blueness

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.

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[Middle English blue, bleu, from Old French bleu, of Germanic origin; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]

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blue′ly adv.blue′ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

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blueness - blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue"bluechromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has hueazure, cerulean, lazuline, sky-blue, sapphire - a light shade of bluepowder blue - a pale blue color with grey in itsteel blue - a greyish blue colorPrussian blue - a dark greenish-blue colordark blue, navy blue, navy - a dark shade of bluecobalt blue, greenish blue, peacock blue, aqua, aquamarine, turquoise - a shade of blue tinged with greenpurplish blue, royal blue - a shade of blue tinged with purpleultramarine - a vivid blue to purple-blue color

Translations

蓝色

blue

(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