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plunk

/pluhngk/US // plʌŋk //UK // (plʌŋk) //

大块头,扑通一声,铅块,扑通

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to pluck; twang: to plunk a guitar.
    • : to throw, push, put, drop, etc., heavily or suddenly; plump: Plunk down your money. She plunked herself down on the seat.
    • : to push, shove, toss, etc.: to plunk the ball over the net; to plunk a pencil into a drawer.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to give forth a twanging sound.
    • : to drop heavily or suddenly; plump: to plunk down somewhere and take a nap.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : act or sound of plunking.
    • : Informal. a direct, forcible blow.
    • : Slang. a dollar.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : Informal. with a plunking sound.
    • : Informal. squarely; exactly: The tennis ball landed plunk in the middle of the net.

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Examples

  • The program can plunk users in virtual seats around a digital space and use the headgear’s internal motion sensors to track participants’ head movements.

  • The agency’s refusal to greenlight a Bitcoin ETF, says Selkis, has created a system that enriches the wealthy—those who can plunk down $50,000 to take part in Grayscale’s private offerings—while stiffing ordinary investors.

  • Some initially questioned why Facebook plunked a seemingly staggering sum to acquire a messaging app.

  • When the deal was announced, many were stunned that Facebook would plunk down a billion dollars for a company with 13 employees.

  • That explains why SoftBank’s Vision Fund and Honda plunked down more than a billion dollars of investment in Cruise last year.

  • Sure, the universe of Americans willing to plunk down for an electric sports car is small.

  • Cash flinched again, wavered, swallowed twice, and got up so abruptly that Lovin Child sat down again with a plunk.

  • He heard something hum past his head and plunk into the pilot house behind him.

  • He had lots of plunk; which accounted for Matey's choice of him as a friend among the juniors.

  • It came flying plunk out through the front window—and it stuck right into a tree like a dagger.

  • In some hidden spot outside the temple something went plunk.