| 单词 | blue o'clock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue o'clock blue o'clock n. [perhaps punningly after two o'clock, with reference to blue as the colour of the sky just before dawn] colloquial (now rare) just before dawn; very early in the morning. ΚΠ 1886 Daily News 12 Oct. 3/1 The birdcatcher has often to be up ‘at blue o'clock in the morning.’ 1917 C. T. Cade Dandelions v. 54 Blue o'clock in the morning is a silly hour to be out of one's bed; still the pre-dawn sky was very beautiful. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. 225 It was blue o'clock the morning after the night before. 1947 R. Briffault New Life Mr Martin 121 All of us girls, Marjorie Tombey, Marion, Alyse and I in our chassis, dipping in the swanny at blue o'clock. Not a dreary soul round, you know. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。