I've got (a case of) the blues. [=I have been feeling sad/depressed]我觉得很伤心。
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[noncount]:a style of music that was created by African-Americans in the southern U.S. and that often expresses feelings of sadness布鲁斯音乐,蓝调音乐(源于美国南部黑人,常表达悲伤的感情)
a band that plays blues and jazz演奏布鲁斯和爵士乐的乐队
— often used with the常与the连用
She sings the blues.她演唱蓝调歌曲。
— often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
a blues singer演唱布鲁斯歌曲的歌手
— sometimes used figuratively有时用作比喻
He's been singing the blues [=feeling sad and discouraged] since he lost his job.他失业后就一直心灰意懒。
: a song often of lamentation characterized by usually 12-bar phrases, 3-line stanzas in which the words of the second line usually repeat those of the first, and continual occurrence of blue notes in melody and harmony
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: jazz or popular music using harmonic and phrase structures of blues
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1music音樂VERB + BLUES | BLUES + NOUNVERB + BLUES➤play, sing演奏布魯斯音樂;唱布魯斯歌曲◇He plays blues on the harmonica.他用口琴演奏布魯斯音樂。◇She sings the blues in smoky bars.她在煙霧瀰漫的酒吧裏唱布魯斯歌曲。BLUES + NOUN➤band, musician, singer布魯斯樂隊/音樂人/歌手▸➤song布魯斯歌曲blues
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2the bluesstate of feeling sad/depressed悲傷;憂鬱VERB + THE BLUES➤have感到鬱悶▸➤get, suffer from變得憂鬱;鬱悶▸➤banish, beat, cure驅除/戰勝/治瘉鬱悶◇I'm planning a cruise as a way to beat the blues.我計劃乘船出遊來化解鬱悶。