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单词 blue blood
释义

blue blood

[ bloo -bluhd for 1; bloo -bluhd for 2 ]
/ ˈblu ˌblʌd for 1; ˈblu ˈblʌd for 2 /
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noun

an aristocrat, noble, or member of a socially prominent family.
aristocratic, noble, or socially prominent lineage or relatives: They boasted a lineage of pure blue blood.

Origin of blue blood

1825–35; translation of Spanish sangre azul.See sanguine, azure

OTHER WORDS FROM blue blood

blue-blooded, adjective

Words nearby blue blood

blueberry muffin baby, bluebill, blue billy, bluebird, blue-black, blue blood, blueblossom, bluebonnet, blue book, bluebottle, bluebottle fly
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Example sentences from the Web for blue blood

  • From the start, we see him as he is: a despot and a swindler, a Dallas blue-blood with FBI ties, fleeing a violent past.

    This Week’s Hot Reads, July 15, 2013|Sarah Stodola, Jen Vafidis, Damaris Colhoun|July 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
  • In Cold Mountain I did the blue-blood accent, and this one is totally different.

    Nicole Kidman on Her Sexy, Award-Worthy Turn in ‘The Paperboy’|Marlow Stern|December 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
  • Without this mother, Veracity was like a blue-blood orphan whom only the most cultivated mind could adopt and nourish.

    Bushido, the Soul of Japan|Inazo Nitob
  • Not a blue-blood, for that has to do with decadence, but a woman of the people.

    Red Fleece|Will Levington Comfort

British Dictionary definitions for blue blood

blue blood

noun

royal or aristocratic descent

Derived forms of blue blood

blue-blooded, adjective

Word Origin for blue blood

C19: translation of Spanish sangre azul
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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