumstances"; "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"; "like a bolt out of the blue"unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-forunexpected - not expected or anticipated; "unexpected guests"; "unexpected news" | Adv. | 1. out of the blue - in a way that was not expected; "her brother showed up at the wedding out of the blue"unexpectedly |
Translationsblue (bluː) adjective1. of the colour of a cloudless sky. blue paint; Her eyes are blue. 天藍色的 天蓝色的2. sad or depressed. I'm feeling blue today. 沮喪的 沮丧的 noun1. the colour of a cloudless sky. That is a beautiful blue. 天藍色 天蓝色2. a blue paint, material etc. We'll have to get some more blue. 藍顏料 蓝颜料3. the sky or the sea. The balloon floated off into the blue. 藍天，碧海 蓝天，碧海 ˈblueness noun 藍色 蓝色ˈbluish adjective quite blue; close to blue. a bluish green. 帶藍色的 带蓝色的ˈbluebottle noun a kind of large house-fly with a blue abdomen. 青蠅 蓝丽蝇，绿头大苍蝇 ˈbluecollar adjective (of workers) wearing overalls and working in factories etc. Blue collar workers are demanding the same pay as office staff. 藍領(勞工)階級 蓝领（工人）阶级的，体力劳动的 ˈblueprint noun a detailed photographic plan of work to be carried out. the blueprints for a new aircraft. 藍圖 蓝图once in a blue moon very seldom. He visits his mother once in a blue moon. 千載難逢 千载难逢out of the blue without warning. He arrived out of the blue, without phoning first. 突然地 突然地the blues low spirits; depression. He's got the blues today but he's usually cheerful. 憂鬱，垂頭喪氣 忧郁，垂头丧气 out of the blue
out of the blueCompletely unexpectedly. She seemed so surprised by the news that it must have come out of the blue.See also: blue, of, outout of the blue COMMON If something happens out of the blue, it happens unexpectedly. Then, out of the blue, a solicitor's letter arrived. Turner's resignation came out of the blue after his team's shock 5-0 defeat at Portsmouth. Can the disease really strike out of the blue? Note: This expression compares an unexpected event to a bolt of lightning from a blue sky. The expressions `out of a clear blue sky' and `a bolt from the blue' are based on a similar idea. See also: blue, of, outout of the blue without warning; very unexpectedly. informal This phrase refers to a blue (i.e. clear) sky, from which nothing unusual is expected.See also: blue, of, outout of the ˈblue suddenly and unexpectedly: She had no idea that anything was wrong until he announced out of the blue that he wanted a divorce.See also: blue, of, out out of the blue1. 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.See also: blue, of, outout of a clear (blue) skyUnexpectedly, suddenly. The image of something dropping from the sky was transferred to sudden or surprising events in the late nineteenth century. “He dropped upon me suddenly out of a clear sky,” wrote W. E. Norris (Marietta’s Marriage, 1897). It also was put simply as out of the blue, “the blue” having signified the sky (or the sea) since the seventeenth century. Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote in a letter in 1910, “I got an encouragement out of the blue . . . in the form of an honorary degree.”See also: clear, of, out, skyEncyclopediaSeeblueAcronymsSeeOOTBout of the blue
Synonyms for out of the blueadj not anticipatedSynonyms- unanticipated
- unforeseen
- unlooked-for
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