Plumb是什么意思

Plumb

英[pl?m] 美[pl?m]

vt. 使垂直，用测铅测，探索；
adv. 恰恰，正，垂直地；
vi. 做管道工；

第三人称单数：plumbs;

过去式：plumbed;

过去分词：plumbed;

现在分词：plumbing;

同义词

plumb的同义词之：
fathom

同义词解析

以下这些形容词均有"垂直的，竖式的" 的意思
vertical：指与平面、水平线或基线成直角或几乎成直角向上延伸至顶点的物体。也可指呈直线上升或下降的。
perpendicular：指与水平线形成90度的线或面，或朝垂直方面延伸的，尤指向下的急剧运动。
upright：普通用词，指竖立、笔直而不是倾斜、倒塌的。
erect：指笔直挺拔，而非倾斜、佝偻、弯曲或倒塌的。
plumb：建筑上用词，凭锤球评判某物是否完全垂直。

词组

out of plumb
not exactly vertical 不完全垂直的
out of plumb 或 off plumb
Not vertical. 不垂直的

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VERB

探索；探究

If you plumb something mysterious or difficult to understand, you succeed in understanding it.
例句
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。 Magda had plumbed her own heart for answers. 玛格达在自己心中搜寻答案。
ADV

恰恰；正好

If something is plumb in a particular place, it is exactly in that place.
例句
The hotel is set plumb in the middle of the high street... 宾馆正好坐落在商街的中段。 Grenville took another wallop plumb on the jaw. 格伦维尔又受了一拳，正中下巴。
VERB

为（建筑物）敷设水管

When someone plumbs a building, they put in all the pipes for carrying water.
例句
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。
ADV

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

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.
例句
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。 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？
PHRASE

糟糕到新低点；降至最低点

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.
例句
Relations between the two countries have plumbed new depths... 两国关系已降到了最低谷。 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。

英汉词典释义

n.
铅锤, 测锤
adv.
恰恰, 正
plumb in the middle 恰恰在当中
垂直地
adj.
垂直的
vt.
用铅垂线校正
(为建筑物等)铺设管道
当管子工
用铅锤测量
经历, 经受(极端强烈的感情)
探究, 探索
陷入…的深渊；到了…的极点
When his friend was killed, he plumbed the depths of despair. 他的朋友被害后，他陷入了绝望的深渊。

英英词典释义

Noun
1. the metal bob of a plumb line
Verb
1. measure the depth of something
2. weight with lead
3. examine thoroughly and in great depth
4. adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
Adjective
1. exactly vertical;
"the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"
Adverb
1. completely; used as intensifiers;
"clean forgot the appointment""I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"
2. conforming to the direction of a plumb line
3. exactly;
"fell plumb in the middle of the puddle"