英语词汇“plumb”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Adverb He set the board plumb. I plumb forgot about the party. Verb The book plumbs the complexities of human relationships. a scientist who spent her life plumbing the minds of criminals The play plumbs the depths of human nature. The plumber is almost finished plumbing the apartment. The new house has been wired and plumbed. All the bathroom fixtures have been plumbed. Adjective The carpenter made sure that the wall was plumb. a horror movie that's plumb trash and further evidence of the deterioration of popular culture See More

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Noun

Set the new prehung entry door into the opening from the outside (D), check it for plumb with a 4-ft. level on all sides, then tap shims between the doorframe and rough opening.

Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2021 That doesn’t mean an end to Shipt’s distinctive green - but the introduction of secondary colors such as plumb, yellow and teal.

William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 6 Feb. 2020 The Gallery of Kings—the line of statues above the three massive doorways—was almost a foot (.3 meters) out of plumb.

Andrew Tallon, National Geographic, 16 Apr. 2019 In the olden days, woodworkers needed a range of measuring tools, plumbs and levels.

Alexandra Samuel, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2018 The toppling tower inclined slowly to about fifteen feet out of plumb.

sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018 Hold each post plumb and drive nails through the anchors into the wood.

Rick Peters, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2016 Thankfully the technology used today has advanced beyond dangling plumb lines over the side of the ship.

Kyle Frischkorn, Smithsonian, 13 July 2017 In other cases, the off-plumb spaces were turned into a narrow alley so that the rest of the parcel would have 90-degree corners.

Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 10 May 2017

Verb

The underlying narrative that came with the Montgomery hire was that team president Cam Neely and Sweeney expected Cassidy to plumb more out of the kiddie pipeline — particularly college and junior prospects.

Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2022 Warren ultimately chose not to plumb those 2018 controversies for resolution.

Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 2 July 2022 Mitchell built a career, and changed music, with her devastatingly poetic ability to plumb pain and emerge with strength and beauty, to acknowledge disillusionment but never surrender to it.

Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2022 In the cellphone age, immigrants and refugees plumb the internet and contact earlier migrants through WhatsApp.

Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2022 The eight winning stories plumb the airstrikes and their aftermath, from decision-making protocols to official post-strike evaluations to distillations of various errors.

Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 20 May 2022 Even so, there’s fertile thematic ground to plumb here, and together with co-writers Maud Ameline and Sophie Fillières, Maury goes all in.

Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 1 Mar. 2022 There will be time aplenty to plumb the West’s misjudgment and mishandling of Vladimir Putin up to now.

Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2022 The film doesn’t shy from attempting to plumb the seemingly bottomless depths of Hawk’s motivational wellspring to invent and perfect skateboarding tricks.

Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2022

Adjective

Hold the weight plumb under your shoulder and next to your hip on your standing-leg side.

Esther Smith, Outside Online, 22 Sep. 2021 Furniture dealers Bruce Glickman and Wilson Henley, for instance, used a backdrop of high-shine gray paint (Benjamin Moore’s Dragon’s Breath) to offset a plumb-colored chair in their Connecticut cottage.

Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor, 19 July 2022 Hayward had been ensconced as a coach at the University of California, a plumb position, when the lure of Oregon fly-fishing brought him north.

oregonlive, 8 July 2022 Season 1 ended with Harper choosing her boss Eric Tao (Ken Leung) over Sara Dhadwal (Priyanga Burford), who wanted to change Pierpoint's toxic culture, in order to land a plumb full-time gig.

Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 16 June 2022 Inspectors determined 78% of headstones and niche coves at the Birdeye cemetery were installed in proper height, plumb and alignment, falling short of the 90% target.

Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online, 29 May 2022 Work involves use of hand and power tools, plumb bobs, levels, wedges, dogs, or turnbuckles.

Stacker.com, al, 20 Feb. 2022 Taste: Oranges provide a brightness, plums plumb fruity depths, milk chocolate accounts for the richness and texture, while the strong smoky bottom layer is a combination of white pepper and soot that becomes medicinal.

Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021 The social credit system, a method of scoring people based on their behavior, could link child-rearing to bank loans or plumb jobs.

Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 1 July 2021 See More

单词	plumb
释义	plumb 1 of 4 noun ˈpləm : a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction plumb 2 of 4 adverb 1 : straight down or up : vertically 2 chiefly dialectal : to a complete degree : absolutely 'you're plumb crazy', she remarked, with easy candor Harper's Weekly 3 : in a direct manner : exactly also : without interval of time : immediately plumb 3 of 4 verb plumbed; plumbing; plumbs transitive verb 1 : to weight with lead 2 a : to measure the depth of with a plumb b : to examine minutely and critically plumbing the book's complexities 3 : to adjust or test by a plumb line 4 : to seal with lead 5 [back-formation from plumber] : to supply with or install as plumbing intransitive verb : to work as a plumber plumb 4 of 4 adjective 1 : exactly vertical or true 2 : thorough, complete Phrases out of plumb or off plumb : out of vertical or true Synonyms Adverb dead direct directly due plump right straight straightway Verb fathom sound Adjective absolute all-out arrant blank blooming [chiefly British] bodacious [Southern & Midland] categorical categoric clean complete consummate crashing damn damned dead deadly definite downright dreadful fair flat flat-out out-and-out outright perfect profound pure rank regular sheer simple stark stone straight-out thorough thoroughgoing total unadulterated unalloyed unconditional unmitigated unqualified utter very See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Adverb He set the board plumb. I plumb forgot about the party. Verb The book plumbs the complexities of human relationships. a scientist who spent her life plumbing the minds of criminals The play plumbs the depths of human nature. The plumber is almost finished plumbing the apartment. The new house has been wired and plumbed. All the bathroom fixtures have been plumbed. Adjective The carpenter made sure that the wall was plumb. a horror movie that's plumb trash and further evidence of the deterioration of popular culture See More Recent Examples on the Web Noun Set the new prehung entry door into the opening from the outside (D), check it for plumb with a 4-ft. level on all sides, then tap shims between the doorframe and rough opening. Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2021 That doesn’t mean an end to Shipt’s distinctive green - but the introduction of secondary colors such as plumb, yellow and teal. William Thornton \| Wthornton@al.com, al, 6 Feb. 2020 The Gallery of Kings—the line of statues above the three massive doorways—was almost a foot (.3 meters) out of plumb. Andrew Tallon, National Geographic, 16 Apr. 2019 In the olden days, woodworkers needed a range of measuring tools, plumbs and levels. Alexandra Samuel, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2018 The toppling tower inclined slowly to about fifteen feet out of plumb. sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018 Hold each post plumb and drive nails through the anchors into the wood. Rick Peters, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2016 Thankfully the technology used today has advanced beyond dangling plumb lines over the side of the ship. Kyle Frischkorn, Smithsonian, 13 July 2017 In other cases, the off-plumb spaces were turned into a narrow alley so that the rest of the parcel would have 90-degree corners. Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 10 May 2017 Verb The underlying narrative that came with the Montgomery hire was that team president Cam Neely and Sweeney expected Cassidy to plumb more out of the kiddie pipeline — particularly college and junior prospects. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2022 Warren ultimately chose not to plumb those 2018 controversies for resolution. Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 2 July 2022 Mitchell built a career, and changed music, with her devastatingly poetic ability to plumb pain and emerge with strength and beauty, to acknowledge disillusionment but never surrender to it. Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2022 In the cellphone age, immigrants and refugees plumb the internet and contact earlier migrants through WhatsApp. Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2022 The eight winning stories plumb the airstrikes and their aftermath, from decision-making protocols to official post-strike evaluations to distillations of various errors. Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 20 May 2022 Even so, there’s fertile thematic ground to plumb here, and together with co-writers Maud Ameline and Sophie Fillières, Maury goes all in. Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 1 Mar. 2022 There will be time aplenty to plumb the West’s misjudgment and mishandling of Vladimir Putin up to now. Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2022 The film doesn’t shy from attempting to plumb the seemingly bottomless depths of Hawk’s motivational wellspring to invent and perfect skateboarding tricks. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2022 Adjective Hold the weight plumb under your shoulder and next to your hip on your standing-leg side. Esther Smith, Outside Online, 22 Sep. 2021 Furniture dealers Bruce Glickman and Wilson Henley, for instance, used a backdrop of high-shine gray paint (Benjamin Moore’s Dragon’s Breath) to offset a plumb-colored chair in their Connecticut cottage. Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor, 19 July 2022 Hayward had been ensconced as a coach at the University of California, a plumb position, when the lure of Oregon fly-fishing brought him north. oregonlive, 8 July 2022 Season 1 ended with Harper choosing her boss Eric Tao (Ken Leung) over Sara Dhadwal (Priyanga Burford), who wanted to change Pierpoint's toxic culture, in order to land a plumb full-time gig. Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 16 June 2022 Inspectors determined 78% of headstones and niche coves at the Birdeye cemetery were installed in proper height, plumb and alignment, falling short of the 90% target. Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online, 29 May 2022 Work involves use of hand and power tools, plumb bobs, levels, wedges, dogs, or turnbuckles. Stacker.com, al, 20 Feb. 2022 Taste: Oranges provide a brightness, plums plumb fruity depths, milk chocolate accounts for the richness and texture, while the strong smoky bottom layer is a combination of white pepper and soot that becomes medicinal. Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021 The social credit system, a method of scoring people based on their behavior, could link child-rearing to bank loans or plumb jobs. Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 1 July 2021 See More Word History Etymology Noun Middle English, from Anglo-French plum, plomb, from Latin plumbum lead First Known Use Noun 14th century, in the meaning defined above Adverb 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb 15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1 Adjective 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing plumb plumb new depths plumb the depths of plumb line reach/plumb new depths plumb bob plumb in out of plumb off plumb plumb new depths plumb the depths of plumb line reach/plumb new depths plumb bob plumb in out of plumb off plumb See More Kids Definition plumb 1 of 3 noun ˈpləm : a small weight attached to a line and used to show depth or a straight vertical line plumb 2 of 3 verb plumbed; plumbing : to measure or test with a plumb They plumbed the depth of a well. plumb 3 of 3 adverb 1 : exactly straight up and down 2 : completely I plumb forgot. plumb 1 of 3 adjective 1 as in utter having no exceptions or restrictions a horror movie that's plumb trash and further evidence of the deterioration of popular culture Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance utter complete absolute sheer pure damned unconditional simple total very damn perfect outright definite unmitigated stone unalloyed thoroughgoing flat unadulterated clean real unqualified consummate straight-out downright bodacious blank crashing deadly blooming arrant thorough profound dead regular out-and-out flat-out endless rank stark fair genuine dreadful all-out huge constant categorical authentic veritable eternal perpetual unremitting classic unrestricted hopeless extreme categoric supreme terrible horrible superlative undying main extraordinary terrific inveterate confirmed habitual surpassing frightful Antonyms & Near Antonyms qualified restricted uncertain doubtful questionable dubious equivocal See More 2 as in vertical rising straight up the wall was not plumb, so everything else in the room was out of kilter Synonyms & Similar Words vertical erect standing perpendicular upright lifted raised upstanding elevated upended stand-up semierect freestanding upraised stand-alone Antonyms & Near Antonyms flat recumbent prostrate hanging slant supine slanted sagging diagonal slanty slanting See More plumb 2 of 3 adverb 1 as in straight in a direct line or course I can't believe he walked plumb into the tree, without even seeing it! Synonyms & Similar Words straight right plump dead direct directly straightway due as the crow flies Antonyms & Near Antonyms indirectly circuitously deviously veeringly 2 as in all chiefly dialect to a full extent or degree I'm plumb tuckered out Synonyms & Similar Words all fully completely quite totally perfectly utterly wide out thoroughly wholly fast well even flat dead absolutely entirely exactly enough entire for fair full clean in whole all over all of soundly plain to pieces heartily at length all the way cold to the max stone basically down the line to bits down to the ground altogether downright through and through stone-cold substantially to the hilt principally mostly unqualifiedly generally chiefly categorically predominantly largely primarily hands down mainly predominately generously greatly abundantly copiously by and large overall more or less Antonyms & Near Antonyms partially halfway partly just half slightly barely scarcely marginally hardly superficially incompletely minimally somewhat part approximately roughly kind of See More 3 as in immediately without delay we had no sooner resolved that crisis than we plumb rushed into another one Synonyms & Similar Words immediately right promptly now instantly directly bang right away away right now right off straight off quickly straightaway at once suddenly instanter incontinently straightway forthwith instantaneously headlong soon pronto shortly off the bat presently quick on the double in no time on the spot freely swiftly rapidly abruptly on a dime momentarily readily fast posthaste speedily swift apace full tilt unexpectedly briskly presto hastily PDQ opportunely fleetly anon recklessly rashly seasonably impetuously impulsively punctually snappily exactly Antonyms & Near Antonyms slowly late tardily plumb 3 of 3 verb as in to scale to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line plumbed the bay to make sure it was deep enough for the ship Synonyms & Similar Words scale fathom span gage gauge sound replumb remeasure Synonym Chooser The words perpendicular and vertical are common synonyms of plumb. While all three words mean "being at right angles to a base line," plumb stresses an exact verticality determined (as with a plumb line) by earth's gravity. make sure that the wall is plumb Although the words perpendicular and plumb have much in common, perpendicular may stress the straightness of a line making a right angle with any other line, not necessarily a horizontal one. the parallel bars are perpendicular to the support posts In some situations, the words vertical and plumb are roughly equivalent. However, vertical suggests a line or direction rising straight upward toward a zenith. the side of the cliff is almost vertical Phrases Containing plumb out of plumb off plumb out of plumb off plumb
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