funk

名词 funk:

1. a state of nervous depression
   同义词：blue funk
2. United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967)
   同义词：Casimir Funk
3. an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar

动词 funk:

1. draw back, as with fear or pain
   同义词：flinch, squinch, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail

1. He thought the noise in the empty room was a ghost moving about and he was in a blue funk when I saw him.
   他认为空房里的响声是鬼魂在走来走去。我见到他时他万分惊恐。
2. Just the thought of travelling by air puts me in a blue funk.
   只要一想起坐飞机旅行就使我极为恐惧。

funk

n.（名词）

A state of cowardly fright; a panic.
惊恐：胆怯的状态；恐慌
A state of severe depression.
沮丧：抑郁的状态
A cowardly, fearful person.
懦夫：怯懦、胆怯的人
v.（动词）
funked,funk.ing,funks
v.tr.（及物动词）
To shrink from in fright or dread.
因害怕而逃避
To be afraid of.
害怕
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To shrink in fright.
因害怕而退缩

来源：
Probably from obsolete Flemish fonck [disturbance, agitation]
可能源自 已废佛兰芒语 fonck [烦恼，焦急]

funk
funk 2

n.（名词）
Music
【音乐】
An earthy quality appreciated in music such as jazz or soul.
乡土音色：如爵士乐或爵士灵歌中朴实无华的音色
A type of popular music combining elements of jazz, blues, and soul and characterized by syncopated rhythm and a heavy, repetitive bass line.
乡土音乐：一种综合了爵士乐、布鲁斯歌曲和爵士灵歌特性的流行音乐，以多切分音的节奏和低沉、经常重复的低音线为特征
Slang An unsophisticated quality or atmosphere of a region or locality:
【俚语】 乡土气息：一个地区或范围质朴的特点或氛围：
例句：
.The setting is country funk.(Nina Martin)
.这里的环境充满了乡土气息.(尼娜·马丁)

来源：
Back-formation from funky 2
源自 funky2的逆构词