PowderBlueとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

powder blue (countable and uncountable, plural powder blues)

1. A very pale blue colour.

   powder blue:  

   Coordinate terms: cerulean; more at blues

   Near-synonyms: baby blue, sky blue, eggshell blue, robin's-egg blue

   • 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 88:

     Rather should it be said that these ladies wore dress of military style, since there was nothing uniform about their outfits, one being in powder-blue with silver buttons and a forage-cap, the other in tan with gold buttons and the dinkiest of red-peaked kepis.

   • 1995, Kathryn Ellis, A Stroke of Luck, page 80:

     She took the ice, looking very appealing in powder blue with a traily skirt.

形容詞

powder blue (not comparable)

1. Of a very pale blue colour.

   Coordinate terms: cerulean; more at blues

   Near-synonyms: baby blue, sky blue, eggshell blue, robin's-egg blue

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