azure: [14] Azure is of Persian origin. It comes ultimately from Persian lāzhuward, source also of the lazuli in lapis lazuli, a blue semiprecious stone (and azure originally meant ‘lapis lazuli’ in English). The Arabs borrowed the Persian term as (with the definite article al) allazward, which passed into Old Spanish as azur or azul. Old French borrowed azur and handed it on to English. => lapis lazuli
azure (n.)
"sky-blue color," early 14c., from Old French azur, asur, a color name, from a false separation of Arabic (al)-lazaward "lapis lazuli," as though the -l- were the French article l'. The Arabic name is from Persian lajward, from Lajward, a place in Turkestan, mentioned by Marco Polo, where the stone was collected.
双语例句
1. His eyes are azure.
他的眼睛是天蓝色的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. Azure skies are indicative of good weather.
碧空无云,预示着一个好天气.
来自辞典例句
3. From eight to ten tonight he'll be at the Luna Azure up in the Bronx.
他预定今晚从八点到十点将在布郎克斯区的‘晴空月’饭店.
来自教父部分
4. The topmost round of his azure ladder had been reached by this time.
这个时候,他的蓝色梯子的最高一级已经达到.
来自辞典例句
5. The breathtaking beauty of the rugged California wilderness has been captured under a clear, azure sky.
