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plummy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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plum·my /ˈplʌmi/ adjective  1. SPEAK A LANGUAGE British English informal a plummy voice sounds very upper-class 上层阶级腔调的2 CTlike a plum in taste, colour etc 〔味道、颜色等〕似李子[梅子] a plummy wine 李子香味的葡萄酒
Examples from the Corpus
plummyIt has some plummy fruit, with sufficient tannin for only £2.74.It goes well with Cabernet, offsetting that grape's fruitiness with its plummy taste.In spite of that plummy voice, she'd make it all right, or his name wasn't Walter Wetherby!
plum·my adjectiveChineseSyllable
sounds voice a very upper-class Corpus plummy


plummy
plummy /ˈplʌmi/ adjective
1. British English informal a plummy voice sounds very upper-class
2. like a plum in taste, colour etc:
    a plummy wine


plummyBrE /ˈplʌmi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈplʌmi/ 🔊 adjective(BrE, informal, usually disapproving) (of a voice 嗓音) having a sound that is typical of upper-class English people 拿腔拿调的;做作的a plummy accent一副矫揉造作的腔调like a plum in colour, taste, etc. (颜色、味道等)像梅子的