blues
noun[U]
uk/bluːz/us/bluːz/atypeofslow,sadmusic,originallyfrom thesouthernUS, in which thesingertypicallysingsabouttheirdifficultlifeorbadluckinlove:
布鲁斯音乐（一种曲调忧伤的慢节奏音乐，源自美国南部，主要以歌手的困苦生活或爱情不幸为演唱内容）Billie Holiday wasfamousforsingingthe blues.比利·霍利戴以演唱布鲁斯歌曲闻名。
afamousbluessinger著名的布鲁斯歌手
See also
blueadjective(SAD)informal
Jazz & blues
- acid jazz
- bebop
- bluesman
- bop
- Dixieland
- funk
- funky
- honky-tonk
- jazz
- jazzy
- modern jazz
- ragtime
- rhythm and blues
- scat
- skiffle
- stride piano
- swing
- trad jazz
- traditional jazz
- twelve-bar blues
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Types of music
Idiom
have the blues