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

P1. to burn blue: (of a candle or lamp) to burn with a blue flame, traditionally taken as an evil omen, a portent of death, or a sign that a ghost or the Devil is present; also figurative.Perhaps from the blue flame produced by burning sulphur (brimstone), associated with the fires of hell. Cf. blue fire n. at Compounds 1d, blue blazes at blaze n.¹ 2b, and to burn it blue at burn v.¹ 11c.

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1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. v. 134 The lights burne blew, it is now dead midnight.

1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre iv. i. 52 in Wks. II Bri. He will sit as vpright..as a candle i' the socket, and giue light to the whole Court... Hag. But he will burne blew, and swell like a bile..an' he be angry.

1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil ii. x. 367 That most wise and solid Suggestion, that when the Candles burn blew the Devil is in the Room.

1796 G. Walker Theodore Cyphon I. xv. 232 The candles that night burnt blue, and most women had dreamed something extraordinary.

1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI xxvi. 74 His taper Burnt, and not blue, as modest tapers use, Receiving sprites.

1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. xii. 188 The lamp burned blue, and the ghostly figure ever and anon turned its face toward him.

2001 J. M. Greer Monsters iii. 184/1 Traditional lore insists that candles burn blue in the presence of ghosts, vampires, demons, and spirits.

单词	to burn blue
释义	> as lemmas to burn blue P1. to burn blue: (of a candle or lamp) to burn with a blue flame, traditionally taken as an evil omen, a portent of death, or a sign that a ghost or the Devil is present; also figurative.Perhaps from the blue flame produced by burning sulphur (brimstone), associated with the fires of hell. Cf. blue fire n. at Compounds 1d, blue blazes at blaze n.¹ 2b, and to burn it blue at burn v.¹ 11c. ΚΠ 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. v. 134 The lights burne blew, it is now dead midnight. View more context for this quotation 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre iv. i. 52 in Wks. II Bri. He will sit as vpright..as a candle i' the socket, and giue light to the whole Court... Hag. But he will burne blew, and swell like a bile..an' he be angry. 1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil ii. x. 367 That most wise and solid Suggestion, that when the Candles burn blew the Devil is in the Room. 1796 G. Walker Theodore Cyphon I. xv. 232 The candles that night burnt blue, and most women had dreamed something extraordinary. 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI xxvi. 74 His taper Burnt, and not blue, as modest tapers use, Receiving sprites. 1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. xii. 188 The lamp burned blue, and the ghostly figure ever and anon turned its face toward him. 2001 J. M. Greer Monsters iii. 184/1 Traditional lore insists that candles burn blue in the presence of ghosts, vampires, demons, and spirits. extracted from blueadj.n. < as lemmas
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