| 单词 | plumb |
| 释义 | plumb (once / 1369 pages) 1adjnadvv 2v 3adv To plumb a body of water, you measure its depth. To plumb a house, you connect all of its pipes. To make carpentry plumb, you get it exactly vertical. Originally, the verb plumb only meant “to measure the depth of water.” These days, if you “plumb the depths” of something, you go in deep for knowledge and experience: your Heidegger seminar may plumb the depths of German Existentialism like Jacques Cousteau plumbed the depths of the ocean. WORD FAMILYplumb: plumbable, plumbed, plumbing, plumbly, plumbs+/plumbed: unplumbed/plumbing: plumbings USAGE EXAMPLESThe author shows great insight plumbing Karen’s constant need for approval. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Dak Prescott isn't a wheelbarrow full of rusty plumbing supplies. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) After completing the Green City Force training, Ms. Williams began a six-month plumbing training program. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1adj exactly vertical the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb Syn perpendicular, vertical at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line 2n the metal bob of a plumb line Syn|Hyper plumb bob, plummet bob a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string 3adv conforming to the direction of a plumb line 4v adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical Hyper adjust, correct, set alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard 5v weight with lead 2Hyper burden, burthen, weight, weight down weight down with a load 1v measure the depth of something Hyper measure, quantify express as a number or measure or quantity 2v examine thoroughly and in great depth 3Hyper explore examine minutely 1adv completely; used as intensifiers Syn clean, plum 2adv exactly fell plumb in the middle of the puddle Syn plum |
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