[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]丰满的;胖乎乎的;圆滚滚的 You can describe someone or something as plump to indicate that they are rather fat or rounded.
Maria was small and plump with a mass of curly hair...
玛丽亚身材矮小丰满,一头卷发。
He pushed a plump little hand towards me.
他把一只胖胖的小手朝我伸了过来。
...red pears, ripe peaches and plump nectarines.
红色的梨、熟了的桃和圆润的油桃
plumpness
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fat
There was a sturdy plumpness about her hips.
她的臀部浑圆结实。
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[VERB 动词](通过摇抖或拍打)使膨松,使松软鼓起 If you plump a pillow or cushion, you shake it and hit it gently so that it goes back into a rounded shape.
[V n]
[V P n (not pron)]
[Also V n P]
She panics when people pop in unexpectedly, rushing round plumping cushions.
一群人冷不防地冒出来,跑来跑去地拍松垫子,这把她吓坏了。
Plump up means the same as plump .plump up 同 plump
'You need to rest,' she told her reassuringly as she moved to plump up her pillows.
“你需要休息,”她一边安慰她一边走过去拍打枕头。
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[VERB 动词](常指经过犹豫或深思熟虑后)选择,选中 If you plump for someone or something, you choose them, often after hesitating or thinking carefully.
[V for n]
[mainly BRIT 主英]
I think Tessa should plump for Malcolm, her long-suffering admirer.
我想特莎应该选择长期默默爱慕她的马尔科姆。
Oxford
plump/plʌmp; NAmEplʌmp/
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plumpplumpsplumpedplumpingplumperplumpestadjective(plump·er,plump·est)1having a soft, round body; slightly fat 丰腴的;微胖的◆a short, plump woman一个矮胖的女人◆a plump face饱满的面庞2looking soft, full and attractive to use or eat 松软的;丰满的;饱满的◆plump cushions松软的垫子◆plump tomatoes滚圆的番茄▶plump·ness/plʌmpnəs; NAmEplʌmpnəs/noun[uncountable ]verbplumpsth (up) to make sth larger, softer and rounder 使变大变松软;使蓬松◆He leaned forward while the nurse plumped up his pillows.他往前够了够身子,让护士把枕头拍松了。PHRASAL VERBˈplump for sb/sth( informal) to choose sb/sth from a number of people or things, especially after thinking carefully 慎重挑选;筛选plump/plʌmp; NAmEplʌmp/plump·ness/plʌmpnəs; NAmEplʌmpnəs/
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plump1 adjective
plump2 verb
plumpplump1 /plʌmp/ ●○○ adjective
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1slightly fat in a fairly pleasant way – used especially about women or children, often to avoid saying the word ‘fat’: The nurse was a cheerful plump woman. The baby’s nice and plump.► see thesaurus at
fat
2round and full in a way that looks attractive: plump soft pillows plump juicy tomatoes—plumpness noun [uncountable]
plump1 adjective
plump2 verb
plumpplump2 verb
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1 (also plump up) [transitive] to gently hit cushionsor pillows in order to make them rounder and softer2plump (yourself) down to sit down suddenly and heavilySYN plonk3[transitive always + adverb/preposition] to put something down suddenly and carelesslySYN plonk: Plump the bags down anywhere you like.4 (also plump up) [intransitive, transitive] if dried fruit plumps up, or if you plump it up, it becomes fatter and softer when in liquid: Soak the apricots and raisins until the fruit plumps up.plump for phrasal verb British English informalto choose something or someone after thinking carefully about it: Finally we plumped for a bottle of champagne.
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