词组 | blue |
释义 | blue Theme: DEPRESSION mod. depressed; melancholy.That music always makes me blue.I'm feeling sort of blue.I'm in a blue mood. Theme: DRUGS - AMPHETAMINE n. an amphetamine tablet or capsule, especially a blue one.How are blues different from reds and yellows?I'm sort of wired. You got any blues? Theme: DRUGS - TRANQUILIZERS n. a 10-mg tablet of Valium™.A blue is enough to put most people into a stupor. Why do you want two?In treatment they kept giving me blues to calm me down. Now I can't live without them. Theme: INTOXICATED - ALCOHOL mod. alcohol intoxicated.What have you been drinking? You're getting a little blue.You might say I'm blue. Others might note that I am stoned. Theme: OBSCENE mod. obscene; vulgar; dirty.Those blue jokes don't go over very well around here.Enough of your blue interests. Get out and take all these magazines with you.That one was really blue. Theme: POLICE n. a police officer; the police.The blues will be here in a minute.One blue isn't enough to handle the job. Theme: SKY n. the sky; the heavens.I just look up at the blue and hope for the best.The idea came to me right out of the blue. blue 1. adjective 1 depressed, sad UK, 1821. 2 sexually explicit, pornographic UK, 1864.► all bluein poker, a flush consisting of clubs or spades US, 1967 2. noun 1 methylated spirits as an alcoholic drink. From the colour of the fluid UK, 1966. 2 an amphetamine tablet. From the colour of the tablet UK, 1992. 3 a barbiturate capsule US, 1969. 4 a capsule of Drinamyl™, a combination of dexamphetamine sulphate and amylobarbitone. A favourite drug of abuse for mid-1960s Mods UK, 1985. 5 crack cocaine UK, 2003. 6 cocaine US, 1945. 7 Foster's beer AUSTRALIA, 1988. 8 an argument, dispute AUSTRALIA, 1961. 9 a fight, a brawl AUSTRALIA, 1943. 10 an error, a mistake AUSTRALIA, 1941. 11 a police officer UK, 1844. 12 a trusted prisoner with special privileges and responsibilies NEW ZEALAND, 1989. 13 boy, as an affectionate or possessive form of address; a young male homosexual. Gay slang, current in UK prisons February 2002; possibly from the nursery rhyme 'Little Boy Blue come blow on your horn', punning on HORN (an erection) UK, 2002. 14 a black man. A shortened BLUE BOY US, 1964. 15 a work protest NEW ZEALAND, 2001.► on the blue(used of a bet) on credit AUSTRALIA, 1989.► out of the blueunexpectedly, suddenly and surprisingly US, 1910.► under the bluesaid of a rigged carnival game being operated with police protection US, 1985 3. verb 1 to squander money. A possible variant of BLOW UK, 1846. 2 of a bookmaker, to lose on a race UK, 1937. 3 to fight AUSTRALIA, 1962. 4 to arrest someone. Allusion to the BOYS IN BLUE (the police) UK, 1997. 5 in horse racing, to commit an error of judgment AUSTRALIA, 1989 blue1. mod. depressed; melancholy. That music always makes me blue. 2. mod. obscene; vulgar; dirty. Those blue jokes don’t go over very well around here. 3. n. the sky; the heavens. The idea came to me right out of the blue. 4. mod. alcohol intoxicated. You might say I’m blue. Others might note that I am stoned. 5. n. an amphetamine tablet or capsule, especially a blue one. (Drugs.) How are blues different from reds and yellows? 6. n. a police officer; the police. The blues will be here in a minute. 7. n. a 10-mg tablet of Valium. (Drugs.) In treatment they kept giving me blues to calm me down. Now I can’t live without them.
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