sky-blue
/ˌskaɪ ˈbluː/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌskaɪ ˈbluː/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌskaɪˈbluː/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌskaɪˈbluː/ (ame, ipa)
sky-blue — 名詞
1. a colour, the same light blue that fills the sky when there are no clouds — it c
天藍色
從淡到亮的藍色，像晴朗天空的顏色
a colour, the same light blue that fills the sky when there are no clouds — it can be very pale and soft or brighter and more intense
The painter mixed white and blue on her palette until she made the perfect sky-blue.
那位畫家在調色盤上混合白色和藍色顏料，直到調出完美的天藍色。
Sky-blue is a popular choice for summer dresses in many warm countries.
天藍色是許多溫暖國家夏季連身裙的熱門選擇。
collocation: popular choice for [something]
Antonia chose a sky-blue rug for her living room because it matched the curtains.
Antonia 為客廳選了一條天藍色地毯，因為它和窗簾很搭配。
The butterfly's wings were a vivid sky-blue that shone in the afternoon sunlight.
那隻蝴蝶的翅膀是鮮豔的天藍色，在午後的陽光下閃閃發光。
Yasmin decorated her balcony with sky-blue flower pots and white furniture.
Yasmin 用天藍色的花盆和白色家具來裝飾她的陽台。
The morning mist gave the distant hills a pale sky-blue colour.
早晨的薄霧讓遠山呈現出淡天藍的色調。
Min painted the nursery ceiling a soft sky-blue to help the baby feel calm.
Min 把嬰兒房的天花板漆成柔和的天藍色，幫助寶寶保持平靜。
The antique vase had faded to a pale sky-blue over many years of sunlight.
那個古董花瓶經過多年的陽光照射，已經褪成淡天藍色。
Some turquoise gemstones appear as a pale sky-blue rather than green.
有些土耳其石呈現淡天藍色，而不是綠色。
Defne's silk scarf was a delicate sky-blue, paler than the winter sky outside.
Defne 的絲巾是細緻的天藍色，比外面的冬日天空還要淡。
- azure
a deeper, richer blue often used in literary or poetic contexts
- cerulean
a slightly darker blue with a hint of green, common in art and design
- baby blue
a much paler, softer blue, lighter than even pale sky-blue
- light blue
a broader general term for any low-saturation blue; less specific than sky-blue
- powder blue
a greyish pale blue, slightly duller than sky-blue
用法筆記
Sky-blue covers a continuous range from pale soft tones to vivid clear tones. Modifiers such as pale sky-blue, deep sky-blue, vivid sky-blue, or soft sky-blue describe positions along this range — they are not separate senses of the word itself. The compound noun is often hyphenated in formal writing, but the unhyphenated form (sky blue) is common in informal contexts.
常見錯誤
sky-blue — 形容詞
1. describing something that is the bright, pale blue shade typically seen in a clo
天藍色的
帶有明亮淺藍色調的
describing something that is the bright, pale blue shade typically seen in a cloudless sky
The sky-blue tiles in the bathroom made the small room feel bright and airy.
浴室裡的天藍色磁磚讓小空間感覺明亮通風。
João bought a sky-blue sweater for his trip to the mountains in autumn.
João 買了一件天藍色毛衣，準備秋天的山區旅行。
The wedding invitations were printed on sky-blue paper with silver lettering.
婚禮邀請函印在天藍色的紙上，搭配銀色字體。
Padma's sky-blue bicycle stood out among the grey bikes in the school rack.
Padma 的天藍色腳踏車在學校車棚的灰色車群中特別顯眼。
The old wooden shutters on the cottage were painted a cheerful sky-blue colour.
小屋的舊木百葉窗漆上了令人愉悅的天藍色。
- azure
used mostly in literary or poetic descriptions; slightly deeper in tone
- cerulean
common in art and fashion; a more intense tone than sky-blue
- light blue
a broader term; less evocative than sky-blue
用法筆記
As an adjective, sky-blue always appears before the noun it modifies (a sky-blue dress, never a dress sky-blue). Do not hyphenate the adjective form when it follows a linking verb (The dress is sky blue).