英语词汇“funk”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

funk1

/fʌŋk

informal

noun

1 (also blue funk) chiefly British A state of great fear or panic: are you in a blue funk about running out of things to say?...

Job seekers anxious about seeing the freshest Craigslist posts can subscribe to a feed instead of hitting reload for hours in a paranoid funk.
Sometimes it requires a crisis to sort out those fitted for leadership from their confreres inclined to dash around in a blind funk.
So when I was instructed to put my haggling skills to work and go in search of some bargains in York city centre I was in a blind funk.

Synonyms

panic, state of fear, fluster

informal cold sweat, flap, state, tizzy, tizz, tiz-woz, dither, stew

British informal blue funk

North American informal twit

1.1chiefly North American A state of depression: I sat absorbed in my own blue funk...

But if savers and builders are sufficiently scared and sufficiently depressed, even big tax cuts may not be enough to bring them out of their funk.
The messages helped snap Pottruck out of his funk.
August historically is his best month, and he showed signs of snapping out of his funk before the break, hitting with authority and showing patience.

Synonyms

depression

informal the dumps, the doldrums, low

North American informal blue funk

2 dated, chiefly British A coward: I sit shuddering, too much of a funk to fight

verb [with object] chiefly British

Avoid (something) out of fear: I could have seen him this morning but I funked it...

By a donnish performance, more in the style of a school of philosophy than of an economics department, Letwin proved the case for tax cuts, then forged an intellectual alibi for funking its implementation.
The attempt then to portray Al Gore, who rejected the subterfuge, as the one who was funking national debates was farcical.
It was interesting to see how Hollywood coped with this theme, and how director Sydney Pollack tiptoed towards reality but funked it in the end.

Synonyms

avoid, evade, dodge, escape from, run away from, baulk at, flinch from;

wuss out

informal chicken out of, duck, wriggle out of, cop out of, get out of

Origin

Mid 18th century (first recorded as Oxford University slang): perhaps from funk² in the slang sense 'tobacco smoke', or from obsolete Flemish fonck 'disturbance, agitation'.

People started using funk and funky in musical contexts during the 1950s: before that, funky was a black English expression that meant ‘worthless, bad’, which reversed its meaning in the same way as bad and wicked to mean ‘excellent’. In the early 17th century, though, funk meant ‘a musty smell’. It may come from French dialect funkier ‘blow smoke on’, which was based on Latin fumus ‘smoke’ (the root of fumigate). Funk meaning ‘a state of panic or anxiety’ was Oxford University slang in the mid 18th century, in the phrase in a blue funk. It could refer to the slang sense of funk as ‘tobacco smoke’, or it could be from an old Flemish word fonck, ‘disturbance, agitation’.

Rhymes

funk2

/fʌŋk

noun

1 [mass noun] A style of popular dance music of US black origin, based on elements of blues and soul and having a strong rhythm that typically accentuates the first beat in the bar: a mixture of punk and funk [as modifier]: a funk bass line...

It combines elements of hip-hop, reggae, funk, punk rock and even traditional Irish folk music.
The result is an effort that encompasses a multitude of styles, from funk and soul to stirring ballads constructed around strong melodies.
The North Queensland based group are a newly-formed but very professional outfit who fuse elements of funk and reggae with hip hop and groovy rhythms.

2 [in singular] North American informal, dated A strong musty smell of sweat or tobacco: our sweat mingles, but the funk makes my stomach dizzy [mass noun]: he prowled his office trailing the telltale odour of funk...

It's not sweat or the funk from the equipment; it's a strange smell that's hard to describe.
We all smelled an odiferous funk coming from Viktor.
You gotta stick with me on this, though - I promise, the end result is worth the funk, and the smell goes away once it's been prepared.

verb [with object] (funk something up)

Give music elements of funk: we’re bringing back the old Motown sound and funking it up (as adjective funked-up) funked-up songs...

At heart we are a funk rock band. we do our own versions of some classic songs basically funking them up and messing with them, as well as our own originals.
Pine Grove Blues - A tune by Nathan Abshire which we took and funked it up a bit.
Still, there is not enough variety in the style of the songs - funk it up a bit.

Origin

Early 17th century (in the sense 'musty smell'): perhaps from French dialect funkier 'blow smoke on', based on Latin fumus 'smoke'.

单词	funk
释义	funk1 /fʌŋk / informal noun 1 (also blue funk) chiefly British A state of great fear or panic: are you in a blue funk about running out of things to say?... Job seekers anxious about seeing the freshest Craigslist posts can subscribe to a feed instead of hitting reload for hours in a paranoid funk. Sometimes it requires a crisis to sort out those fitted for leadership from their confreres inclined to dash around in a blind funk. So when I was instructed to put my haggling skills to work and go in search of some bargains in York city centre I was in a blind funk. Synonyms panic, state of fear, fluster informal cold sweat, flap, state, tizzy, tizz, tiz-woz, dither, stew British informal blue funk North American informal twit 1.1chiefly North American A state of depression: I sat absorbed in my own blue funk... But if savers and builders are sufficiently scared and sufficiently depressed, even big tax cuts may not be enough to bring them out of their funk. The messages helped snap Pottruck out of his funk. August historically is his best month, and he showed signs of snapping out of his funk before the break, hitting with authority and showing patience. Synonyms depression informal the dumps, the doldrums, low North American informal blue funk 2 dated, chiefly British A coward: I sit shuddering, too much of a funk to fight verb [with object] chiefly British Avoid (something) out of fear: I could have seen him this morning but I funked it... By a donnish performance, more in the style of a school of philosophy than of an economics department, Letwin proved the case for tax cuts, then forged an intellectual alibi for funking its implementation. The attempt then to portray Al Gore, who rejected the subterfuge, as the one who was funking national debates was farcical. It was interesting to see how Hollywood coped with this theme, and how director Sydney Pollack tiptoed towards reality but funked it in the end. Synonyms avoid, evade, dodge, escape from, run away from, baulk at, flinch from; wuss out informal chicken out of, duck, wriggle out of, cop out of, get out of Origin Mid 18th century (first recorded as Oxford University slang): perhaps from funk² in the slang sense 'tobacco smoke', or from obsolete Flemish fonck 'disturbance, agitation'. People started using funk and funky in musical contexts during the 1950s: before that, funky was a black English expression that meant ‘worthless, bad’, which reversed its meaning in the same way as bad and wicked to mean ‘excellent’. In the early 17th century, though, funk meant ‘a musty smell’. It may come from French dialect funkier ‘blow smoke on’, which was based on Latin fumus ‘smoke’ (the root of fumigate). Funk meaning ‘a state of panic or anxiety’ was Oxford University slang in the mid 18th century, in the phrase in a blue funk. It could refer to the slang sense of funk as ‘tobacco smoke’, or it could be from an old Flemish word fonck, ‘disturbance, agitation’. Rhymes bunk, chunk, clunk, drunk, dunk, flunk, gunk, hunk, Monck, monk, plunk, shrunk, skunk, slunk, stunk, sunk, thunk, trunk funk2 /fʌŋk / noun 1 [mass noun] A style of popular dance music of US black origin, based on elements of blues and soul and having a strong rhythm that typically accentuates the first beat in the bar: a mixture of punk and funk [as modifier]: a funk bass line... It combines elements of hip-hop, reggae, funk, punk rock and even traditional Irish folk music. The result is an effort that encompasses a multitude of styles, from funk and soul to stirring ballads constructed around strong melodies. The North Queensland based group are a newly-formed but very professional outfit who fuse elements of funk and reggae with hip hop and groovy rhythms. 2 [in singular] North American informal, dated A strong musty smell of sweat or tobacco: our sweat mingles, but the funk makes my stomach dizzy [mass noun]: he prowled his office trailing the telltale odour of funk... It's not sweat or the funk from the equipment; it's a strange smell that's hard to describe. We all smelled an odiferous funk coming from Viktor. You gotta stick with me on this, though - I promise, the end result is worth the funk, and the smell goes away once it's been prepared. verb [with object] (funk something up) Give music elements of funk: we’re bringing back the old Motown sound and funking it up (as adjective funked-up) funked-up songs... At heart we are a funk rock band. we do our own versions of some classic songs basically funking them up and messing with them, as well as our own originals. Pine Grove Blues - A tune by Nathan Abshire which we took and funked it up a bit. Still, there is not enough variety in the style of the songs - funk it up a bit. Origin Early 17th century (in the sense 'musty smell'): perhaps from French dialect funkier 'blow smoke on', based on Latin fumus 'smoke'.
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