芬克的英文：
funk
It's as vexing as the riddle of the sphinx
这个问题和古埃及司芬克思的谜语一样令人费解。
A wise tabby, a blinking sphinx, watched from her warm sill
一只明察秋毫的母花猫，伊然是座眨巴着眼睛的斯芬克斯，呆在暖洋洋的窗台上朝这边望着。
Barton Fink
巴顿·芬克(美国影片)
Blue Funk's new hit has had good ratings in the charts
布鲁．芬克新灌录的唱片在流行音乐最畅销的每周目录上排名很高
The sphinx was so mortified at the solving of her riddle that she cast herself down from the rock and perished
斯芬克斯见到有人破了它的谜语，痛苦万分，纵身跳下岩石摔死了。
Blue Funk's new hit has had good ratings in the charts.
布鲁·芬克新灌录的唱片在流行音乐最畅销的每周目录上排名很高.
n. 怯懦,恐惧,恐怖,臭味
vt. 畏缩,害怕,使闻到臭味
vi. 惊恐,发出臭味
【文化】词原指美国备受歧视,艰难度日的苦难时光.同时是一种生活态度,混合着放荡不羁,热情乐观,20世纪70年代的黑人流行音乐就是对这种态度的明确表现.
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。
I was in a blue funk when my employer called me into his office.
老板叫我到他办公室去时，我心中忐忑不安。
John is in a blue funk about fighting Jackson in the boxing tournament tomorrow.
约翰在明天的拳击比赛中将迎占杰克逊，他十分畏惧。
Blue Funk's new hit has had good ratings in the charts.
布鲁·芬克新灌录的唱片在流行音乐最畅销的每周目录上排名很高.
Nearly every time he reads the newspaper or watches television about the sad state of the economy he gets into a blue funk.
差不多每次他在报上或电视上看到可悲的经济状态时，他就感觉泄气。