plump

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plump1 /plʌmp/ adjectiveadj

1 FATslightly fat in a fairly pleasant way – used especially about women or children, often to avoid saying the word ‘fat’ 丰满的，胖乎乎的〔尤指女性和儿童，常为避免说出fat一词〕

The nurse was a cheerful plump woman.

那护士是个性格开朗、体形丰满的女人。

The baby’s nice and plump.

那个婴儿很可爱，胖嘟嘟的。

► see thesaurus at fat

2 ROUNDround and full in a way that looks attractive 圆润的，饱满的

plump soft pillows

蓬松柔软的枕头

plump juicy tomatoes

饱满多汁的番茄

—plumpness noun [uncountableU]

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plump• The comforters on the beds were abnormally plump.• Paula had silver bracelets on her plump arms.• Frieda's mother was a plump, cheerful woman, quick with a laugh.• The doctor's wife had a plump face and a small mouth.• Stevie is a plump healthy-looking child.• plump juicy strawberries• The good cut made his shoulders look their proper width and reduced his generally plump look.• The four plump man-apes were still there, and now they were doing extraordinary things.• The stuffed dates looked like plump roaches.• He's a little on the plump side, but nevertheless quite handsome.• Isabel bounced once against the plump straw mattress, then made a frantic bid for freedom.• You're too short and too plump - though your skin's not that bad.• She must have been in her sixties, plump, with a crown of dyed brown curls.• a plump woman in her fifties• Miss Withington was a small, plump young woman between Agnes and Prudence in age.

plump2 verb

1. (also plump up) [transitiveT] to gently hit cushions or pillows in order to make them rounder and softer 〔轻拍垫子或枕头〕使更圆，使更软

2. plump (yourself) down SITto sit down suddenly and heavily 突然重重地坐下 SYN plonk

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plump (yourself) down• Peggy plumped down in the chair beside Otto.

3 DOWN[transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] to put something down suddenly and carelessly 蓦地扔下 SYN plonk

Plump the bags down anywhere you like.

把这些包随便找个地方撂下吧。

4 (also plump up) [intransitiveI, transitiveT] if dried fruit plumps up, or if you plump it up, it becomes fatter and softer when in liquid 〔通过浸泡〕（使）〔干果〕膨胀柔软

Soak the apricots and raisins until the fruit plumps up.

把杏子和葡萄干浸泡到膨胀柔软为止。

5 plump for something/somebody phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE informal CHOOSEto choose something or someone after thinking carefully about it 〔经过仔细考虑后〕选择，选定

Finally we plumped for a bottle of champagne.

最后我们选了一瓶香槟酒。

Examples from the Corpus

plump for • Do you plump for a bottle with an attractive label or simply stick to a wine that is familiar?• Ideally, you should also plump for a company that offers a free technical support hotline.• We could just plump for Aristotle's report, as the earliest and therefore most reliable.• With more and more options to choose from, customers and software developers are increasingly reluctant to plump for just one.• But asked to name some influences, they plump for Nick Drake and Neil Young.• People who like spicy food for example, also plump for strong, penetrating essences such as patchouli and ginger.• He'd have liked to plump for the Algarve but, he said wistfully, you do go over the Â£1,000.• Whichever choice you plump for, there are a number of things to consider when routing cables.

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plump• Add oysters and saute until they just begin to plump, about 1 minute.• Do you plump for a bottle with an attractive label or simply stick to a wine that is familiar?• It could be the question, whether to plump for a great evolutionary jump or stay put in the icy brine.• We could just plump for Aristotle's report, as the earliest and therefore most reliable.• He'd have liked to plump for the Algarve but, he said wistfully, you do go over the £1,000.• You can plump the bags down anywhere you like.• Boil the dried fruit until it plumps up in the cooking liquid.

Origin plump1

(1400-1500) Middle Dutch plomp “dull, not sharp”

plump2

1. (1500-1600) → PLUMP1

2. (1200-1300) Copying the action

plump1 adjectiveadjplump2 verb

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