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单词 plop
释义
plop1 nounplop2 verb
plopplop1 /plɒp $ plɑːp/ noun [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • The frog reached the stream and jumped in with a plop.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A prim plop as it landed, sank.
  • And suddenly, with the water, out came the long slimy newt straight into the glass, plop!
  • He eyed them and tossed the small ones over his shoulder into the water with a plop.
  • It came out with a sickening plop and a gushing gout of blood.
  • There was a plop as it landed in the water, then it thrashed around wildly for a few seconds before settling down.
  • Three quiet days went past in the slow slap and plop of the river.
Thesaurus
THESAURUSmade by a liquid
the sound that a liquid makes when something hits it, or when it hits against another thing: · She jumped into the pool with a big splash.· the splash of the waves against the rocks
the low sound that water makes when it flows gently over or through something: · the gurgle of a stream· She listened to the gurgle as the water drained out of the bath.
the sudden short sound when something is dropped into a liquid: · Kate dropped the ice into her glass with a plop.
the sound made by something when it falls or is dropped into liquidwith a plop The soap fell into the bath with a loud plop. see thesaurus at sound
plop1 nounplop2 verb
plopplop2 verb (past tense and past participle plopped, present participle plopping) Word Origin
WORD ORIGINplop2
Origin:
1800-1900 From the sound
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
plop
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyplop
he, she, itplops
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyplopped
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave plopped
he, she, ithas plopped
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad plopped
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill plop
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have plopped
Continuous Form
PresentIam plopping
he, she, itis plopping
you, we, theyare plopping
PastI, he, she, itwas plopping
you, we, theywere plopping
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been plopping
he, she, ithas been plopping
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been plopping
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be plopping
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been plopping
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Noah threw a stone high into the air and it plopped into the river.
  • Several letters plopped onto the doormat.
  • The frog plopped back into the river.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Although I was evading the wall and finding the goal, the ball was plopping into the net.
  • Carefully, slowly, not at all certain why, they plopped down on to the branch.
  • Our friend Joan strolls into the bank and plops down $ 100 to open an account.
  • The gas plops out, and I butter the toast listening to matches struck in the dark.
  • The green ones held on tighter, didn't plop into her palms but had to be tugged.
  • The hobo could not flow, could not plop.
  • Tom plopped himself askew in one of the Venetian chairs.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorsounds made by liquids or something wet
the sound that a liquid makes when it falls from a height, hits something hard, or is moved rapidly around: · There was a splash behind the boat as a large silver fish jumped out of the water.· Judging from the shouts and splashes coming from the pool, everyone was having a lot of fun. fall/land etc with a splash: · Ashlee fell into the river with a loud splash.
British to make a sound like someone walking in soft, wet mud, or to move somewhere making this sound: · It had been raining hard and my boots squelched as I walked across the park.squelch along/past/through etc: · Ankle deep in mud, we squelched across the meadow.squelch around: · Melvin was squelching around in the yard outside the cowshed.
if something such as a stream gurgles , it makes a low irregular sound like water flowing through a pipe: · The pipes in the attic gurgle in the night and keep me awake.· The washing machine gurgled as it changed cycles.
to make a sound like something solid falling directly into water: plop into/onto etc: · Noah threw a stone high into the air and it plopped into the river.· Several letters plopped onto the doormat.
to make the continuous repeated sound that is made, for example, by water boiling: · A large saucepan of soup was bubbling on the stove.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· The coyote returned to the barn end and plopped down in front of the crowd of llamas.· She plops down on the empty cot and lifts a curtain to peer out the window.· Carefully, slowly, not at all certain why, they plopped down on to the branch.· Our friend Joan strolls into the bank and plops down $ 100 to open an account.· She plopped down too much mortar, smoothed it out and set a brick on it.· On our other side a young couple wandered by and plopped down with only a six-pack and a sleeping bag.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • Stanley plopped down on the sofa beside me.
  • Carefully, slowly, not at all certain why, they plopped down on to the branch.
  • On our other side a young couple wandered by and plopped down with only a six-pack and a sleeping bag.
  • Our friend Joan strolls into the bank and plops down $ 100 to open an account.
  • She plopped down too much mortar, smoothed it out and set a brick on it.
  • She plops down on the empty cot and lifts a curtain to peer out the window.
  • The coyote returned to the barn end and plopped down in front of the crowd of llamas.
1[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to fall somewhere, making a sound like something dropping into waterplop into/out of/onto etc The frog plopped back into the pond.2[transitive] to drop something, especially into a liquid, so that it makes a soundplop something into something I plopped a couple of ice cubes into the drink.3plop (yourself) down to sit down or lie down heavily:  She plopped down on the sofa beside me.
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