单词	blue blood
释义	blue blood noun [mass noun] 1Noble birth: blue blood is no guarantee of any particular merit, competence, or expertise... Of course everyone secretly hopes they might find a celebrity connection, figures of power and influence or even blue blood. 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. Far from worrying about musty family skeletons in aristocratic cupboards, noble pedigrees are advertised and the smallest cup-full of blue blood proudly proclaimed. 1.1 [count noun] A person of noble birth: the City blue bloods didn’t like him... Their players undoubtedly possess pedigree, but now football's blue bloods must pass the biggest test so far, that of the stubborn, talented Irish. During the late '50s and early '60s, the blue bloods ' grip on power was coming to an end. War-bound blue bloods grudgingly handed the reins over to Irish and Italian Catholics and Jews. Derivatives blue-blooded /ˌbluːˈblʌdɪd / adjective ... 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. 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.
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