[no obj.]play a keyboard or plucked stringed instrument, especially in an unexpressive way (尤指毫无表现力地)弹奏(键盘乐器),拨奏(弦乐器)
[with obj.](US)hit (someone) abruptly (美)猛然击打(人)
[with obj. and adverbial](chiefly N. Amer.)set down heavily or abruptly (主北美)重重放下,突然放下 she plunked her pack on top of the bar. 她把包裹重重地放在酒吧柜台上。 ■(plunk something down)pay a sum of money 付给,开支,花费 I plunked down $24.95 for the new paperback edition. 我花费了$24.95买了这本新平装书。
noun
the sound made by abruptly plucking a string of a stringed instrument (猛然拨弦发出的)丁冬声
(US)a heavy blow (美)重击
(N. Amer.)an act of setting something down heavily (北美)重重放下