plumb
英 [plʌm] 美 [plʌm]
vt. 装水管；使垂直；探测，探索
vi. 当管子工
n. 垂直；铅锤；（Plumb）（英）普拉姆（人名）
adv. 恰恰，正；垂直地；彻底地
adj. 垂直的
[ 第三人称单数 plumbs 现在分词 plumbing 过去式 plumbed 过去分词 plumbed 比较级 more plumb 最高级 most plumb ]
短语
plumb bob [测] 铅锤 ; [建] 垂球 ; [建] 测锤 ; 锤球
plumb aligner 铅锤对准器
plumb rule [建] 垂规 ; 锤规 ; 垂线尺
plumb [ plʌm ]
n. the metal bob of a plumb line
同义词： plumb bob plummet
v.
measure the depth of something
weight with lead
examine thoroughly and in great depth
adj. exactly vertical
"the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"
adv.
completely; used as intensifiers
"I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"
同义词： clean plum
conforming to the direction of a plumb line
exactly
"fell plumb in the middle of the puddle"
同义词： plum
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
plumb /plʌm/ TEM8 ( plumbing, plumbed, plumbs )
1. V-T If you plumb something mysterious or difficult to understand, you succeed in understanding it. 探出究竟 [文学性]
例：
She never abandoned her attempts to plumb my innermost emotions.
她从未放弃过洞悉我内心深处情感的努力。
2. V-T When someone plumbs a building, they put in all the pipes for carrying water. 铺设水管
例：
She learned to wire and plumb the house herself.
她学会了自己给房子排线和铺设水管。
3. PHRASE If someone plumbs the depths of an unpleasant emotion or quality, they experience it or show it to an extreme degree. 经受极度的···; 表现出极端的··· [oft PHR 'of' n]
例：
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。
4. PHRASE 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. 糟糕到新低点; 降至最低点 [oft PHR 'of' n]
例：
Relations between the two countries have plumbed new depths.
这两国关系已降至最低点。
词组短语同近义词同根词词语辨析
plumb line 铅垂线（等于plumb rule）
vt. [数]使垂直；探测，探索
detect , explore
n. [数]垂直；[测]铅锤
verticalness , perpendicularity
adv. 恰恰，正；[数]垂直地
precisely , due
adj. [数]垂直的
vertical , perpendicular
词根： plumb
adj.
plumbous 铅的
n.
plumber 水管工；堵漏人员
plumbing 铅工业；铅管品制造
plumbery铅工业；管工车间
plumbism [内科] 铅中毒
v.
plumbing 探究；垂直悬挂；用铅锤测量；灌铅以增重（plumb的现在分词）
upright, vertical, erect, perpendicular, plumb
这组词都有“垂直的、竖式的”的意思，其区别是：
upright 普通用词，指竖立、笔直而不是倾斜、倒塌的。
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。
erect 指笔直挺拔，而非倾斜、佝偻、弯曲或倒塌的。
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。
plumb 建筑上用词，凭锤球评判某物是否完全垂直。
双语例句权威例句
He was standing plumb in the middle of the road.
他站在路正中间。
He's plumb crazy.
他彻底疯了。
She learned to wire and plumb the house herself.
她学会了自己给房子排线和铺设水管。
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