funk

英 [fʌŋk]

美 [fʌŋk]

n.  (伴奏现代舞蹈的)乡土爵士乐; 放克音乐; 恐惧; 忧虑; 浓烈臭味; 恶臭
v.  (因畏惧而)逃避，回避

现在分词：funking　过去式：funked　过去分词：funked　第三人称单数：funks　复数：funks　

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牛津词典

noun

• （伴奏现代舞蹈的）乡土爵士乐；放克音乐
  a type of modern dance music with a strong rhythm
• 恐惧；忧虑
  a state of fear or anxiety
• 浓烈臭味；恶臭
  a strong unpleasant smell

verb

• （因畏惧而）逃避，回避
  to avoid doing sth because you are afraid to or find it difficult

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT (由爵士乐和布鲁斯发展而来的)乡土爵士乐，放克音乐
  Funkis a style of dance music based on jazz and blues, with a strong, repeated bass part.
  1. ...a mixture of experimental jazz, soul and funk.
     实验性爵士乐、灵乐和放克音乐的融合
• N-VAR (尤因处于自己无法控制的情形中而出现的)恐慌，惊恐
  If someone isin afunk, they are frightened, especially because they are in a situation they cannot control.
  1. He was in a blue funk! Worse than me!...
     他神经极为紧张！比我还糟！
  2. My face went crimson (which it does out of sheer funk).
     我的脸变得通红(我极度恐慌时就会如此)。
• VERB (因害怕而)逃避
  If youfunksomething, you avoid doing it because you are afraid.
  1. If he funks it, he will confirm the impression of cowardice given by his recent letter.
     如果他对此畏缩，那就会证实他在最近一封信里表现出来的怯懦。

英英释义

noun

• an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul
• a state of nervous depression
  1. he was in a funk
  Synonym:blue funk

verb

• draw back, as with fear or pain
  1. she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
  Synonym:flinchsquinchcringeshrinkwincerecoilquail

双语例句

• Word expert Charles Funk says an eighteen seventy-four publication called the Slang Dictionary explains throwing in the towel.
  词汇专家查尔斯·芬克说，一本1874年出版的俚语词典解释了throwinthetowel这句短语。
• I had been in a blue funk, when the shocking news reached me.
  我一直惊恐不安，这时传来那令人震惊的消息。
• This sent the shares of Sallie Mae into a funk from which they are yet to recover.
  这让萨莉-梅公司的股票声名狼藉，至今尚未恢复元气。
• A man who will climb a cliff may funk grasping a snake.
  一个敢于攀登悬崖峭壁的男子汉也许害怕用手去抓蛇。
• From funk to hip-hop, latino to jazz, the mood is fun and the live music is fantastic.
  从恐惧到嘻哈，拉丁爵士乐，心情很有趣，现场音乐是太棒了。
• Now capitalism is in a funk in its heartlands.
  如今，资本主义的中心地带处于恐惧之中。
• The patient was in a blue funk when he was ill.
  病人在他生病的时候有种恐惧、怯懦！
• Sometimes a funk can equal more than the sum of its parts.
  有时候，一次郁闷心情可能大于其组成部分的和。
• But either out of some warning instinct or sheer funk he had not done so.
  他没有这样着急，其原因不是出于本能的警觉就是出于单纯的惊恐。
• Word expert Charles Funk says people have been feeling down in the dumps for more than four-hundred years.
  词汇专家CharlesFunk称，人们已经感受沮丧超过400年了。