| 单词 | cerulean |
| 释义 | cerulean (once / 19064 pages) adjn Something that's cerulean is colored a clear, deep blue. On a sunny summer day, the sky is often cerulean, with just a few puffy white clouds. Your cerulean sweater might be your favorite, since you believe it makes your eyes look cerulean as well. Tropical beaches can claim to have white sand and cerulean water, and a bright October morning often comes with a cerulean sky. The word has been around since the 17th century, from the Latin caeruleus, "dark blue," with the root caelum, "heaven" or "sky." WORD FAMILYcerulean: ceruleans USAGE EXAMPLESThe screen is bathed in bright cerulean hues of the limitless ocean sparkling in the sun and the lush greenery of tropical-island paradises. Seattle Times(Nov 21, 2016) Last season, the coat of arms of Mont Saint-Michel was the starting point for a collection done in cerulean blue. Wall Street Journal(Nov 09, 2016) In San Salvador today, his cerulean signs, emblazoned with slogans – “New ideas are invincible”; “Your city works for you” – adorn the city like flags. The Guardian(Oct 18, 2016) 1adj deep blue like the color of a clear October sky Syn azure, bright blue, sky-blue chromatic being or having or characterized by hue 2n a light shade of blue Syn|Hyper azure, lazuline, sapphire, sky-blue blue, blueness blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime |
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