| 单词 |
plounce |
| 释义 |
plounce, v. dial.|plaʊns|
[app. ad. OF. ploncier, 3rd sing. pr. plonce (Godef.), by-form of plonger to plunge; cf. also flounce v.1]
trans. and intr. To plunge in water or liquid mud; to duck, souse; to flounder. Hence ˈplouncing vbl. n.
1631Min. Bks. Bor. Crt. Dorchester 6 May (E.D.D.), Mary Tuxderry, for scoulding at the sergeants..is ordered to be plounced when the wether is warmer. 1634Ibid. 23 May, [Three scolds] to be plounced thrice apiece under the water this present afternoone. 1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iv. viii. 219 Aftir halfe an houres plounsing in this Bathing-tub, you will be eas'd of your paine. a1670Hacket Abp. Williams ii. (1692) 200 Our observation must not launch now into the whirl-pool, or rather plounce into the mudd and quagmire of the people's power and right pretended. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Plounce, to plunge with a loud noise. 1883M. E. Mann Parish of Hilby ii. 27 Wading in after the little rebellious imp, plouncing defiantly a yard or so out of reach. |
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