单词 | plout |
释义 | plout, v. Sc. and north. dial.|plaʊt| Also plowt. [Origin obscure: perh. onomatopœic: cf. plouter.] intr. To fall with a splash or plump; to plunge or splash in water.
1825–80Jamieson, Plout, to splash or dash, implying both sound and action. 1856J. Ballantine Dawn of Morning v, Screaming, pouting, plouting, plashing, Tell of tiny elfins washing. 1867W. S. Plumer in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. xi. 5, 9 Behold Pharaoh..and his horses, plouting and plunging. 1898N. Munro in Blackw. Mag. Feb. 186/2 A linn..where the salmon plout in a most wonderful profusion. Hence plout n., a heavy fall of rain: = plump n.3 3.
1823W. Tennant Cdl. Beaton iv. iii. 113 We'll hae a thud o' thunner wi' a guid plout o' weet. 1905J. G. McPherson Meteorology 99 For short periods, the heaviest falls or ‘plouts’ of rain are during thunder-storms. |

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