azure

azure
[ˈaʒə, -ʒj(ʊ)ə, ˈeɪ-]
adjective
  1. bright blue in colour like a cloudless sky
    天蓝色的;蔚蓝色的
    ■(Heraldry)blue
    (纹章)蓝色的
    [postpositive]a saltire azure.
    蓝色X形十字。
noun
  1. [mass noun]a bright blue colour
    天蓝色;蔚蓝色
    ■(poetic/literary)the clear sky
    (诗/文)碧空
  2. a small butterfly which is typically blue or purplish, with colour differences between the sexes
    琉灰蝶
  3. Celastrina and other genera, family Lycaenidae
    琉璃灰蝶属等属,灰蝶科
语源
  1. Middle English (denoting a blue dye): from Old French asur, azur, from medieval Latin azzurum, azolum, from Arabic al 'the' + lāzaward (from Persian lāžward 'lapis lazuli')
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