blues

名词 blues:

1. a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
2. a state of depression
   同义词：blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapours

名词 blue:

1. blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
   同义词：blue, blueness
2. blue clothing
   同义词：blue
3. any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
   同义词：blue
4. the sky as viewed during daylight
   同义词：blue sky, blue, blue air, wild blue yonder
5. used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
   同义词：bluing, blueing, blue
6. the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
   同义词：amobarbital sodium, blue, blue angel, blue devil, Amytal
7. any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
   同义词：blue

动词 blue:

1. turn blue
   同义词：blue

1. She called me every now and then to sing the blues about her troubles.
   她时常打电话给我对她反遇到的麻烦发牢骚。
2. The blues was/were first performed by the black people.
   布鲁斯音乐最初是由黑人演奏的。
3. No one sings the blues like she did.
   唱布鲁斯歌谁也比不上她。

blues

pl.n.(used with a sing. or pl. verb)（复数名词）（与单数或复数动词连用）
A state of depression or melancholy:
忧郁，郁闷：忧郁或压抑的情绪：
例句：
The blues has finally gotten me today. I really have the blues today.
忧郁的情结今天最终还是降临到我心头。我今天情绪确实有些不好

Music A style of music evolved from southern Black American secular songs and usually distinguished by slow tempo and flatted thirds and sevenths.
【音乐】 蓝调音乐，布鲁斯：一种源于美国南部黑人通俗歌曲的音乐风格，通常表现为音速低缓，演奏第三和第七音节的降音调

来源：
Short for blue devils
blue devils的简写

【引伸】
blues.man
n.（名词）
blues.y
adj.（形容词）