| 单词 | funk |
| 释义 | funk (once / 4145 pages) 1n 2n 3v If you're in a funk, it means that you've been feeling sad. You might be in a serious funk after your best friend moves across the country. One way to use funk is to mean "blues" or "depression." Everyone's in a funk sometimes — for some people, the shorter, darker winter days automatically put them in a bit of a funk. Funk also refers to a bluesy kind of music with a strong underlying bass rhythm. It comes from funky, which means "stinky" or "musty smelling," from the French funkière, "smoke." In African American music, funky became a compliment, a description of soulful, earthy music — like funk itself. WORD FAMILYfunk: funked, funking, funks, funky+/funky: funkier, funkiest USAGE EXAMPLESThen the Giants’ offense fell into a familiar funk, failing to remain on the field long enough to rest an overtaxed defense. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) We enter Studio A, where Prince in the 1980s pioneered the Minneapolis Sound, a synthesizer-based brand of funk. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) There’s not much reason to think Los Angeles will shake its offensive funk in the finale, but Fassel remains hopeful. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 n a state of nervous depression 2he was in a funk Syn|Hyper blue funk depression a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity n an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar 3Hyper jazz a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles v draw back, as with fear or pain Syn|Hypo|Hyper cringe, flinch, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince retract, shrink back pull away from a source of disgust or fear move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion Funk (once / 12588 pages) n WORD FAMILY Funk: Funks USAGE EXAMPLESAnd while poverty creates burdens for all kinds of schools, when it occurs in densely concentrated neighborhoods, it’s harder to overcome, Funk said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) THe contemporary funk artist Dam Funk wrote about Harris’s little-known musical past on his Instagram page. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) NYE Celebration With Everyone Orchestra Matt Butler conducts an assembly of top musicians for an improvised jam, “Funk on the Fly,” with audience participation. Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016) n 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) Syn|Exp Casimir Funk biochemist someone with special training in biochemistry |
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