plummet

plum·met

P0382900 (plŭm′ĭt)n.1. See plumb bob.2. Something that weighs down or oppresses; a burden.intr.v. plum·met·ed, plum·met·ing, plum·mets 1. To fall straight down; plunge.2. To decline suddenly and steeply: Stock prices plummeted.

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[Middle English plomet, from Old French, ball of lead, diminutive of plom, plomb, sounding lead, from Latin plumbum.]

plummet

(ˈplʌmɪt) vb, -mets, -meting or -meted (intr) to drop down; plungen1. (Building) another word for plumb bob2. (Angling) a lead plumb used by anglers to determine the depth of water[C14: from Old French plommet ball of lead, from plomb lead, from Latin plumbum]

plum•met

(ˈplʌm ɪt)

n. 1. the piece of lead or other weight attached to a plumb line; bob of a plumb line. v.i. 2. to fall straight or sharply down; plunge. [1350–1400; Middle English plommet < Middle French, diminutive of plomb lead. See plumb, -et]

plummet

Past participle: plummeted
Gerund: plummeting

Imperative
plummet
plummet

Present
I plummet
you plummet
he/she/it plummets
we plummet
you plummet
they plummet

Preterite
I plummeted
you plummeted
he/she/it plummeted
we plummeted
you plummeted
they plummeted

Present Continuous
I am plummeting
you are plummeting
he/she/it is plummeting
we are plummeting
you are plummeting
they are plummeting

Present Perfect
I have plummeted
you have plummeted
he/she/it has plummeted
we have plummeted
you have plummeted
they have plummeted

Past Continuous
I was plummeting
you were plummeting
he/she/it was plummeting
we were plummeting
you were plummeting
they were plummeting

Past Perfect
I had plummeted
you had plummeted
he/she/it had plummeted
we had plummeted
you had plummeted
they had plummeted

Future
I will plummet
you will plummet
he/she/it will plummet
we will plummet
you will plummet
they will plummet

Future Perfect
I will have plummeted
you will have plummeted
he/she/it will have plummeted
we will have plummeted
you will have plummeted
they will have plummeted

Future Continuous
I will be plummeting
you will be plummeting
he/she/it will be plummeting
we will be plummeting
you will be plummeting
they will be plummeting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been plummeting
you have been plummeting
he/she/it has been plummeting
we have been plummeting
you have been plummeting
they have been plummeting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been plummeting
you will have been plummeting
he/she/it will have been plummeting
we will have been plummeting
you will have been plummeting
they will have been plummeting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been plummeting
you had been plummeting
he/she/it had been plummeting
we had been plummeting
you had been plummeting
they had been plummeting

Conditional
I would plummet
you would plummet
he/she/it would plummet
we would plummet
you would plummet
they would plummet

Past Conditional
I would have plummeted
you would have plummeted
he/she/it would have plummeted
we would have plummeted
you would have plummeted
they would have plummeted

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	plummet - the metal bob of a plumb line plumb, plumb bobbob - a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a stringplumb line, perpendicular - a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given point
Verb	1.	plummet - drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted"plumpdrop - to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"

plummet

verb1. drop, fall, crash, nose-dive, descend rapidly Share prices have plummeted.2. plunge, fall, drop, crash, tumble, swoop, stoop, nose-dive, descend rapidly The car plummeted off a cliff.

plummet

verbTo undergo a sharp, rapid descent in value or price:dive, drop, fall, nose-dive, plunge, sink, skid, slump, tumble.Idiom: take a sudden downtrend.

Translations

铅锤骤然跌落

plummet

(ˈplamit) – past tense, past participle ˈplummetted – verb (of a heavy weight) to fall or drop swiftly. The rock plummeted to the bottom of the cliff. 驟然跌落 骤然跌落 noun An indicator hung down to see if something is vertical. 測鉛 铅锤