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Plummet Plumb 7816.Plummet 英 Plʌmɪt]美 Plʌmɪt 释义 N

正面 7816.plummet
英 ['plʌmɪt]美 ['plʌmɪt]

背面
释义:
n. [测] 铅锤,坠子vi. 垂直落下;(价格、水平等)骤然下跌
例句:
1. We'd revise to rewire the building, re plummet re - plumb it.我们必须给大楼重换电线, 重新使它立直.

1. 读成 roa (肉) 的拼音 => 烤肉。2. 首字母r也很像一个竖起的烤架,然后火向上喷出来的样子。3. 谐音“肉烧它”
plummet 暴跌,速降来自古法语plomet,铅,铅球,来自plomb,铅,铅球,词源同plumb.-et,小词后缀。比喻用法。
plummetplummet: see plumbplummet (n.)late 14c., "ball of lead, plumb of a bob-line," from Old French plomet "graphite, lead; plummet, sounding lead," diminutive of plom "sounding lead" (see plumb (n.)).plummet (v.)1620s, "to fathom, take soundings," from plummet (n.). Meaning "to fall rapidly" first recorded 1933, perhaps originally among aviators. Related: Plummeted; plummeting."

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