| 词汇 | plumping |
| 释义 | plumping present participle ofplump plump verb[ T ] uk /plʌmp/ us /plʌmp/ to shake and push something to make it round and soft: 使丰满;使鼓起 My aunt was busy straightening furniture and plumping cushions.我姑姑一直在忙着收拾家具、拍松垫子。 Cushions & furniture coverings antimacassar canopy cushion loose covers pillow plush reupholster runner scatter rug slipcover soft furnishings soft goods table runner throw rug upholster upholstered upholsterer upholstery Phrasal verbsplump (someone/something) down plump for something/someone plump something up Examples of plumpingplumping In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It seems that by plumping for presidents he has really rather narrowed the market. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is almost certain that plumping or not plumping would become a very material element in campaigning. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Certainly the issue of plumping between business operational constituencies needs to be tackled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The lesson for politicians is that all those who receive or will receive an adequate first-tier pension are plumping for the stakeholder pension. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Plumping is important and it needs to be dealt with by regulation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The manufacturers should realise that they have nothing to lose by openly plumping for these environmentally-friendly cars. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English This is more essential still in the case of an ignorant electorate, and you cannot have token voting without plumping. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose that with such a mixed upbringing there may have been a temptation to resolve the dichotomy by plumping for one nationality or the other. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It can mean that plumping is permitted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There we find the landed aristocracy again plumping for that excellent solution which confines any constituency in its selection of a candidate to people who live in the constituency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Wherever the plumping system has been tried, it has always been found to be a most undesirable method. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The clause does nothing to prevent plumping. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In voting systems that allow plumping, like cumulative voting, voters may vote for the same candidate multiple times. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Some voters only indicated a first choice (plumping), and others did not utilize the full range available. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. New types of plumping lip gloss contain ingredients that make the lips appear softer and plumper. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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