单词 | baby blue |
释义 | > as lemmasbaby blue baby blue n. and adj. originally U.S. (a) n. a pale shade of blue; (b) adj. of this colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > light blue watchetc1405 vessey colour1562 fesse1587 Venice blue1598 Turkey colour1661 powder blue1752 Eton blue1851 ice-blue1851 periwinkle blue1852 Cambridge blue1858 baby blue1861 starch blue1875 duck's egg1876 pervenche1876 opal blue1881 periwinkle1895 pervenche blue1898 harebell blue1909 horizon-blue1919 Nattier blue1923 zircon blue1928 Mary blue1943 1861 G. Massey in Poems of Infancy 70 Our dove had eyes of baby blue, Meek as the Speedwell's by the way. 1889 Cent. Mag. Mar. 748/2 The small, square manuscript sewed at the back with worsted of the pale tint known as ‘baby-blue’. 1922 S. Lewis Babbitt i. 4 Faded baby-blue pajamas. 1949 A. Wilson Wrong Set 29 Her corn-coloured hair and baby blue eyes. 2008 Louisiana Life Spring 81/3 Beginning with a pale and delicate baby blue, this enchanted hue graduates with additions of green until it becomes downright turquoise or teal. < as lemmas |
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