azure

adjective
🔊/ˈæʒə(r)/, 🔊/ˈæzjʊə(r)/
🔊/ˈæʒər/
(literary)
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  1. bright blue in colour like the sky天蓝色的;蔚蓝色的
    • The sun shone out of a clear azure sky.太阳从湛蓝的天空中照出来。
    Topics Weatherc2, Colours and Shapesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryAzure is used with these nouns:
    • blue
    • sky
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    Word OriginMiddle 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’).

azure

noun
🔊/ˈæʒə(r)/, 🔊/ˈæzjʊə(r)/
🔊/ˈæʒər/
[uncountable] (literary)
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  1. a bright blue colour, like the sky天蓝色的;蔚蓝色的Topics Weatherc2