| 单词 | blues |
| 释义 | blues (once / 1104 pages) n If you've got the blues, you probably want to lie in bed and cry — or get out your guitar and sadly sing the blues. Since the fourteenth century, the word blue has been used to mean "sad." The noun blues came into use in the 1700s to describe a state of sadness or melancholy. Around a hundred years later, a Black American musical genre adopted the word to describe its particular twelve-bar chord progression and folksy sound. Lyrics in blues music often describe hard times, struggles, and a particular kind of melancholy mood. WORD FAMILYblue: blued, blueing, blueish, bluely, blueness, bluer, blues, bluest, bluing, bluish+/bluish: bluishly USAGE EXAMPLESBut at the end of the sessions we said, ‘We made a blues album!’ Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) They recorded an entire blues album, and it only took them three days. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) Since Jones was the band’s blues purist, I ask Watts whether he thought of him while recording Blue & Lonesome. The Guardian(Dec 01, 2016) 1n a state of depression he had a bad case of the blues Syn|Hyper blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapours depression a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity 2n 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 Hypo|Hyper boogie, boogie-woogie an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano) African-American music, black music music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses folk ballad, folk song, folksonga song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture |
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