Definition of blue blood in English:

blue blood

noun

mass noun

1Noble birth.
blue blood is no guarantee of any particular merit, competence, or expertise
Example sentencesExamples
- Born a noble himself, Napoleon knew as well as anyone that blue blood could not be abolished short of exterminating all those who believed they possessed it.
- In another departure from the book, it is strongly hinted that the departmental controller is a communist agent - the irony being that his blue blood makes him unassailable in the very system he is seeking to destroy.
- Whether it's because of blue blood or not, the Pekingese definitely has a mind and will of its own - it tends to want to get its own way.
- He, it seems, had a strange sense of pride, not only because there was perhaps a tinge of blue blood in his veins, but also because as an intellectual he wanted to be respected and listened to.
- It was the same distinguished guests, same idle chitchat, same stifling atmosphere of blue blood.
- The family was of the purest blue blood, and at his birth they were lords of three estates in central Scotland.
- It wouldn't do to mix their blue blood with the debased genes of commoners!
- Auntie Edna used to say you needed blue blood in your veins to go there.
- Of course everyone secretly hopes they might find a celebrity connection, figures of power and influence or even blue blood.
- And where you come from is an important issue for many researchers, particularly the ones who believe that blue blood might be surging through their veins.
- If a large man on a sheep station in the middle of nowhere can have blue blood running through his veins, why can't I?
- Yes, the perceptive reader apprehends, he did indeed spill English blood and a lot of it - but it was not blue blood.
- Even from the outside, the convertible screams luxury, decadence and a hint of blue blood.
- In both films she was playing a wild girl on the wrong side of the tracks when she seems more naturally suited to the well-heeled, blue blood American heiress roles.
- Far from worrying about musty family skeletons in aristocratic cupboards, noble pedigrees are advertised and the smallest cup-full of blue blood proudly proclaimed.
- Had they been born with blue blood, would their experience have been any different?
- Staunchly imperialist, he is a living manifestation of quintessential Englishness, a living descendant of people with blue blood, noble quarterings, and the right school tie.
- A third party duly stepped in with his offer of support - and believe me this is a person with claret and blue blood in his veins.
- Just because you've got blue blood running through your cold veins doesn't mean I have to put up with your insults!
- They think of themselves as blue blood and most of them inherit the savageness of their parents too.
Synonyms
high standing, nobility, aristocracy, high birth, eminence, distinction, prestige
1. 1.1count noun A person of noble birth.
  the City blue bloods didn't like him
  Example sentencesExamples
  The rationale for this week long fiesta is the requirement that a ‘coming out’ be staged to mark the social and sexual maturity of the daughters of the city's blue bloods.
  We pretend to be a middle-class, democratic nation, but in reality we love our blue bloods… We don't actually want to be governed by people like ourselves.
  The poorest boy at Groton, his private school, he is both a blue blood and an underdog.
  Genie could swear that three thirds of Europe's blue bloods are present.
  Aren't they going to feel a little disenfranchised as they watch all these blue bloods take the field.
  Families, from the suburbs and the inner city - blue bloods and new arrivals to our country - can show up to fish most any time.
  Their players undoubtedly possess pedigree, but now football's blue bloods must pass the biggest test so far, that of the stubborn, talented Irish.
  Though it was not solely a sport for aristocrats, quail hunting in the Old South was a favorite pastime of the wealthy planters and blue bloods who sought to emulate European noblemen with their privileges and refinements.
  By the time we discover the link between the blue bloods, the dead people, and the fracasing kinfolk, we've lost all interest in the outcome or reveal.
  And yes, they even came out and said that these were the elves of mythology, and that all the royal houses of the world are ultimately descended from them - the blue bloods.
  Bostonian blue bloods were among the first to imitate, popularise and avidly collect the Impressionists.
  I waved him off and fought my way to my room, past a myriad of slaphappy blue bloods in oversized high heels.
  During the late '50s and early '60s, the blue bloods ' grip on power was coming to an end.
  The zodiac's own king and queen - whose rampant symbol has been co-opted by shabby blue bloods for centuries - like to live large and play the big-hearted host.
  The crowd parted for them almost silently, save for a few blue bloods that were ‘quite tired of this silly peasant ruckus’.
  He is a typical blue blood in his love and encouragement of sport.
  As he and his family try to make nice with the blue bloods, he begins a personal reawakening that takes him through roiling fortunes, shady dealings, and some good old-fashioned stock and real estate disasters.
  War-bound blue bloods grudgingly handed the reins over to Irish and Italian Catholics and Jews.
  In fact, the second one that became a champion with her mother was bred - her mother is a blue blood, her father is a blue blood, but she is very small.
  As in politics, you don't need to be a blue blood to make it in cyberspace.

Derivatives

blue-blooded

adjectiveˌbluːˈblʌdɪd

If you are gearing up to buy the latest premium sports utility vehicle or sedan in the market and feel that you will be the proud owner of a real blue-blooded luxury car, there is news for you.
Example sentencesExamples
- People envied her for her blue-blooded, patrician beauty and her ability to keep her cool under the toughest of situations.
- Tall, mature, single, blue-blooded aristocrat, seeks tall, mature foxy lady who loves dressing in furs.
- In 1981, he became the country's fourth prime minister, but the first commoner after a trio of blue-blooded patricians.
- Steve, like many of us, is not a blue-blooded aristocrat but an honest British citizen who loves hunting and enjoys the privilege of riding around the countryside.

Definition of blue blood in US English:

blue blood

nounˈblu ˌblədˈblo͞o ˌbləd

1Noble birth.
blue blood is no guarantee of any particular merit, competence, or expertise
Example sentencesExamples
- It wouldn't do to mix their blue blood with the debased genes of commoners!
- It was the same distinguished guests, same idle chitchat, same stifling atmosphere of blue blood.
- Just because you've got blue blood running through your cold veins doesn't mean I have to put up with your insults!
- Whether it's because of blue blood or not, the Pekingese definitely has a mind and will of its own - it tends to want to get its own way.
- Of course everyone secretly hopes they might find a celebrity connection, figures of power and influence or even blue blood.
- Even from the outside, the convertible screams luxury, decadence and a hint of blue blood.
- Auntie Edna used to say you needed blue blood in your veins to go there.
- He, it seems, had a strange sense of pride, not only because there was perhaps a tinge of blue blood in his veins, but also because as an intellectual he wanted to be respected and listened to.
- Had they been born with blue blood, would their experience have been any different?
- If a large man on a sheep station in the middle of nowhere can have blue blood running through his veins, why can't I?
- Staunchly imperialist, he is a living manifestation of quintessential Englishness, a living descendant of people with blue blood, noble quarterings, and the right school tie.
- A third party duly stepped in with his offer of support - and believe me this is a person with claret and blue blood in his veins.
- In another departure from the book, it is strongly hinted that the departmental controller is a communist agent - the irony being that his blue blood makes him unassailable in the very system he is seeking to destroy.
- The family was of the purest blue blood, and at his birth they were lords of three estates in central Scotland.
- And where you come from is an important issue for many researchers, particularly the ones who believe that blue blood might be surging through their veins.
- Yes, the perceptive reader apprehends, he did indeed spill English blood and a lot of it - but it was not blue blood.
- Born a noble himself, Napoleon knew as well as anyone that blue blood could not be abolished short of exterminating all those who believed they possessed it.
- In both films she was playing a wild girl on the wrong side of the tracks when she seems more naturally suited to the well-heeled, blue blood American heiress roles.
- They think of themselves as blue blood and most of them inherit the savageness of their parents too.
- Far from worrying about musty family skeletons in aristocratic cupboards, noble pedigrees are advertised and the smallest cup-full of blue blood proudly proclaimed.
Synonyms
high standing, nobility, aristocracy, high birth, eminence, distinction, prestige
1. 1.1also blueblood A person of noble birth.
  a comforting figure among that crowd of blue bloods
  Example sentencesExamples
  By the time we discover the link between the blue bloods, the dead people, and the fracasing kinfolk, we've lost all interest in the outcome or reveal.
  Bostonian blue bloods were among the first to imitate, popularise and avidly collect the Impressionists.
  Genie could swear that three thirds of Europe's blue bloods are present.
  During the late '50s and early '60s, the blue bloods ' grip on power was coming to an end.
  And yes, they even came out and said that these were the elves of mythology, and that all the royal houses of the world are ultimately descended from them - the blue bloods.
  The poorest boy at Groton, his private school, he is both a blue blood and an underdog.
  Their players undoubtedly possess pedigree, but now football's blue bloods must pass the biggest test so far, that of the stubborn, talented Irish.
  Aren't they going to feel a little disenfranchised as they watch all these blue bloods take the field.
  The rationale for this week long fiesta is the requirement that a ‘coming out’ be staged to mark the social and sexual maturity of the daughters of the city's blue bloods.
  The zodiac's own king and queen - whose rampant symbol has been co-opted by shabby blue bloods for centuries - like to live large and play the big-hearted host.
  In fact, the second one that became a champion with her mother was bred - her mother is a blue blood, her father is a blue blood, but she is very small.
  As he and his family try to make nice with the blue bloods, he begins a personal reawakening that takes him through roiling fortunes, shady dealings, and some good old-fashioned stock and real estate disasters.
  War-bound blue bloods grudgingly handed the reins over to Irish and Italian Catholics and Jews.
  As in politics, you don't need to be a blue blood to make it in cyberspace.
  We pretend to be a middle-class, democratic nation, but in reality we love our blue bloods… We don't actually want to be governed by people like ourselves.
  I waved him off and fought my way to my room, past a myriad of slaphappy blue bloods in oversized high heels.
  Families, from the suburbs and the inner city - blue bloods and new arrivals to our country - can show up to fish most any time.
  Though it was not solely a sport for aristocrats, quail hunting in the Old South was a favorite pastime of the wealthy planters and blue bloods who sought to emulate European noblemen with their privileges and refinements.
  The crowd parted for them almost silently, save for a few blue bloods that were ‘quite tired of this silly peasant ruckus’.
  He is a typical blue blood in his love and encouragement of sport.

单词	blue blood
释义	Definition of blue blood in English: blue blood noun mass noun 1Noble birth. blue blood is no guarantee of any particular merit, competence, or expertise Example sentencesExamples Born a noble himself, Napoleon knew as well as anyone that blue blood could not be abolished short of exterminating all those who believed they possessed it. In another departure from the book, it is strongly hinted that the departmental controller is a communist agent - the irony being that his blue blood makes him unassailable in the very system he is seeking to destroy. Whether it's because of blue blood or not, the Pekingese definitely has a mind and will of its own - it tends to want to get its own way. He, it seems, had a strange sense of pride, not only because there was perhaps a tinge of blue blood in his veins, but also because as an intellectual he wanted to be respected and listened to. It was the same distinguished guests, same idle chitchat, same stifling atmosphere of blue blood. The family was of the purest blue blood, and at his birth they were lords of three estates in central Scotland. It wouldn't do to mix their blue blood with the debased genes of commoners! Auntie Edna used to say you needed blue blood in your veins to go there. Of course everyone secretly hopes they might find a celebrity connection, figures of power and influence or even blue blood. And where you come from is an important issue for many researchers, particularly the ones who believe that blue blood might be surging through their veins. If a large man on a sheep station in the middle of nowhere can have blue blood running through his veins, why can't I? Yes, the perceptive reader apprehends, he did indeed spill English blood and a lot of it - but it was not blue blood. Even from the outside, the convertible screams luxury, decadence and a hint of blue blood. In both films she was playing a wild girl on the wrong side of the tracks when she seems more naturally suited to the well-heeled, blue blood American heiress roles. Far from worrying about musty family skeletons in aristocratic cupboards, noble pedigrees are advertised and the smallest cup-full of blue blood proudly proclaimed. Had they been born with blue blood, would their experience have been any different? Staunchly imperialist, he is a living manifestation of quintessential Englishness, a living descendant of people with blue blood, noble quarterings, and the right school tie. A third party duly stepped in with his offer of support - and believe me this is a person with claret and blue blood in his veins. Just because you've got blue blood running through your cold veins doesn't mean I have to put up with your insults! They think of themselves as blue blood and most of them inherit the savageness of their parents too. Synonyms high standing, nobility, aristocracy, high birth, eminence, distinction, prestige 1.1count noun A person of noble birth. the City blue bloods didn't like him Example sentencesExamples The rationale for this week long fiesta is the requirement that a ‘coming out’ be staged to mark the social and sexual maturity of the daughters of the city's blue bloods. We pretend to be a middle-class, democratic nation, but in reality we love our blue bloods… We don't actually want to be governed by people like ourselves. The poorest boy at Groton, his private school, he is both a blue blood and an underdog. Genie could swear that three thirds of Europe's blue bloods are present. Aren't they going to feel a little disenfranchised as they watch all these blue bloods take the field. Families, from the suburbs and the inner city - blue bloods and new arrivals to our country - can show up to fish most any time. Their players undoubtedly possess pedigree, but now football's blue bloods must pass the biggest test so far, that of the stubborn, talented Irish. Though it was not solely a sport for aristocrats, quail hunting in the Old South was a favorite pastime of the wealthy planters and blue bloods who sought to emulate European noblemen with their privileges and refinements. By the time we discover the link between the blue bloods, the dead people, and the fracasing kinfolk, we've lost all interest in the outcome or reveal. And yes, they even came out and said that these were the elves of mythology, and that all the royal houses of the world are ultimately descended from them - the blue bloods. Bostonian blue bloods were among the first to imitate, popularise and avidly collect the Impressionists. I waved him off and fought my way to my room, past a myriad of slaphappy blue bloods in oversized high heels. During the late '50s and early '60s, the blue bloods ' grip on power was coming to an end. The zodiac's own king and queen - whose rampant symbol has been co-opted by shabby blue bloods for centuries - like to live large and play the big-hearted host. The crowd parted for them almost silently, save for a few blue bloods that were ‘quite tired of this silly peasant ruckus’. He is a typical blue blood in his love and encouragement of sport. As he and his family try to make nice with the blue bloods, he begins a personal reawakening that takes him through roiling fortunes, shady dealings, and some good old-fashioned stock and real estate disasters. War-bound blue bloods grudgingly handed the reins over to Irish and Italian Catholics and Jews. In fact, the second one that became a champion with her mother was bred - her mother is a blue blood, her father is a blue blood, but she is very small. As in politics, you don't need to be a blue blood to make it in cyberspace. Derivatives blue-blooded adjectiveˌbluːˈblʌdɪd If you are gearing up to buy the latest premium sports utility vehicle or sedan in the market and feel that you will be the proud owner of a real blue-blooded luxury car, there is news for you. Example sentencesExamples People envied her for her blue-blooded, patrician beauty and her ability to keep her cool under the toughest of situations. Tall, mature, single, blue-blooded aristocrat, seeks tall, mature foxy lady who loves dressing in furs. In 1981, he became the country's fourth prime minister, but the first commoner after a trio of blue-blooded patricians. Steve, like many of us, is not a blue-blooded aristocrat but an honest British citizen who loves hunting and enjoys the privilege of riding around the countryside. Definition of blue blood in US English: blue blood nounˈblu ˌblədˈblo͞o ˌbləd 1Noble birth. blue blood is no guarantee of any particular merit, competence, or expertise Example sentencesExamples It wouldn't do to mix their blue blood with the debased genes of commoners! It was the same distinguished guests, same idle chitchat, same stifling atmosphere of blue blood. Just because you've got blue blood running through your cold veins doesn't mean I have to put up with your insults! Whether it's because of blue blood or not, the Pekingese definitely has a mind and will of its own - it tends to want to get its own way. Of course everyone secretly hopes they might find a celebrity connection, figures of power and influence or even blue blood. Even from the outside, the convertible screams luxury, decadence and a hint of blue blood. Auntie Edna used to say you needed blue blood in your veins to go there. He, it seems, had a strange sense of pride, not only because there was perhaps a tinge of blue blood in his veins, but also because as an intellectual he wanted to be respected and listened to. Had they been born with blue blood, would their experience have been any different? If a large man on a sheep station in the middle of nowhere can have blue blood running through his veins, why can't I? Staunchly imperialist, he is a living manifestation of quintessential Englishness, a living descendant of people with blue blood, noble quarterings, and the right school tie. A third party duly stepped in with his offer of support - and believe me this is a person with claret and blue blood in his veins. In another departure from the book, it is strongly hinted that the departmental controller is a communist agent - the irony being that his blue blood makes him unassailable in the very system he is seeking to destroy. The family was of the purest blue blood, and at his birth they were lords of three estates in central Scotland. And where you come from is an important issue for many researchers, particularly the ones who believe that blue blood might be surging through their veins. Yes, the perceptive reader apprehends, he did indeed spill English blood and a lot of it - but it was not blue blood. Born a noble himself, Napoleon knew as well as anyone that blue blood could not be abolished short of exterminating all those who believed they possessed it. In both films she was playing a wild girl on the wrong side of the tracks when she seems more naturally suited to the well-heeled, blue blood American heiress roles. They think of themselves as blue blood and most of them inherit the savageness of their parents too. Far from worrying about musty family skeletons in aristocratic cupboards, noble pedigrees are advertised and the smallest cup-full of blue blood proudly proclaimed. Synonyms high standing, nobility, aristocracy, high birth, eminence, distinction, prestige 1.1also blueblood A person of noble birth. a comforting figure among that crowd of blue bloods Example sentencesExamples By the time we discover the link between the blue bloods, the dead people, and the fracasing kinfolk, we've lost all interest in the outcome or reveal. Bostonian blue bloods were among the first to imitate, popularise and avidly collect the Impressionists. Genie could swear that three thirds of Europe's blue bloods are present. During the late '50s and early '60s, the blue bloods ' grip on power was coming to an end. And yes, they even came out and said that these were the elves of mythology, and that all the royal houses of the world are ultimately descended from them - the blue bloods. The poorest boy at Groton, his private school, he is both a blue blood and an underdog. Their players undoubtedly possess pedigree, but now football's blue bloods must pass the biggest test so far, that of the stubborn, talented Irish. Aren't they going to feel a little disenfranchised as they watch all these blue bloods take the field. The rationale for this week long fiesta is the requirement that a ‘coming out’ be staged to mark the social and sexual maturity of the daughters of the city's blue bloods. The zodiac's own king and queen - whose rampant symbol has been co-opted by shabby blue bloods for centuries - like to live large and play the big-hearted host. In fact, the second one that became a champion with her mother was bred - her mother is a blue blood, her father is a blue blood, but she is very small. As he and his family try to make nice with the blue bloods, he begins a personal reawakening that takes him through roiling fortunes, shady dealings, and some good old-fashioned stock and real estate disasters. War-bound blue bloods grudgingly handed the reins over to Irish and Italian Catholics and Jews. As in politics, you don't need to be a blue blood to make it in cyberspace. We pretend to be a middle-class, democratic nation, but in reality we love our blue bloods… We don't actually want to be governed by people like ourselves. I waved him off and fought my way to my room, past a myriad of slaphappy blue bloods in oversized high heels. Families, from the suburbs and the inner city - blue bloods and new arrivals to our country - can show up to fish most any time. Though it was not solely a sport for aristocrats, quail hunting in the Old South was a favorite pastime of the wealthy planters and blue bloods who sought to emulate European noblemen with their privileges and refinements. The crowd parted for them almost silently, save for a few blue bloods that were ‘quite tired of this silly peasant ruckus’. He is a typical blue blood in his love and encouragement of sport.
随便看	bring something (down) about one's ears bring something forth bring something forth bring something forward bring something forward bring something home to bring something home to bring something in bring something in bring something into effect bring something into line bring something into question bring something into question bring something off bring something off bring something on bring something on bring something out bring something out bring something to bring something to bring something to bay bring something to bear bring something to bear bring something to its knees