| 单词 | to funk up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto funk up to funk up 1. transitive. To make (something) more interesting, exciting, or vibrant; to enliven. Cf. jazz v. 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > carry on vigorously [verb (transitive)] > make lively alacriate1560 spright1611 to fig up1810 to funk up1972 raunch1976 to funk out1995 the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > make cheerful [verb (transitive)] > make cheerful and lively alacriate1560 enlivea1617 enliven1701 frisk1802 liven1821 pearten1851 effervesce1866 to liven up1873 to hot up1929 goose1970 to funk up1972 to funk out1995 1972 San Francisco Bk. Rev. No. 22. 38/1 Nothing funks up a finger like a chunk of traditionless plastic. 1996 Independent 22 Oct. ii. 12/1 The British designers Clements Ribeiro have funked up the old yarn by making the most desirable stripy cashmere sweaters. 2006 Sunday Tel. (Nashau & S. New Hampsh.) 17 Mar. (USA Weekend section) 7 This [jacket] works for Lily because it counterbalances the skirt and funks it up. 2015 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 7 Mar. 57 We both donned cool black outfits, funked up our hair and lashed our lips in red. 2. transitive. a. To play in a funk style, to make (music) funky. ΚΠ 1975 Phonograph Record Feb. 13 If they chose to funk up their music (slightly) [etc.] 1985 Spin June 66/2 Rare Essence..[is] the band of choice in all go go circles, because of its uncanny knack for ‘funking up’ funky songs. 1991 Entertainm. Weekly 14 June 14/2 We're bringing back the old Motown sound and funking it up. 2015 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 3 Oct. (Lifestyle section) 10 It was her 29-year-old daughter's idea to write new verses and funk up the airy pop song. b. To excite or thrill (a person), esp. with music; to instil or inspire with energy or enthusiasm. Cf. jazz v. 3a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > affect with pleasurable excitement [verb (transitive)] > give thrill of pleasurable excitement to > esp. in popular entertainment send1932 funk1973 to funk up1979 1979 Columbus (Georgia) Times 31 Oct. 1/2 Each Sunday night..funking the teens up with anything from Cameo's ‘I Just Want To Be’, to the Sugarhill Gang's ‘Rappers Delight’. 1986 Times-Standard (Eureka, Calif.) 27 Feb. (After Five section) a7/1 Special guest emcee Bishop Mayfield funked 'em [sc. the crowd] up with Luther Vandross's ‘Never Too Much’. 1997 Vibe Dec. 181/1 The Superfreak funks us up lovely on Urban Rapsody, his long-awaited return. 2005 K. E. Campbell Gettin' our Groove On i. 18 Brothas on the left coast be funking us up with jiggety beats. to funk up transitive. to funk up: to cause (something, esp. a place) to smell very strongly or unpleasantly. ΚΠ 1967 ‘Iceberg Slim’ Pimp xiv. 226 These bottom broads, when they started to rot really funked up a stud's skull. 1994 H. L. Gates Colored People (1995) iii. 35 ‘Here come you niggers, funking up the place’—even we'd crack that kind of joke a lot. So one thing colored people had to do around white people was smell good. 2002 S. D. Harrison Living on Edge of Respectability 68 Stop funking up my kitchen, Reina. 2013 N. Turner Project Chick II 156 Taj's feet used to smell so bad their mother would have to keep his sneakers on the porch in order not to funk up the house. < as lemmas |
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