blue
blue — 形容詞
1. showing the shade seen in a bright sky or open sea.
藍色的
像晴天天空或海水的顏色
showing the shade seen in a bright sky or open sea.
Aiko bought a blue scarf at the night market in Taipei.
Aiko 在台北夜市買了一條藍色圍巾。
blue + clothing noun for colour
The lake looked blue under the bright morning sun.
那座湖在明亮的晨光下看起來很藍。
After the wash, one white sock turned blue by mistake.
洗完後，有一隻白襪子不小心變藍了。
We painted the kitchen door blue before Grandmother arrived.
奶奶到之前，我們把廚房門漆成藍色。
Small blue flowers grew beside the school fence in spring.
春天時，學校柵欄旁長出了藍色小花。
文法句型
blue + noun
be/look/turn blue
用法筆記
Use this sense for the colour of clothes, eyes, paint, water, and other visible things. Distinguish from sense 2, which is about mood, not colour.
常見錯誤
2. feeling unhappy and low, or showing that feeling.
憂鬱
心情低落或顯得難過
feeling unhappy and low, or showing that feeling.
After the funeral, Yusuf looked blue during the train ride home.
葬禮後，Yusuf 在回家的火車上看起來很憂鬱。
look blue for visible sadness
Rainy Sundays always make Mira a little blue by evening.
下雨的星期天總會讓 Mira 到傍晚有點憂鬱。
make + person + blue
Even the band's bright songs sounded blue after the breakup.
連樂團那些明亮的歌在分手後聽起來都很憂鬱。
Theo felt blue when his sister moved to another city.
妹妹搬去別的城市後，Theo 感到很憂鬱。
文法句型
feel blue
look blue
make + person + blue
用法筆記
Usually used after verbs such as feel, look, or seem. Distinguish from sense 1, where blue describes actual colour.
常見錯誤
3. describing jokes, films, or talk about sex that many people find rude.
猥褻
帶有冒犯性的性暗示
describing jokes, films, or talk about sex that many people find rude.
The comic was fired after telling blue jokes at dinner.
那位喜劇演員因為在晚餐時講猥褻笑話而被開除。
collocation: blue jokes
My aunt walked out when the film turned too blue.
電影變得太過猥褻時，我阿姨就走出去了。
Parents complained when the host filled breakfast radio with blue humour.
家長抱怨那位主持人在早餐廣播裡塞滿猥褻笑料。
The teacher warned us that the play had blue language.
老師提醒我們，那齣戲裡有猥褻字眼。
- clean
free from sexual or rude content
- family-friendly
suitable for children and general audiences
文法句型
blue joke
blue film
blue language
用法筆記
Most often appears before nouns such as joke, film, humour, or language. This use can sound old-fashioned in modern English.
常見錯誤
4. cooked only briefly, so the center stays dark red and barely warm.
偏生
肉煎得很生，中心仍很紅
cooked only briefly, so the center stays dark red and barely warm.
Rohan sent the steak back because it was still blue inside.
Rohan 把牛排退回去，因為裡面還偏生。
steak cooked blue
The chef serves lamb blue only if guests ask clearly.
那位主廚只有在客人明確要求時才會把羊肉做得偏生。
At that steakhouse, you can order your rib-eye blue or rare.
在那家牛排館，你可以把肋眼點成偏生或三分熟。
Priya never orders meat blue because she likes it well done.
Priya 從不點偏生的肉，因為她喜歡全熟。
- well-done
cooked through with little or no red inside
文法句型
be cooked blue
order steak blue
用法筆記
Used mainly in restaurant or cooking contexts, especially with steak or other red meat. It describes meat that is even less cooked than rare.
常見錯誤
blue — 名詞
1. the colour seen in a clear sky or in clean sea water.
藍色
天空或海水那樣的顏色
the colour seen in a clear sky or in clean sea water.
Her room is painted in a soft blue from floor to ceiling.
她的房間從地板到天花板都漆成柔和的藍色。
in + blue for colour choice
Bao chose dark blue for the team shirts this year.
Bao 今年替隊服選了深藍色。
The painter mixed blue with white to match the old wall.
那位畫家把藍色和白色混在一起，好配上舊牆面。
Several blues filled the sunset photo over Kenting Beach.
墾丁海灘上方的那張晚霞照片裡有好幾種藍色。
文法句型
light/dark/pale blue
a blue
in blue
用法筆記
Use blue as an uncountable noun for the colour in general, and as a countable noun when talking about different shades.
常見錯誤
2. the sporting honour, or the student who receives it, at Oxford or Cambridge.
Blue
牛津劍橋校隊榮銜或得主
the sporting honour, or the student who receives it, at Oxford or Cambridge.
Leila became a Blue after rowing for Cambridge against Oxford.
Leila 在代表劍橋對戰牛津划船後成為了 Blue。
become a Blue in university sport
Only two swimmers won their Blues last spring.
去年春天只有兩名游泳選手拿到了他們的 Blues。
win a Blue / Blues
The college hall displays every Blue from the 1960s team.
學院大廳展示著 1960 年代那支隊伍的每一位 Blue。
His father was a rugby Blue at Oxford in 1988.
他父親在 1988 年是牛津的橄欖球 Blue。
- varsity athlete
broader; not limited to Oxford or Cambridge and does not mean the title itself
- sporting honour
fits the award meaning, but not the person meaning
文法句型
be a Blue
become a Blue
win a Blue
用法筆記
Usually written with a capital B and used in British university sport. It can refer either to the title itself or to the athlete who has earned it.
3. a quarrel or angry disagreement with someone.
爭吵
與人發生口角
a quarrel or angry disagreement with someone.
Nadia had a blue with her brother over the rent money.
Nadia 因房租的錢跟哥哥起了爭吵。
have a blue with + person
The neighbors are having another blue about the parking space.
那對鄰居又為了停車位發生爭吵。
After one blue at lunch, the two chefs stopped speaking.
午餐時吵過一場後，那兩位廚師就不再說話了。
We heard a loud blue in the flat upstairs.
我們聽見樓上那間公寓傳來一場很大的爭吵。
- agreement
the opposite state of being on the same side
文法句型
have a blue with + person
用法筆記
Normally appears in the pattern have a blue with someone. It is informal British English and much less common than argument or row.
常見錯誤
blue — 動詞
1. to give something a blue colour by dyeing, painting, or another process.
染藍
把某物弄成藍色
to give something a blue colour by dyeing, painting, or another process.
The workers blued the cloth in a tank behind the shop.
工人在店後面的槽裡把布料染藍。
blue + object = make blue
Sun and salt have blued the old sign by the beach.
陽光和海鹽把海邊那塊舊招牌慢慢染藍了。
The artist blued the paper lightly before drawing the hills.
那位畫家先把紙輕輕染藍，再畫上山丘。
Grandfather blued the fence to match the garden gate.
爺爺把柵欄染藍，好和花園門相配。
- bleach
remove or lighten colour instead of adding it
文法句型
blue + object
blue + object + with + dye/paint
用法筆記
The object is usually cloth, paper, metal, wood, or another surface that is being coloured. This verb is much less common than paint something blue or dye something blue.
2. to become blue in colour, often from cold, bruising, or too little air.
發青
變成藍色，常因寒冷或缺氧
to become blue in colour, often from cold, bruising, or too little air.
Ravi's fingers blued quickly in the snow without gloves.
Ravi 的手指在雪地裡沒戴手套，很快就發青了。
blue from cold
The baby's lips blued during the long coughing fit.
那個嬰兒在長時間咳嗽時，嘴唇都發青了。
By dawn, skin around the bruise had blued noticeably.
到了天亮，瘀傷周圍的皮膚已經明顯發青。
Without fresh air, the miner's face began to blue.
沒有新鮮空氣時，那名礦工的臉開始發青。
- pink up
regain healthy colour after cold or illness
文法句型
blue from cold
begin to blue
blue around + body part
用法筆記
Usually used about lips, skin, fingers, or other body parts. It often suggests cold weather, bruising, or a breathing problem.