- (also punk rock)[uncountable]
a type of loud and aggressive rock music popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s 朋克摇滚乐（流行于 20 世纪 70 年代后期和 80 年代初期） a punk band 朋克摇滚乐队
CultureThe music which popular punk bands such as the Sex Pistols and the Clash played was usually loud, fast and violent, and expressed anger against society. Punk fashions, introduced by Vivienne Westwood and others, included torn clothes, safety pins and coloured hair.Topics Musicb2 - (also punk rocker)[countable]
a person who likes punk music and dresses like a punk musician, for example by wearing metal chains, leather clothes and having brightly coloured hair 朋克摇滚乐迷 a punk haircut 朋克发式
- [countable] (especially North American English, informal)
a young man or boy who behaves in a rude or violent way 小流氓；小混混；小阿飞
Word Originlate 17th cent. (originally referring to a soft, crumbly wood attacked by fungus and used as tinder): perhaps, in some senses, related to archaic punk ‘prostitute’, also to spunk.