blue eyen.

Brit.

/ˈbluː ʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈblu ˌaɪ/

Forms: see blue adj. and n. and eye n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., eye n.¹

Etymology: < blue adj. + eye n.¹In sense 3a so called on account of the bright blue coloration of its iris. In sense 3b probably so called on account of the bluish-black appearance of its large eye.

1. = black eye n. 2a (cf. blue adj. 2). Also occasionally: †an eye around which there is a blueness or a dark circle, as from crying (obsolete).

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the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > discoloration > circles round eyes

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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > bruise > black eye

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > types of eyes by colour

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welkin-eyea1616

baby blues1892

a1545 R. Cox Rules Free School Saffron Walden in Archaeologia (1852) 34 38 Prepositores in the feld whan they play, for fyghtyng, rent-clothes, blew eyes, or siche like.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum When a wife hathe a blewe eye, she sayth she hath stombled on hir good man his fyste, suggillatio, liuor.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 361 A leane cheeke..a blew eie and sunken.

a1639 S. Ward Serm. (1862) 150 To whom are wounds, broken heads, blue eyes, maimed limbs?

1656 R. Flecknoe Diarium 8 The durty children..cuffing..Till one or other alwaies goes With blew eye thence or bloody nose.

1708 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum (ed. 2) I Hæmalops, the Extravasation of Blood about the Eye, occasion'd by a Blow or Contusion, commonly called a Blue Eye.

1793 R. Heron Observ. Journey Western Counties Scotl. I. 178 A desperate fray, producing abundance of blue eyes, bloody noses, loosened teeth, and broken ribs.

1866 G. Mills Beggar's Benison I. viii. 74 The row within the portico now became general, and might have ended in further bloody noses and blue eyes.

1938 D. Baker Young Man with Horn 230 Rick ran out on his wife's party and turned up next day at the studio with a blue eye.

2008 Cape Times (Nexis) 10 Mar. 1 One student..had a blue eye and several bruises on his face, after being kicked four times in the face.

2. Australian. The blue-faced honeyeater, Entomyzon cyanotis, a large honeyeater with bare blue skin surrounding the eye, a black and white pattern on the head and throat, and olive upperparts.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Meliphagidae (honey-eater) > other or miscellaneous types of

bell-bird1802

miner1832

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spine-bill1848

stitch-bird1873

soldier-bird1881

1841 J. Gould Birds Austral. (1848) IV. Pl. 68 Entomyza cyanotis, Swains. Blue-faced Entomyza. Blue-eye of the Colonists.

1899 Cambr. Nat. Hist. IX. vii. 568 Entomyza cyanotis, the Blue-eye, re-lines deserted birds' nests.

1934 Central Queensland Herald 1 Nov. 11/3 Honeyeaters were in the majority—blue-eyes, leatherheads big and little, noisy miners—hustling and bustling—and the most aggressive of all were the blue-eyes.

1985 Australia's Amazing Wildlife 34/1 Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis. Also called White-quilled honeyeater, Blue-eye, Banana bird, Pandanus bird.

a. Any of various small fishes constituting the family Pseudomugilidae, esp. the genus Pseudomugil, found in fresh and brackish water in Australia and New Guinea.

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1906 D. G. Stead Fishes Austral. iv. 72 The Blue-eye is sprightly, vivacious and an active swimmer; being, in addition, very tenacious of life, and therefore embracing in its little self all the qualities which go to make up a desirable aquarium-fish.

1932 Brisbane Courier 18 Feb. 16/4 The blue eye has given the campaign considerable assistance in eradicating mosquitoes at Cribb Island and Nudgee Beach.

2012 L. K. Curtis et al. Queensland's Threatened Animals 113/2 The Honey Blue-eye completes its entire life cycle in fresh water and is easy to breed in captivity.

b. More fully blue-eye trevalla, blue-eye cod. A large deep-water medusafish, Hyperoglyphe antarctica, of temperate southern seas, which is a popular food fish in Australia.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > miscellaneous types of

butterfish1673

zebrafish1771

moki1777

kelp-fish1880

harlequin smiler1955

blue eye1978

1978 World Fishing Oct. 45/3 This method was found quite effective in catching deep sea travalla (also latterly known as blue-eye, or big-eye travalla).

1986 Sydney Morning Herald 4 Oct. 15/1 Mirror dory..was often substituted for john dory... Blue-eye trevalla for jewfish cutlets.

2001 S. Wauchope Traveller's. Austral. Compan. 101/1 Bouillabaisse of blue-eye cod, shrimp, mussels and crab, with croutons and garlic rouille.

2007 N. Perry Good Food 147 (heading) Grilled blue eye with garlic and anchovy butter.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blue eye
释义	blue eyen. Brit. /ˈbluː ʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈblu ˌaɪ/ Forms: see blue adj. and n. and eye n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., eye n.¹ Etymology: < blue adj. + eye n.¹In sense 3a so called on account of the bright blue coloration of its iris. In sense 3b probably so called on account of the bluish-black appearance of its large eye. 1. = black eye n. 2a (cf. blue adj. 2). Also occasionally: †an eye around which there is a blueness or a dark circle, as from crying (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > discoloration > circles round eyes blue eyea1545 circle1847 ring1850 the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > bruise > black eye blue eyea1545 black eye1622 bullacea1658 mouse1842 shiner1904 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > types of eyes by colour eyec1275 black eyec1450 blue eyea1545 welkin-eyea1616 baby blues1892 a1545 R. Cox Rules Free School Saffron Walden in Archaeologia (1852) 34 38 Prepositores in the feld whan they play, for fyghtyng, rent-clothes, blew eyes, or siche like. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum When a wife hathe a blewe eye, she sayth she hath stombled on hir good man his fyste, suggillatio, liuor. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 361 A leane cheeke..a blew eie and sunken. View more context for this quotation a1639 S. Ward Serm. (1862) 150 To whom are wounds, broken heads, blue eyes, maimed limbs? 1656 R. Flecknoe Diarium 8 The durty children..cuffing..Till one or other alwaies goes With blew eye thence or bloody nose. 1708 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum (ed. 2) I Hæmalops, the Extravasation of Blood about the Eye, occasion'd by a Blow or Contusion, commonly called a Blue Eye. 1793 R. Heron Observ. Journey Western Counties Scotl. I. 178 A desperate fray, producing abundance of blue eyes, bloody noses, loosened teeth, and broken ribs. 1866 G. Mills Beggar's Benison I. viii. 74 The row within the portico now became general, and might have ended in further bloody noses and blue eyes. 1938 D. Baker Young Man with Horn 230 Rick ran out on his wife's party and turned up next day at the studio with a blue eye. 2008 Cape Times (Nexis) 10 Mar. 1 One student..had a blue eye and several bruises on his face, after being kicked four times in the face. 2. Australian. The blue-faced honeyeater, Entomyzon cyanotis, a large honeyeater with bare blue skin surrounding the eye, a black and white pattern on the head and throat, and olive upperparts. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Meliphagidae (honey-eater) > other or miscellaneous types of bell-bird1802 miner1832 myna1832 blue eye1841 spine-bill1848 stitch-bird1873 soldier-bird1881 1841 J. Gould Birds Austral. (1848) IV. Pl. 68 Entomyza cyanotis, Swains. Blue-faced Entomyza. Blue-eye of the Colonists. 1899 Cambr. Nat. Hist. IX. vii. 568 Entomyza cyanotis, the Blue-eye, re-lines deserted birds' nests. 1934 Central Queensland Herald 1 Nov. 11/3 Honeyeaters were in the majority—blue-eyes, leatherheads big and little, noisy miners—hustling and bustling—and the most aggressive of all were the blue-eyes. 1985 Australia's Amazing Wildlife 34/1 Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis. Also called White-quilled honeyeater, Blue-eye, Banana bird, Pandanus bird. 3. a. Any of various small fishes constituting the family Pseudomugilidae, esp. the genus Pseudomugil, found in fresh and brackish water in Australia and New Guinea. ΚΠ 1906 D. G. Stead Fishes Austral. iv. 72 The Blue-eye is sprightly, vivacious and an active swimmer; being, in addition, very tenacious of life, and therefore embracing in its little self all the qualities which go to make up a desirable aquarium-fish. 1932 Brisbane Courier 18 Feb. 16/4 The blue eye has given the campaign considerable assistance in eradicating mosquitoes at Cribb Island and Nudgee Beach. 2012 L. K. Curtis et al. Queensland's Threatened Animals 113/2 The Honey Blue-eye completes its entire life cycle in fresh water and is easy to breed in captivity. b. More fully blue-eye trevalla, blue-eye cod. A large deep-water medusafish, Hyperoglyphe antarctica, of temperate southern seas, which is a popular food fish in Australia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > miscellaneous types of butterfish1673 zebrafish1771 moki1777 kelp-fish1880 harlequin smiler1955 blue eye1978 1978 World Fishing Oct. 45/3 This method was found quite effective in catching deep sea travalla (also latterly known as blue-eye, or big-eye travalla). 1986 Sydney Morning Herald 4 Oct. 15/1 Mirror dory..was often substituted for john dory... Blue-eye trevalla for jewfish cutlets. 2001 S. Wauchope Traveller's. Austral. Compan. 101/1 Bouillabaisse of blue-eye cod, shrimp, mussels and crab, with croutons and garlic rouille. 2007 N. Perry Good Food 147 (heading) Grilled blue eye with garlic and anchovy butter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1545
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