plumps是什么意思？

plumps

• v. （使）圆胖( plump的第三人称单数 )，（使）鼓起，（使）突然沉重地落下，有信心地选择；

例句

• The review plumps for an average cost of around 1 % of GDP per year. 据此,他选定每年GDP的1%为平均成本.
• The reason for this is that in salt water, the grid work plumps as It'spins. 这一原因是,在盐水中, 晶格层当旋转时会膨胀起来.
• She plumps out the truth at the oddest times. 她在最不适当的时候说出实话.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  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.
  例句
  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。
• VERB
  （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.
  例句
  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。
• VERB
  （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.
  例句
  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。