plunk

verb

verb

1. 弹拨，刮奏（吉他、琴键等）
   to play a guitar , a keyboard, etc. with your fingers and produce a rough unpleasant sound

1. VERB 随意地放下；漫不经心地放下
   If you plunk something somewhere, you put it there without great care.
   1. Melanie plunked her cosmetic case down on a chair...
      梅拉妮把化妆盒砰的一声扔到椅子上。
   2. She swept up a hat from where it had fallen on the ground, and plunked it on her hair.
      她拾起掉在地上的一顶帽子，随意地往头上一扣。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 plonk


2. VERB （使）砰地坐下；（使）重重地坐下
   If you plunk yourself somewhere, or plunk down, you sit down heavily and clumsily.
   1. I watched them go and plunked down on one of the small metal chairs.
      我目送他们离去，然后一屁股坐在其中一把金属小椅子上。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 plonk

1. Melanie plunked her cosmetic case down on a chair
   梅拉妮把化妆盒砰的一声扔到椅子上。
2. She swept up a hat from where it had fallen on the ground, and plunked it on her hair.
   她拾起掉在地上的一顶帽子，随意地往头上一扣。
3. I watched them go and plunked down on one of the small metal chairs.
   我目送他们离去，然后一屁股坐在其中一把金属小椅子上。
4. Think of what you get when you plunk down$ 20 on a 2004 Rioja Gran Reserva, for example.
   比如，想象一下你掏出20美元，购买一瓶2004年出产的里奥哈格兰华美葡萄酒（RiojaGranReserva）之后所获得的东西。
5. Before you see the plastic surgeon, before you plunk down half a paycheck on that pricey anti-aging cream, in fact, before you do anything, put on sunscreen.
   在你去看整形医生之前，在你花掉一半薪水在昂贵的抗衰老霜上之前，事实上，在你采取一切行动之前，先涂上防晒霜。
6. They plink on the vent pipe and plunk on the patio roof. Leaves shudder under their weight before rebounding, and sidewalk wears a coat of shiny spots.
   雨点把排气管敲得叮叮当当，把露台顶棚打得噼噼啪啪，树叶被砸得瑟瑟发抖，难以抬头。人行道披上了一层亮闪闪的水点。
7. Still, many are likely to stick with their iPhones and even plunk down the money for an Apple Watch, because of the firm's ecosystem.
   但是许多人仍然愿意坚守苹果阵营，继续使用iPhone，甚至是为了苹果的生态系统而大手笔地花钱购买AppleWatch。
8. You better believe that there is glue and it goes "plunk" and they feel those forces, both of them.
   你们必然相信有胶水，砰一声响，它们都感觉到了力。
9. So I've got, I just take fresh cells and plunk them into pure water solution.
   那么我已经得到，我把鲜活的细胞，投入到纯水中。
10. Yes, marketers plunk millions of dollars into mass-market advertising each year to generate sales, but a bad or so-so customer service encounter can cost them.
    是的，各大公司营销人员每年在大众市场广告方面砸下数百万美元来促进销售，但糟糕或只是勉强过得去的客服接触能使公司蒙受损失。
11. We'll plunk for more public housing.
    我们将支持兴建更多的公共住宅。
12. The voters seemed to plunk for the Labour Candidate.
    选民们似乎要投票支持工党候选人。

plunk down sth

1. 重金买下；付钱买
   to pay money for sth, especially a large amount
   1. He plunked the package down on the desk.
      他把包裹砰地撂到桌子上。

noun

1. (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly

   Synonym:    plunker

2. a hollow twanging sound

verb

1. pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
   1. he plucked the strings of his mandolin

   Synonym:    pluckpick

2. set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
   1. He planked the money on the table
   2. He planked himself into the sofa

   Synonym:    plankflumpplonkplopplump downplunk downplump

3. drop steeply
   1. the stock market plunged

   Synonym:    diveplunge

4. make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground

   Synonym:    clopclumpclunk

adv

1. with a short hollow thud
   1. plop came the ball down to the corner of the green

   Synonym:    plop