单词 | plush |
释义 | plush (once / 2789 pages) adjn Things that are plush are luxurious and a little over the top. A bedspread made of mink fur would be considered plush. Plush originally referred to a rich, soft type of fabric, and it’s now used to describe anything extravagant. A plush lifestyle is one only the wealthy can afford, with expensive restaurants, obedient servants, and fancy furniture. A plush living room is full of paintings and decorations. Someone who dresses in a plush way only buys the finest, most expensive clothing. Plush living is lavish living. WORD FAMILYplush: plush-like, plusher, plushes, plushest, plushly, plushy+/plushy: plushily USAGE EXAMPLESThe men found strength in suppleness; the women were softer still, plush yet never weak. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) Its production, despite a few plush moments, is most often minimal, using just an instrument or two. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) It even runs a plush retirement home, complete with golf course, for its senior managers. Reuters(Dec 17, 2016) 1adj characterized by extravagance and profusion Syn lavish, lucullan, lush, plushy rich suggestive of or characterized by great expense 2n a fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet Hyper cloth, fabric, material, textile artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers |
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