| 释义 |
plump2/plʌmp/ v., n., adv. & adj.●v. 1 intr. & tr. (often foll. by 常后跟 down) drop or fall abruptly 突然落下 plumped down on the chair 一屁股坐在椅子上; plumped it on the floor 突然把它掉在地板上 2 intr. (foll. by 后跟 for) decide definitely in favour of (one of two or more possibilities) 选定(其中之一) 3 tr. (often foll. by 常后跟 out) utter abruptly; blurt out 突然说出；脱口说出 ●n. an abrupt plunge; a heavy fall 猛的一冲；突然沉重的坠落 ●adv. colloq. [口] 1 with a sudden or heavy fall (坠落)突然地，沉重地 2 directly, bluntly 直接地，率直地 I told him plump 我干脆地告诉他 ●adj. colloq. direct, unqualified [口]直接的，绝对的 answered with a plump ‘no’ 干干脆脆地回答个“不”字 [Middle English from Middle Low German plumpen, Middle Dutch plompen: originally imitative] |