plunk
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++plunk /plʌŋk/ verb [transitive always + adverb/preposition] American English informal 1 (also plunk something down) to put or place something somewhere, especially in a noisy, sudden, or careless way 重重[胡乱]放下 SYN British English plonkplunk something in/on etc something plans to plunk a theme park on the island 在岛上建造一座主题公园的草率计划2 plunk (yourself) down informal to sit down suddenly or heavily and then relax 突然[重重]地坐下放松(自己) SYN plonk British English Why don’t you plunk yourself down with a good book? 你为什么不拿本好书坐下来放松一下呢?3 plunk something ↔ down phrasal verb informal to spend an amount of money on something 付钱买下 She plunked down $250 for a silver necklace. 她花250美元买了一根银项链。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
plunk• I was too cheap to plunk down $25 for a one-hour lesson.• I plunk down a dollar and confront my deepest fears.• Marketers usually plunk down the equivalent of $ 40,000 or so in cash, goods or services for placement.• The beverage giant wants you to plunk down your money and decide for yourself.Origin plunk (1800-1900) From the soundplunk verbChinese
something place especially or somewhere, to put in Corpus
plunk
plunk /plʌŋk/
verb [transitive always + adverb/preposition] American English informal
SYN plonk British English
plunk something in/on etc something
plans to plunk a theme park on the island
2. plunk (yourself) down to sit down suddenly or heavily and then relax
SYN plonk British English:
Why don’t you plunk yourself down with a good book?
plunk something ↔ down phrasal verb
to spend an amount of money on something:
She plunked down $250 for a silver necklace.
plunk /plʌŋk/
verb [transitive always + adverb/preposition] American English informal Date: 1800-1900
Origin: From the sound
1. (also plunk something down) to put or place something somewhere, especially in a noisy, sudden, or careless way Origin: From the sound
SYN plonk British English
plunk something in/on etc something
2. plunk (yourself) down to sit down suddenly or heavily and then relax
SYN plonk British English:
plunk something ↔ down phrasal verb
to spend an amount of money on something: