单词 | plush |
释义 | plush From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishplushplush1 /plʌʃ/ adjective informalEXPENSIVEvery comfortable, expensive, and of good quality a plush hotel Their casino is the plushest in town.Examples from the Corpusplush• The firm's headquarters is a plush $2.5 million office building on Woodside Road.• Battered budget accommodation in a plush area.• Otherwise, the plush arena and a large crowd might prove too much to handle.• plush green carpet• the plush lobby of a four-star hotel• Their plush London home provided a base for Jane's voluntary work with the Samaritans.• People wanted to work at the Skunk Works not be-cause it was plush or prestigious, but because they loved the work. Material & textilesplushplush2 noun [uncountable]TIMa silk or cotton material with a thick soft surface plush curtainsExamples from the Corpusplush• In these six-storey mills velvet and plush were made.• Downstairs, you sat on wooden benches; upstairs, there were seats of dark crimson plush.• Clara wants the seats to be upholstered in plush.• Her hat was mauve plush with a veil.• There were high walls, old plush chairs, a heavy rug with a stale odor hanging close.Origin plush2 (1500-1600) French pluche, from Latin pilus “hair” |
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