plummy

形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 plŭmʹē

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of plums.
    — The jam had a rich plummy aroma.
  2. Desirable; profitable; advantageous. informal
    — The poets have made tragedies enough about signing one's self over to wickedness for the sake of getting something plummy; I shall write a tragedy of a fellow who signed himself over to be good, and was uncomfortable ever after.
  3. Rich, mellow and carefully articulated, especially with an upper-class accent.
    — plummy-voiced

词形变化

plummier comparative plummiest superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
plummily plumminess
相关词
peachy cherry plum in one's mouth

词源

From plum + -y. In the sense of a voice, because of the supposed similarity to speaking with a plum in one's mouth.
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