blue devils

短语

忧郁,沮丧

发音

AU

词形变化

only 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Low spirits; depression.

    习语 仅复数 俚语

    "[…] the disease is either extinct, or exists in such a mild form that a short course of aperient medicine carries it off. It is sometimes called the Blue-devils now or the Mulleygrubs. Queer names, ain't they?"

  2. 2.

    Depressants, especially the barbiturate amobarbital.

    比喻 仅复数 俚语

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

blues vapors megrims vapours

上位词 1

depression

词源

Originally apparitions supposed to be seen by sufferers of delirium tremens.

来源：wiktionary