plumb

导读：plumb音标
英 [plʌm] 美 [plʌm]
plumb基本释义
v.（用铅垂）测量；探测n.铅锤；垂直adj.垂直的；完全的adv.恰恰；彻底地
plumb用法及例句
v.(动词)用铅垂测量，用测铅测（水深），用铅锤检

plumb音标

英 [plʌm]

美 [plʌm]

plumb基本释义

v.（用铅垂）测量；探测

n.铅锤；垂直

adj.垂直的；完全的

adv.恰恰；彻底地

plumb用法及例句

v.(动词)

用铅垂测量，用测铅测（水深），用铅锤检查（是否垂直）

使垂直

当管子工，当铅管工人，做(铅)管工，当煤气、水管等的修理工人

用铅垂线校正

用铅封

灌铅以增加…的重量

深入…深处

陷入…的深渊，到了…的极点

把…与水管连接

探索，钻研，探究，探测

看穿，看出

经历，经受（极端强烈的感情）

了解，查明

垂直悬挂

敷设管道

n.(名词)

铅锤，垂球，测铅，测锤，线砣，水砣，吊锤

垂直

使用权垂直

垂线

普拉姆（音译名）

adj.(形容词)

垂直的

完全的，彻底的

公正的

绝对的

准确的，正确的

adv.(副词)

恰恰，正好

垂直地

完全，彻底地，全然

plumb什么意思

noun

1. the metal bob of a plumb line

Synonym: plumb bobplummet

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verb

1. adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical

2. examine thoroughly and in great depth

3. measure the depth of something

4. weight with lead

adj

1. exactly vertical

e.g. the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb

adv

1. completelyused as intensifiers

e.g. clean forgot the appointmentI'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out

Synonym: cleanplum

2. exactly

e.g. fell plumb in the middle of the puddle

Synonym: plum

3. conforming to the direction of a plumb line

1. 探索；探究If you plumb something mysterious or difficult to understand, you succeed in understanding it.

e.g. She never abandoned her attempts to plumb my innermost emotions...她从未放弃过探究我内心深处情感的尝试。e.g. Magda had plumbed her own heart for answers.玛格达在自己心中搜寻答案。

2. 恰恰；正好If something is plumb in a particular place, it is exactly in that place.

e.g. The hotel is set plumb in the middle of the high street...宾馆正好坐落在商街的中段。e.g. Grenville took another wallop plumb on the jaw.格伦维尔又受了一拳，正中下巴。

3. 为（建筑物）敷设水管When someone plumbs a building, they put in all the pipes for carrying water.

e.g. She learned to wire and plumb the house herself.她学会了自己给房子拉接电线、敷设水管。

4. 完全地；不折不扣地Plumb is used to give emphasis to an adjective or verb that describes a feeling or condition.

e.g. I find I'm plumb depressed by it...我发现自己被它搞得沮丧透顶。e.g. This thing has plumb worn me out.这件事让我筋疲力尽。

5. 经受极度的…；表现出极端的…If someone plumbs the depths of an unpleasant emotion or quality, they experience it or show it to an extreme degree.

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e.g. They frequently plumb the depths of loneliness, humiliation and despair...他们常常陷入孤独、屈辱和绝望的深渊。e.g. Is this the first of many questions that will plumb the depths of stupidity?这个之后是不是还有众多如此愚蠢透顶的问题？

6. 糟糕到新低点；降至*低点If you say that something plumbs new depths, you mean that it is worse than all the things of its kind that have existed before, even though some of them have been very bad.

plumb的意思

e.g. Relations between the two countries have plumbed new depths...两国关系已降到了*低谷。e.g. Last night's harrowing television pictures plumbed new depths of depravity.昨晚触目惊心的电视画面堕落到了新低。