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plop

noun
🔊/plɒp/
🔊/plɑːp/
[usually singular]
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  1. a short sound like that of a small object dropping into water（物体落入水的）扑通声，咚
    • The stone fell with a plop into the river.石头扑通地掉进河里。
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: imitative.
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plop

verb
🔊/plɒp/
🔊/plɑːp/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they plop
🔊/plɒp/
🔊/plɑːp/
he / she / it plops
🔊/plɒps/
🔊/plɑːps/
past simple plopped
🔊/plɒpt/
🔊/plɑːpt/
past participle plopped
🔊/plɒpt/
🔊/plɑːpt/
-ing form plopping
🔊/ˈplɒpɪŋ/
🔊/ˈplɑːpɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] + adv./prep. to fall, making a plop咚的落下
    • The frog plopped back into the water.青蛙扑通一声跳回水中。🔊🔊
    • A tear plopped down onto the page she was reading.一滴眼泪啪哒一声落在她正在读的书页上。🔊🔊
  2. [transitive] plop something + adv./prep. to drop something into something, especially a liquid, so that it makes a plop扑通一声把…放入（尤指液体）
    • Can you just plop some ice in my drink?能在我的饮料中放点冰块吗？🔊🔊
  3. [transitive, intransitive] plop (yourself) (down) to sit or lie down heavily or in a relaxed way（重重地或懒洋洋地）坐下，躺下
    4. Word Originearly 19th cent.: imitative.