kerplunk

名词 n. 动词 v. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义
英 /kəˈplʌŋk/    美 /kə(ɹ)ˈplʌŋk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sound of someone or something falling and landing heavily. informal
    — If my life were a Saturday-morning cartoon, you would have heard a loud kerplunk as my stomach dropped. My poor starving stomach. It was under such stress already, and now this.
  2. A disappointment which comes as a surprise. US,dated,figuratively,slang
动词 v.
  1. To make the sound of falling and landing heavily; to thud. informal,intransitive
感叹词 intj.
  1. Used to indicate a thudding sound.
    — We flipped to see who'd go first and I won, which meant Claudia had to dial. I called the number out loud for her, and inside me my heart was suddenly going "kerplunk, kerplunk, kerplunk," heavy as an elephant's feet.

词形变化

kerplunks plural kerplunks present,singular,third-person kerplunking participle,present kerplunked participle,past kerplunked past

词源

词源 1
From ker- (prefix forming onomatopoeias imitating the effect or sound of a heavy object falling) + plunk (“dull thud of something landing on a surface”).
词源 2
From ker- (prefix forming onomatopoeias imitating the effect or sound of a heavy object falling) + plunk (“dull thud of something landing on a surface”).
词源 3
From ker- (prefix forming onomatopoeias imitating the effect or sound of a heavy object falling) + plunk (“dull thud of something landing on a surface”).
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