sky-blue
sky-blue — 名詞
1. a pale to medium blue tone that people most often associate with a cloudless day
天藍色
明亮淺藍色,如晴空顏色
a pale to medium blue tone that people most often associate with a cloudless daytime sky
The living room walls were a soft sky-blue that kept the space calm and airy.
客廳的牆壁是柔和的天藍色,讓空間保持寧靜又通風。
sky-blue as a wall colour in interior design
Marta chose sky-blue for the baby's blanket because the shade reminded her of the ocean.
Marta 為寶寶的毯子選了天藍色,因為這個色調讓她想起海洋。
The artist mixed white and blue paint to create a perfect sky-blue for distant hills.
那位藝術家混合白色與藍色顏料,為遠方山丘調出完美的天藍色。
Eitan's favourite colour is sky-blue, the shade he sees from his window on clear mornings.
Eitan 最喜歡的顏色是天藍色,就是晴朗早晨從窗戶看到的那種色調。
The car was available in a metallic sky-blue that caught everyone's attention at the showroom.
那輛車有金屬光澤的天藍色可選,在展示間裡吸引所有人的目光。
文法句型
sky-blue as an uncountable colour noun
用法筆記
Treated as an uncountable noun — you would say 'a shade of sky-blue' rather than 'a sky-blue'. The compound is hyphenated in standard use.
常見錯誤
sky-blue — 形容詞
1. having a light, pale blue shade that is the same as the colour of a cloudless sk
天藍色的
像晴朗天空一樣淺藍的
having a light, pale blue shade that is the same as the colour of a cloudless sky during the daytime
Tendai wore a sky-blue shirt to his job interview at the bank.
Tendai 穿著一件天藍色的襯衫去銀行工作面試。
sky-blue + noun for clothing
The kitchen walls were a soft sky-blue that made the small room feel much bigger.
廚房的牆壁是柔和的天藍色,讓這個小房間感覺寬敞許多。
be + sky-blue as predicative adjective
Sari bought a sky-blue dress for her cousin's wedding celebration in June.
Sari 買了一件天藍色的洋裝,準備參加表姊六月的婚禮。
A sky-blue ribbon was tied neatly around the white gift box at the party.
一條天藍色的緞帶整齊地繫在派對上的白色禮物盒外面。
The sky-blue sweater on the top shelf caught Olivia's attention straight away.
上層架子上那件天藍色的毛衣,立刻吸引了 Olivia 的目光。
- cerulean
describes a richer, deeper version of the colour; more common in formal or artistic writing
- light blue
a broader term that covers any pale shade of blue, not specifically the colour of the sky
文法句型
sky-blue + noun as attributive
be + sky-blue / be + sky blue as predicative
用法筆記
In attributive position (before a noun), the hyphenated form 'sky-blue' is standard. In predicative position (after a linking verb), the hyphen is often dropped: 'the walls are sky blue'.