plumps

英 [plʌmps]

美 [plʌmps]

v.  使变大; 使更软; 使更圆
plump的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 丰满的；胖乎乎的；圆滚滚的
  You can describe someone or something asplumpto indicate that they are rather fat or rounded.
  1. Maria was small and plump with a mass of curly hair...
     玛丽亚身材矮小丰满，一头卷发。
  2. He pushed a plump little hand towards me.
     他把一只胖胖的小手朝我伸了过来。
  3. ...red pears, ripe peaches and plump nectarines.
     红色的梨、熟了的桃和圆润的油桃
• VERB （通过摇抖或拍打）使膨松，使松软鼓起
  If youplumpa pillow or cushion, you shake it and hit it gently so that it goes back into a rounded shape.
  1. 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。
  2. Plump upmeans the same asplump.
     plump up 同 plump
  3. '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。
• VERB （常指经过犹豫或深思熟虑后）选择，选中
  If youplump forsomeone or something, you choose them, often after hesitating or thinking carefully.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• He plumps for the Tivoli ham with asparagus, followed by grilled chicken and vegetables.
  他选了tivoli火腿配芦笋，及烤鸡配蔬菜。
• The author plumps for the years right after the 1987 stock market crash when some of his early big backers began pulling out their cash, but she has only circumstantial evidence for her conclusion.
  作者经过斟酌，把时间确定在1987年股市崩盘之后从那时起，马多夫早期的一些有力支持者开始抽离资金，但她只有一些间接证据来支持自己的结论。
• She plumps out the truth at the oddest times.
  她在最不适当的时候说出实话。
• Either it plumps [ 3] for simplification, which is pardonable given the justness of its moral outrage.
  有的过于简单化，这倘若出于合情合理的道德义愤，倒是可以原谅的。
• Universality, costliness and genetic control all suggest that music has a clear function in survival or reproduction, and Dr Miller plumps for reproduction.
  音乐的普遍性、高昂代价以及基因控制都说明它对生存或繁衍有一个明确的作用。Miller博士支持的是繁衍。