funk

noun

1. （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
2. 恐惧；忧虑
   a state of fear or anxiety
3. 浓烈臭味；恶臭
   a strong unpleasant smell

verb

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

1. N-UNCOUNT (由爵士乐和布鲁斯发展而来的)乡土爵士乐，放克音乐
   Funk is 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
2. 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 is in a funk, 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)。
3. VERB (因害怕而)逃避
   If you funk something, 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。

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）。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. Peter is in a blue funk about playing with Michael in the tennis tournament tomorrow.
   对于和迈克尔明天举行的网球淘汰赛，彼得显得十分担忧。
6. 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。
7. Originally recorded by Jackson and Lenny Kravitz in1999 at the legendary Marvin's Room Studio, the track has Michael summoning a cosmic power over a rugged, industrial funk beat and a soaring chorus.
   原先是迈克尔·杰克逊和蓝尼·克罗维兹（LennyKravitz）于1999年在著名的“马文房间”录音室录制的。歌曲中，通过粗旷的工业放克节拍和高昂的和音，迈克尔召唤一种宇宙的力量。
8. He's in a blue funk about his job interview.
   他对自己的招聘面试极为恐惧。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. We can't play funk without a bass line.
    没有低音手，我们演不了。
14. 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。
15. Their version of jazz funk is a pale imitation of the real thing.
    他们演奏的音乐不过是对真正的乡土爵士乐的拙劣模仿。
16. 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。
17. Funk was pointed at by many who knew him as one who was never punctual.
    芬克被许多认识他的人指责为从来不守时的人。
18. 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。
19. From Bach to rock, funk to punk, almost everyone loves listening to music!
    从巴赫的音乐到摇滚乐，从乡村音乐到朋克，几乎每个人都爱听！
20. Out of sheer funk he had not gone to the party.
    他完全是出于胆怯而没有去参加宴会。
21. 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。
22. Let's get you out of that funk.
    让我们帮你从痛苦中解脱出来。
23. 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。
24. 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。
25. I guess I just woke up in a funk this morning.
    我想今天我是从恐慌中醒来的。
26. 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。
27. But there are crucial differences between downloading fiction and downloading funk.
    但下载小说和下载那些重金属音乐之间却有很大的不同。
28. If I were you, I should be in a funk myself.
    假如我是你，我也会吃惊的。
29. 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！
30. 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。

noun

1. an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul

2. a state of nervous depression
   1. he was in a funk

   Synonym:    blue funk

verb

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

   Synonym:    flinchsquinchcringeshrinkwincerecoilquail