plonk

拟声词。

plonk

plonk: English has two distinct words plonk. The one that means ‘put down firmly and heavily’ [19] was no doubt originally simply an imitation of the sound made by the action (alternative realizations of which are plank and plunk). The other, ‘cheap bog-standard wine’ [20], appears to have originated among Australian troops serving in France during World War I, which lends credence to the supposition that it was based on a French original – generally supposed to be vin blanc ‘white wine’.

It is true that not until the 1930s do we have any written evidence of plonk in this sense, nor of its possible precursor plinkety-plonk (which could have been a comical rhyming variation on vin blanc, and which also produced the shorter-lived spin-off plink in the same sense), and that nowadays the term seems to be applied mainly to red wine rather than white. Nevertheless, there are relevant records of Great-War-period puns (for example von blink as a ‘humorous corruption’ of vin blanc), and the explanation has an air of plausibility.

plonk (v.)

1874, imitative. From 1903 as a noun. Related: Plonked; plonking.

1. Then plonk, down went the fork.

随后啪的一声，叉子掉了。

2. Don't just plonk the baby down on the floor.

别粗手粗脚地把孩子往地板上随便一扔.

3. Jeff: Hi Mel! I brought you a bottle of plonk.

杰夫: 嗨,梅勒妮! 我给你带来了一瓶酒.

4. The box fell plonk on the floor.

盒子扑通一声掉在地上.

5. The lamp fell plonk on the table.

台灯砰的一声倒在桌上了.