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PUNK ROCK | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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Meaning of punk rock in English

punk rock

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/ˌpʌŋk ˈrɑːk/ uk

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/ˌpʌŋk ˈrɒk/

a type of fast, loud, often offensive music that was originally popular among young people in the late 1970s

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(Definition of punk rock from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of punk rock

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龐克搖滾樂（最初流行於20世紀70年代末年輕人中的一種吵鬧的快節奏搖滾樂）…

朋克摇滚乐（最初流行于20世纪70年代末年轻人中的一种吵闹的快节奏摇滚乐）…

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