Cambridge bluen.

Brit.

/ˌkeɪmbrɪdʒ ˈbluː/, U.S.

/ˌkeɪmbrɪdʒ ˈblu/

Forms: also with capital initial in the second element.

Etymology: < the name of Cambridge (see Cambridge n.) + blue n. Compare earlier Oxford blue n. 2.

1. A pale shade of blue, adopted as the colour of Cambridge University.

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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

1858 Argus (Melbourne) 15 Jan. 5/2 The Victorian players, arrayed in Cambridge blue, appeared in the field, each man looking in first-rate cricket trim.

1883 Cassell's Family Mag. Mar. 206/2 A huge wooden spoon, ornamented with bows of Cambridge blue.

1895 Windsor Mag. 1 403/2 Knickerbockers of dark blue velveteen trimmed with Cambridge blue.

1931 Times of India 3 Feb. 11/4 This well printed little volume, bound in Cambridge blue, has all of the virtues and few of the vices of the text-book.

2001 S. Brett Death on Downs (2002) xvi. 111 It was Cambridge Blue, a colour bolder than most in Carole's sartorial spectrum.

2. A person who has represented Cambridge University at the highest level in a particular sport, esp. in a match against Oxford University. Also: an award for this. Cf. blue n. 15.

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society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > at college or university

Oxford blue1842

Dark Blue1852

Light Blue1852

Cambridge blue1867

blue1870

colour1881

Orangeman1908

JV1922

redshirt1955

1867 Sporting Gaz. 24 Aug. 674/1 Both are old Cambridge blues, and they must have thought themselves back again upon the green sward at Fenner's.

1885 Lancing Coll. Mag. May 399/1 When is Lancing going to produce a Cambridge ‘Blue’?

1924 Manch. Guardian 5 Mar. 3/1 Cambridge players to meet Oxford. E. F. Storey has awarded Cambridge Blues to the following: H. K. Goadby (Trinity), T. A. Bourn (Pembroke), [etc.].

1985 C. Searle in H. McD. Beckles Spirit of Dominance 148 A neophyte whose claim to leadership seemed to lie mainly in the fact that he was a Cambridge ‘blue’.

2011 M. Rogan & M. Rogan Brit. & Olympic Games x. 110 By the time she stepped into a boat, she had already..won Cambridge blues at athletics, netball and basketball.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	cambridge blue
释义	Cambridge bluen. Brit. /ˌkeɪmbrɪdʒ ˈbluː/, U.S. /ˌkeɪmbrɪdʒ ˈblu/ Forms: also with capital initial in the second element. Etymology: < the name of Cambridge (see Cambridge n.) + blue n. Compare earlier Oxford blue n. 2. 1. A pale shade of blue, adopted as the colour of Cambridge University. 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 1858 Argus (Melbourne) 15 Jan. 5/2 The Victorian players, arrayed in Cambridge blue, appeared in the field, each man looking in first-rate cricket trim. 1883 Cassell's Family Mag. Mar. 206/2 A huge wooden spoon, ornamented with bows of Cambridge blue. 1895 Windsor Mag. 1 403/2 Knickerbockers of dark blue velveteen trimmed with Cambridge blue. 1931 Times of India 3 Feb. 11/4 This well printed little volume, bound in Cambridge blue, has all of the virtues and few of the vices of the text-book. 2001 S. Brett Death on Downs (2002) xvi. 111 It was Cambridge Blue, a colour bolder than most in Carole's sartorial spectrum. 2. A person who has represented Cambridge University at the highest level in a particular sport, esp. in a match against Oxford University. Also: an award for this. Cf. blue n. 15. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > at college or university Oxford blue1842 Dark Blue1852 Light Blue1852 Cambridge blue1867 blue1870 colour1881 Orangeman1908 JV1922 redshirt1955 1867 Sporting Gaz. 24 Aug. 674/1 Both are old Cambridge blues, and they must have thought themselves back again upon the green sward at Fenner's. 1885 Lancing Coll. Mag. May 399/1 When is Lancing going to produce a Cambridge ‘Blue’? 1924 Manch. Guardian 5 Mar. 3/1 Cambridge players to meet Oxford. E. F. Storey has awarded Cambridge Blues to the following: H. K. Goadby (Trinity), T. A. Bourn (Pembroke), [etc.]. 1985 C. Searle in H. McD. Beckles Spirit of Dominance 148 A neophyte whose claim to leadership seemed to lie mainly in the fact that he was a Cambridge ‘blue’. 2011 M. Rogan & M. Rogan Brit. & Olympic Games x. 110 By the time she stepped into a boat, she had already..won Cambridge blues at athletics, netball and basketball. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1858
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