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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Collins.1 / BNC.27484 / COCA.13330

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 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。
• I guess I just woke up in a funk this morning.
  我想今天我是从恐慌中醒来的。
• After graduation, though, he spent a decade in an existential, creative funk.
  然而，毕业后，他有10年时间是在小心翼翼的生活和创作中度过的。
• I'm just in a little funk right now, and everything's gonna be fine.
  我现在有点害怕，一切都会好的。
• 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。
• He's in a blue funk for weeks because of losing his girl.
  因失去女友，他已消沉了几个星期了。
• I was in a blue funk when my employer called me into his office.
  老板叫我到他办公室去时，我心中忐忑不安。
• The singer James Brown is a master of funk.
  歌手詹姆斯布朗是乡土爵士乐的大师。
• 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！
• 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。