• n. 廢物；小阿飛；年輕無知的人
• adj. 無用的，低劣的
• n. 朋客，朋克
• n. (Punk)人名；(匈)蓬克

可能縮寫自spunk,引火物，引火火柴。引申詞義腐木，爛木頭，后用于指無賴，惡棍等，引申詞義劣質的，沒價值的。后一批年青的音樂家為表達對傳統音樂的反叛，用該詞來命名一種新式的搖滾音樂形式。比較funk.

punk (adj.)

"inferior, bad," 1896, also as a noun, "something worthless," earlier "rotten wood used as tinder" (1680s), "A word in common use in New England, as well as in the other Northern States and Canada" [Bartlett]; perhaps from Delaware (Algonquian) ponk, literally "dust, powder, ashes;" but Gaelic spong "tinder" also has been suggested (compare spunk "touchwood, tinder," 1580s).

punk (n.2)

"worthless person" (especially a young hoodlum), 1917, probably from punk kid "criminal's apprentice," underworld slang first attested 1904 (with overtones of "catamite"). Ultimately from punk (n.1) or else from punk "prostitute, harlot, strumpet," first recorded 1590s, of unknown origin.

For sense shift from "harlot" to "homosexual," compare gay. By 1923 used generally for "young boy, inexperienced person" (originally in show business, as in punk day, circus slang from 1930, "day when children are admitted free"). The verb meaning "to back out of" is from 1920.

The "young criminal" sense is no doubt the inspiration in punk rock first attested 1971 (in a Dave Marsh article in "Creem," referring to Rudi "Question Mark" Martinez); popularized 1976.

If you looked different, people tried to intimidate you all the time. It was the same kind of crap you had to put up with as a hippie, when people started growing long hair. Only now it was the guys with the long hair yelling at you. You think they would have learned something. I had this extreme parrot red hair and I got hassled so much I carried a sign that said "FUCK YOU ASSHOLE." I got so tired of yelling it, I would just hold up the sign. [Bobby Startup, Philadelphia punk DJ, "Philadelphia Weekly," Oct. 10, 2001]

punk (n.1)

"Chinese incense," 1870, from punk (adj.).

1. Rock'n'roll has become so commercialised and safe since punk.

搖滾樂自從朋克樂以后就已經過于商業化而缺乏新意了。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Rock'n'roll has become so commercialized and safe since punk.

自朋克樂之后，搖滾樂已經變得太商業化、太保守了。

來自柯林斯例句

3. For a decade "X" was the pre-eminent punk band in Los Angeles.

10年來，“X”樂隊一直都是洛杉磯最杰出的朋克樂隊。

來自柯林斯例句

4. It all depends on your definition of punk, doesn'tit?

“這全視乎你對朋克搖滾樂的定義，不是嗎？”

來自柯林斯例句

5. Some punk stuck a knife in her last night.

有個小流氓昨晚扎了她一刀。

來自柯林斯例句