informal <非正式>
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- （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？
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- 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。
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- dated, chiefly Brit. a coward〈旧, 主英〉懦夫。
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。
词源
mid 18th cent. (first recorded as Oxford University slang)： perhaps from FUNK2 in the slang sense 'tobaccosmoke', or from obsolete Flemish fonck 'disturbance, agitation'.
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- 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）。
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- in sing. N. Amer. informal, dated a strong musty smell of sweat or tobacco〈北美, 非正式, 旧〉汗臭味; 烟草的霉味。
词源
early 17th cent. （in the sense 'musty smell'）： perhaps from French dialect funkier 'blow smoke on', based on Latin fumus 'smoke'.
短语动词
funk something up
- give music elements of such a style.使乐曲具有乡土音乐的成分（或风格）。