英[pʌŋk]美[pʌŋk]
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可能缩写自spunk,引火物,引火火柴。引申词义腐木,烂木头,后用于指无赖,恶棍,妓女,同性恋等,引申词义劣质的,没价值的。后一批年青的音乐家为表达对传统音乐的反叛,用该词来命名一种新式的摇滚音乐形式。比较funk.
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小知识
A punk is a young troublemaker. If your elderly neighbor thinks of you as a young punk, he either thinks all kids are bad — or you did something that really disturbed him.
The Algonquin word for dust or ashes, ponk is the most likely root of punk, which originally described rotten wood used to start fires. That meaning is also found in the adjective form of punk, poor quality, or disposable. Facing long-term unemployment in 1970s London, kids invented punk rock and extreme styles of dress and hair to go along with it, because, in the words of a well-known punk song of the day, they felt they had no future.