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are hit by a bomb or weapon that is fired by their own side (战争中)误伤己方的 compare friendly fire

.blue 'pages noun [pi.] (in the US) the blue pages in a telephone directory that give a list of government departments and their telephone numbers (美国列出 政府部门及电话号码的)电话蓝页

,Blue 'Peter noun a blue flag with a white square in the centre, which is raised by a ship that is about to leave a port开船旗;出航旗

blue-print/'bluipnnt/ noun 1 a photographic print of a plan for a building or a machine, with white lines on a blue background (建筑、机器等蓝图2(for sth) a plan which shows what can be achieved and how it. can be achieved 行动方案;,计划蓝图:a blueprint /or the privarizarion 0/care S疗成健私有化方案 3 (technical 7|tT§) the pattern in every living cell, which decides how the plant, animal or person will develop and what it will look like (生物细胞的模型,型板DNA carries the genetic blueprint which tells any organism how to huiW  脱氧核糖核酸带有决定有机

体形成p式的遗传型板。

blue riband /.blir 'riband/ (BrB) (also .blue 'ribbon NAmE, Br£) noun an honour (sometimes in the form of a blue ribbon) given to the winner of the first prize in a competition冠军荣誉,优胜者称号有时以蓝绶带 形式授予冠军得主a Wue-riband event (= a very important one)重大事件

blues /blu:z/ noun 1 (often the blues) [U] a type of slow sad music with strong rhythmsdeveloped African American musicians in the southern US 布鲁斯音乐,蓝

调(源于美国南部黑人,节奏感强、缓慢忧郁h a Wues bandt/singCT•布鲁斯乐队 / 歌手 2 [C] (p/. blues) a blues song布鲁斯畝曲;蓝调歌曲3 the bues [pi.】 feelings of sadness 忧郁;.患為;沮丧the morning Wues星期一卓晨的郁闷情结see also baby blues

.blue-1 sky adj. [only before noun] involving new at*d interesting ideas which are not yet possible or practical 新颖而未可行的;木能付诸实行The government has been doing some blue-sky thinking on how to improve schoo/standards.就如何提高学校的水平,政府仍#在作 一些漫无边的构想。

blue-stock-ing /'bluistDkirj; NAmE -staik-/ noun (old- Srf, sometimes          a well-educated

woman who is more interested in ideas and studying than in traditionally feminine things 女才子丨受过相当

教育,不喜芩传统女详生哮}

bluesy /'bluizi/ adj. having the slow strong rhythms and sad mood of blues music布鲁斯音乐的;有希鲁斯音乐 情调的;蓝调的a Wue^y sourul/vofce4斯音乐成

格/歌^

'blue tit noun a small European bird of the tit family, with a blue head, wings and tail and yellow parts underneath蓝山雀(欧洲小山雀,头顶、两翼及尾部皇 蓝色,胸腹部黄色

Blue-tooth™ /'blu:tu:0/ noun [U] a radio technology that makes it possible for mobile phones/cellphones, computers and other electronic devices to be linked over short distances, without needing to be connected

by wires蓝牙用于移动电话、计算机等电子设备的短距 离无线连接技术Bh/etooth-enaWed devices蓝牙技术 支持的设备

.blue 'whale noun a type of whale that is the largest known living animal 蓝鲸

bluff /blAf/ verb, houn, adj.

m verb to try to make sb believe that you will do sth that you do not really intend to do, or that you know sth that you do not really know i声势;唬人;吹牛:[V] I don’t think hell shoot—I think he’s just bluffing.我认 为他不会开枪——我想他不过是在吓唬人[also VN] LHI:'bluff sb into doing sth to make sb do sth by tricking them, especially by pretending you have more experienceknowledge, etc. than you really, have 靠吹 牛哄人‘luff it ‘out to get out of a difficult situation by continuing to tell lies, especially when they suspect you are not being honest (受到病疑后继续蒙混过