| 单词 | plushy |
| 释义 | plushy, a.|ˈplʌʃɪ|
[f. plush n. + -y.]
a. Of the nature of or resembling plush; soft and shaggy.
b. Covered or adorned with plush.
1611Florio, Villóso..shaggie, plushie, or hauing a high nap. 1750G. Hughes Barbadoes 169 The top of the stalk supports a blunt-pointed conic plushy tuft. 1890H. M. Stanley Darkest Africa I. xi. 250 A variegated green of plushy texture. 1897Flandrau Harvard Epis. 190 The horrid plushy little room.
c. Luxurious, sumptuous, elegant. colloq.
1923A. Huxley Antic Hay i. 14 Over the plushy floors of some vast and ignoble Ritz slowly he walked, at ease, with confidence. 1942Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 6 June 3/2 De Graff's plushy offices would lead the innocent visitor to conclude that successful publishing requires only some good titles and the organization to distribute them whole⁓sale. 1942R. Chandler High Window (1943) iv. 34 Runs a plushy night-club and gambling joint. 1947Yale Law Jrnl. Dec. 188 Driving Fords..rather than more plushy ‘petit bourgeois’ cars. 1953W. Stevens Let. 4 June (1967) 779 The picture of her in her prime was plushy, but cold. 1959W. Camp Ruling Passion 116 ‘This is a wee bit plushy, I must admit,’ said Simon, as Paul entered his fantastically opulent-looking office. 1960Times 29 Feb. 3/3 Much tongue wagging here [sc. Paris] from the plushier night haunts down to the homeliest bistro. 1970‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Cookie Bird i. 7 The lawyer-trustee..took me to a nice plushy lunch at the Café Royal. 1977Sunday Tel. 11 Sept. 19/7 In ministerial quarters there are plenty of plushy berths to be filled.
Hence ˈplushily adv., ˈplushiness.
1916W. J. Locke Wonderful Year xiii. 183 The primly and plushily furnished salon. 1969Amateur Photographer 21 May 53/1 Intimate exclusiveness, though not plushiness, is also a feature of the club cinema. |
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