plumps
v. (使)圓胖( plump的第三人稱單數 ); (使)鼓起; (使)突然沉重地落下; 有信心地選擇
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...
瑪麗亞身材矮小豐滿,一頭捲髮。
He pushed a plump little hand towards me.
他把一隻胖胖的小手朝我伸了過來。
If you plump a pillow or cushion, you shake it and hit it gently so that it goes back into a rounded shape.
She panics when people pop in unexpectedly, rushing round plumping cushions.
一群人冷不防地冒出來,跑來跑去地拍松墊子,這把她嚇壞了。
If you plump for someone or something, you choose them, often after hesitating or thinking carefully.
I think Tessa should plump for Malcolm, her long-suffering admirer.
我想特莎應該選擇長期默默愛慕她的馬爾科姆。
She plumps out the truth at the oddest times.
她在最不適當的時候說出實話.
The reason for this is that in salt water, the grid work plumps as It'spins.
這一原因是,在鹽水中, 晶格層當旋轉時會膨脹起來.
The review plumps for an average cost of around 1 % of GDP per year.
據此,他選定每年GDP的1%為平均成本.