funk

funk1
(informal)(非正式)
noun
  1. (亦作 blue funk)[in sing.](chiefly Brit.)a state of great fear or panic
    (主英)惊恐，恐慌
    are you in a blue funk about running out of things to say?.
    你是否因再没有什么事情可说而感到惊慌？。
    ■(chiefly N. Amer.)a state of depression
    (主北美)沮丧，消沉
    I sat absorbed in my own blue funk.
    我坐着，独自陷入忧伤。
  2. (dated, chiefly Brit.)a coward
    (旧，主英)懦夫
verb
  1. [with obj.](chiefly Brit.)avoid (a task or thing) out of fear
    (主英)因害怕而避开；逃避
    I could have seen him this morning but I funked it.
    今天早晨我本可见到他的，但我躲开了。
语源
  1. mid 18th cent. (first recorded as Oxford University slang): perhaps from funk in the slang sense 'tobacco smoke', or from obsolete Flemish fonck 'disturbance, agitation'
funk2
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
    乡土音乐（一种起源于美国黑人音乐的流行舞曲，以布鲁斯和灵歌成分为基础，节奏强烈，常强化每小节的第一拍）
  2. [in sing.](N. Amer. informal, dated)a strong musty smell of sweat or tobacco[mass noun]
    (北美，非正式，旧)汗臭味；烟草的霉味
语源
  1. early 17th cent. (in the sense 'musty smell'): perhaps from French dialect funkier 'blow smoke on', based on Latin fumus 'smoke'
继承用法
funk something up
  1. give music elements of such a style
    使乐曲具有乡土音乐的成分（或风格）
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