punk
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++punk /pʌŋk/ noun 1. [uncountable] (also punk rock)APM a type of loud music popular in the late 1970s and 1980s 朋克摇滚乐〔一种20世纪70年代末期和80年代流行的音乐〕2 [countable] (also punk rocker)SSY someone who likes punk music and wears things that are typical of it, such as torn clothes, metal chains, and coloured hair 朋克摇滚乐迷；追随朋克风格者〔如穿褴褛衣衫、佩戴金属链子、将头发染成鲜艳的颜色等〕 punk hairstyles 朋克发式3. [countable] American English informalSCC a young man who fights and breaks the law 小流氓，阿飞4. [uncountable] American EnglishSUBSTANCE a substance that burns without a flame that is used to light fireworks etc 〔用于点烟火的〕火绒
Examples from the Corpus
punk• Think of them as a punk Dire Straits.• Sid Vicious, the smack-addled punk who stabbed his girlfriend in Sid and Nancy.• Guys like that, cheap punks, are easy enough to handle when you feel up to it.• A couple of punks on the far side, also waiting to cross, were pointing at the oblivious Slater and laughing.• Which is fine -- we enjoy a good debate in print, sensationalist punks that we are.• Take punk, it was all about a tight nucleus of bands who were all mates.• I'd like to find the punk who broke off my car antenna.• All these punks are the same.Origin punk 1. (1900-2000) Perhaps from punk “prostitute” ((16-20 centuries)). 2. (1600-1700) Perhaps from spunk “material for lighting fires”; → SPUNKpunk nounChinese
Corpus music popular type loud in of a
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punk /pʌŋk/
noun
Origin: Perhaps from punk 'prostitute' (16-20 centuries).1. [uncountable] (also ˌpunk ˈrock) a type of loud music popular in the late 1970s and 1980s
2. [countable] (also punk rocker) someone who likes punk music and wears things that are typical of it, such as torn clothes, metal chains, and coloured hair:
punk hairstyles
3. [countable] American English informal a young man who fights and breaks the law
4. [uncountable] American English a substance that burns without a flame that is used to light fireworks etc
punk /pʌŋk/
noun Sense 1-3
Date: 1900-2000Origin: Perhaps from punk 'prostitute' (16-20 centuries).
2. [countable] (also punk rocker) someone who likes punk music and wears things that are typical of it, such as torn clothes, metal chains, and coloured hair:
3. [countable] American English informal a young man who fights and breaks the law
4. [uncountable] American English a substance that burns without a flame that is used to light fireworks etc
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