语言学家对俚语没有简单明确的定义，但他们一致认为，俚语是一种不断变化的语言现象，存在于世界各地的亚文化中。俚语是一种非正式的词汇(单词、短语和语言用法)，常见于口头交谈，但在正式写作中避免使用。因为俚语并不总是从字面意义上讲得通，所以您需要熟悉每个俚语的意思和用法。英语俚语是日常英语的重要组成部分。
儒琴今日英语俚语 （English Slang of the Day)
In a funk
英文解释
If you’re in a funk, it means that you’ve been feeling sad, very unhappy and without hope; to be acting in a depressed way; to feel sad or unhappy for a lengthy period of time; a state of cowardly fright; a panic；a state of severe depression
中文解释
沮丧；悲伤；不快乐；恐惧；抑郁；胆怯；恐慌
单词 funk 词源
“Funk”在这里的意思是“沮丧，恶劣的情绪”，可能源于早期的“畏缩的恐惧状态”的意思(1743年)。在《牛津英语词典》(在线词源词典)中被确认为最初的牛津俚语，可能源自苏格兰和北部英语动词Funk“因恐惧而害怕，因恐惧而退缩，因恐慌而失败”(1737年)。可能来自佛兰芒语fonck，意为“不安，激动，痛苦”，这可能与古法语funicle有关，意为“狂野的，疯狂的”。
原文举例
Donald Trump has been in a funk since last week’s midterms which saw Democrats seize control of the House of Representatives, ending the Republicans’ dominance of both chambers of Congress.
自上周的中期选举以来，唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)一直处于恐慌之中。在中期选举中，民主党夺取了众议院的控制权，结束了共和党在国会参众两院的主导地位。
By multiple accounts, Donald Trump is in one of the deepest funks of his presidency. Trump needs to get out of his funk if he wants to be re-elected.
有多种说法称，唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)正处于其总统任期内最严重的恐惧之中。如果特朗普想再次当选，他需要走出恐惧。
Donald Trump’s lawyers will be in a funk – last week their client paraded several women who accuse Bill Clinton of treating them inappropriately, and demanded that their stories be heard; but on Thursday, Trump launched a searing attack on several women who accuse him – Trump – of treating them inappropriately, and who want their stories to be heard.
唐纳德·特朗普的律师们将感到恐慌——上周，他们的展示了几名指控比尔·克林顿对待她们行为不当的女性，并要求倾听她们的故事;但周四，特朗普对几名指控他不当对待她们的女性发起了猛烈攻击，这些女性希望人们能听到她们自己的故事。
