plump

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The sound of a sudden heavy fall.
    — As she beheld her, poor Mrs. Mack's heart fluttered up to her mouth, and then dropped with a dreadful plump, into the pit of her stomach.
  2. A knot or cluster; a group; a crowd. obsolete
    — a plump of trees, fowls, or spears
  3. A group of geese flying close together.
动词 v.
  1. To grow plump; to swell out. intransitive
    — Her cheeks have plumped.
  2. To cast or let drop (something) all at once, suddenly and heavily. transitive
    — to plump a stone into water
  3. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up. transitive
    — to plump oysters or scallops by placing them in fresh or brackish water
  4. To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once. intransitive
    — September 24, 1712, The Spectator No. 492, letter from a prude Dulcissa plumps into a chair.
  5. To give a plumper (kind of vote). intransitive
  6. To give (a vote), as a plumper. transitive
  7. To favor or decide in favor of. intransitive
    — A recent poll by the New York Times found that although most Brazilians plump for arch-rival Argentina as the team they most want to lose, the second-biggest group want Brazil itself to stumble.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
    — a plump baby; plump cheeks
  2. Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright.
    — We are averse to plump queries, but we are going to ask our readers a plain, simple question Did you ever see a paper y'clept "The Yankee Blade?"
  3. Of a wine: giving the sensation of filling the mouth.
    — A plump wine, with an abundance of plum and berry characteristics and soft, round tannins. Easy to drink; ready on release.
副词 adv.
  1. Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.
    — I suppose then, that going plump on a flying whale with your sail set in a foggy squall is the height of a whaleman’s discretion?

词形变化

plumper comparative more plump comparative plumpest superlative most plump superlative plumps present,singular,third-person plumping participle,present plumped participle,past plumped past plumps present,singular,third-person plumping participle,present plumped participle,past plumped past plumps plural plumps plural

词汇关系

衍生词
overplump plumpage plumpie plumping plumpish plumpitude plumpkin plumply plumpness plumptious plumptitude plumpy unplump plump for plump up plump down

词源

词源 1
From Middle English plump, plompe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch plomp or Middle Low German plump. Cognate with Saterland Frisian plump (“plump”).
词源 2
From Middle English plumpen, akin to Middle Dutch plompen, Middle Low German plumpen, German plumpsen.
词源 3
Etymology tree
Middle English plump
English plump
Inherited from Middle English plump.
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