| 单词 | azure |
| 释义 | azure (once / 1447 pages) adjnv Looking for a fancier way to describe the deep blue sky on a crisp fall day or the jewel-toned waters of the Caribbean? Try azure. Some people might describe the color azure as sapphire in hue, but in fact there's another gem responsible for this word. At its root, azure comes to us from a French mistranslation of the Arabic word (al)-lazaward, which means “lapis lazuli” — the dazzling deep blue stone that's very common in Afghanistan. The Arabic word actually refers to an area of Turkestan where Marco Polo collected lapis lazuli for friends back home. WORD FAMILYazure: azured, azures, azuring USAGE EXAMPLESAnd not just because it’s devastatingly pretty with an azure bay circled by palm trees. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) It’s the same story at Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform, the other two big cloud companies. New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) Azure was difficult to use, and despite its “Windows Azure” branding, it couldn’t run off-the-shelf versions of Windows Server. Seattle Times(Dec 12, 2016) 1adj of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky Syn bright blue, cerulean, sky-blue chromatic being or having or characterized by hue 2n a light shade of blue Syn|Hyper cerulean, lazuline, sapphire, sky-blue blue, blueness blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime 3v color azure Morning azured the village Hyper color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize add color to |
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