英语词汇“into the blue”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. into the blue: (a) into the sky or sea; (hence) into the far distance or (figurative) into the unknown; (b) Army slang to a distance from base, the main body of troops, etc.; (also) into the desert (perhaps with reference to the resemblance of desert mirages to the sky or sea).

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1786 T. Baldwin Airopaidia vii. 48 For by looking straight before him, while the Balloon continued gently turning on its vertical Axis, he could see quite round into the Blue.

1839 G. Mellen Poem at New Haven 8 Had it [sc. the spirit] essay'd its angelic wings,..And shot into the blue.

1896 Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 464 The bird..flew off into the blue like an arrow from a bow.

1918 E. F. Egan War in Cradle of World xiii. 200 The limitless, mirage-filled desert begins... Men marched off ‘into the blue’;..he sent messages which might or might not be delivered ‘into the blue’.

1925 E. A. Powell Map that is Half Unrolled iii. 39 ‘So you 're going into the blue!’ remarked the friendly clerk in the outfitting establishment..where we stocked our chop-boxes..for our trans-African journey.

1944 Return to Attack (Army Board, N.Z.) 9/1 The New Zealanders were not yet ready for action [in the Western Desert]. They trained hard. At intervals they disappeared ‘into the blue’ for a few days.

1969 J. T. Story Dishonourable Member (1978) i. 4 I am not..one of those people who can vanish into the blue never to be heard of again.

2001 L. Machtan Hidden Hitler (2002) iv. 174 They had frequently set off into the blue just ‘to enjoy the German countryside’.

单词	into the blue
释义	> as lemmas into the blue a. into the blue: (a) into the sky or sea; (hence) into the far distance or (figurative) into the unknown; (b) Army slang to a distance from base, the main body of troops, etc.; (also) into the desert (perhaps with reference to the resemblance of desert mirages to the sky or sea). ΚΠ 1786 T. Baldwin Airopaidia vii. 48 For by looking straight before him, while the Balloon continued gently turning on its vertical Axis, he could see quite round into the Blue. 1839 G. Mellen Poem at New Haven 8 Had it [sc. the spirit] essay'd its angelic wings,..And shot into the blue. 1896 Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 464 The bird..flew off into the blue like an arrow from a bow. 1918 E. F. Egan War in Cradle of World xiii. 200 The limitless, mirage-filled desert begins... Men marched off ‘into the blue’;..he sent messages which might or might not be delivered ‘into the blue’. 1925 E. A. Powell Map that is Half Unrolled iii. 39 ‘So you 're going into the blue!’ remarked the friendly clerk in the outfitting establishment..where we stocked our chop-boxes..for our trans-African journey. 1944 Return to Attack (Army Board, N.Z.) 9/1 The New Zealanders were not yet ready for action [in the Western Desert]. They trained hard. At intervals they disappeared ‘into the blue’ for a few days. 1969 J. T. Story Dishonourable Member (1978) i. 4 I am not..one of those people who can vanish into the blue never to be heard of again. 2001 L. Machtan Hidden Hitler (2002) iv. 174 They had frequently set off into the blue just ‘to enjoy the German countryside’. extracted from blueadj.n. < as lemmas
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