单词	plump
释义	adjective | verb plumpplump1 /plʌmp/ ●○○ adjective Etymology ETYMOLOGYplump1 Origin: 1400-1500 Middle Dutch plomp dull, not sharp Thesaurus THESAURUSflesh► fat weighing too much because you have too much flesh on your body:  He’s short and fat. I always look so fat in pictures. ► overweight used as a more polite way of describing someone who is fat:  He’s a little overweight. ► big/heavy/large used as polite ways of describing someone who is big, strong, or fat:  His mother was a heavy woman in her fifties. He’s a pretty big guy. ► obese used about someone who is extremely fat in a way that is dangerous to his or her health:  Too many young children are obese these days. ► chubby/pudgy used about someone who is slightly fat, especially a baby or a child:  She was a cute chubby baby. ► plump used to say that someone is slightly fat in a pleasant way, especially a woman or a child:  Their grandmother was a plump, smiling woman. ► tubby informal used about someone who is short and fat:  He was a tubby little man with a bald head. ► flabby used to describe a part of your body that is too fat and has soft loose skin:  I’m trying to strengthen my arms so they’re less flabby. ► stout used about an adult who is slightly fat:  The door was answered by a stout woman in her sixties. ► rotund formal having a fat round body. Used especially in literature:  The actor’s rotund figure makes him perfect for the part of Santa. ► corpulent formal very fat. Used especially in literature:  The director, a corpulent red-faced man, slammed his fist on the table. 1 slightly fat in a fairly pleasant way – used especially about women or children in order to be polite:  a plump woman in her fifties► see thesaurus at fat12round and full in a way that looks attractive:  plump juicy strawberries [Origin: 1400–1500 Middle Dutch plomp dull, not sharp]—plumpness noun [uncountable] adjective | verb plumpplump2 verb Etymology ETYMOLOGYplump2 Origin: (1,4) 1500-1600 ➔ PLUMP1 (2-3,5) 1200-1300 Copying the action Verb Table VERB TABLE plump Simple Form Present I, you, we, they plump he, she, it plumps Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they plumped Present perfect I, you, we, they have plumped he, she, it has plumped Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had plumped Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will plump Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have plumped Continuous Form Present I am plumping he, she, it is plumping you, we, they are plumping Past I, he, she, it was plumping you, we, they were plumping Present perfect I, you, we, they have been plumping he, she, it has been plumping Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been plumping Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be plumping Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been plumping 1[transitive] (also plump up) to make cushions, pillows, etc. softer and rounder by shaking or hitting them2[intransitive, transitive] (also plump up) if dried fruit plumps up, or if you plump it up, it becomes fatter and softer when you put it in liquid:  Soak the raisins in the wine until they plump up.3plump (yourself) down to sit down suddenly and heavily:  Peggy plumped down in the chair beside Otto.
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