blue

გამოთქმა: /bluː/

განმარტებულია blue სიტყვის თარგმნა ფლექსია სინონიმები ანტონიმები

Universal

1of a colour intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or sea on a sunny day:the clear blue sky blue jeans deep blue eyes
(of a person’s skin) having turned blue as a result of cold or breathing difficulties:Ashley went blue and I panicked
(of a bird or other animal) having blue markings:a blue jay
(of a cat, fox, or rabbit) having fur of a smoky grey colour:the blue fox
(of a ski run) of the second-lowest level of difficulty, as indicated by coloured markers positioned along it.
Physics denoting one of three colours of quark.

2 informal (of a person or mood) melancholy, sad, or depressed:he’s feeling blue

3 informal (of a film, joke, or story) having sexual or pornographic content:a blue movie

Universal

1 [mass noun] blue colour or pigment:she was dressed in blue the dark blue of his eyes [count noun]:armchairs in pastel blues and greens
blue clothes or material:Susan wore blue

2a blue thing, in particular:
the blue ball in snooker.
(the blue) literary the sky or sea, or the unknown:far out upon the blue were many sails
another term for bluing.

3 [usually with modifier] a small butterfly, the male of which is predominantly blue while the female is typically brown.
- Numerous genera in the family Lycaenidae

4British a person who has represented Cambridge University (a Cambridge blue) or Oxford University (an Oxford blue) at a particular sport in a match between the two universities:a flyweight boxing blue
a distinction awarded to a Cambridge blue or an Oxford blue:Adrian’s brother won a rugby blue in December

5Australian/NZ informal an argument or fight: did you have a blue or what?
[ 1940s: perhaps by association with phrases such as make the air blue, alluding to swearing]

6Australian/NZ informal a mistake: his tactical blue in saying the opposition wasn’t ready to govern

7Australian/NZ informal a nickname for a red-headed person: only an Aussie could make a red-headed man ‘Blue.’
[ 1930s: of unknown origin]

Universal

1make or become blue: [with object]:the light dims, bluing the retina (as adjective blued)blued paper [no object]:the day would haze, the air bluing with afternoon
[with object] heat (metal) so as to give it a greyish-blue finish: (as adjective blued)nickel-plated or blued hooks

2 [with object] chiefly historical wash (white clothes) with bluing: they blued the shirts and starched the uniforms

blue on blue: Military denoting or relating to an attack made by one’s own side that accidentally harms one’s own forces:blue-on-blue incidents
[from the use of blue to indicate friendly forces in military exercises]
do something until (or till) one is blue in the face: informal put all one’s efforts into doing something to no avail:she could talk to him until she was blue in the face, but he was just not hearing
once in a blue moon: informal very rarely: he comes round once in a blue moon
[because a ‘blue moon’ is a phenomenon that occurs only very rarely]
out of the blue: without warning; unexpectedly:she phoned me out of the blue
[with reference to a ‘blue’ (i.e. clear) sky, from which nothing unusual is expected]
talk a blue streak: North American informal speak continuously and at great length.

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