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plumb v.（用铅垂）测量；探测n.铅锤；垂直adj.垂直的；<口>完全的adv.恰恰；<口>彻底地 (1) 我们需要用铅垂测量这条线。(2) 我们开始探索宇宙的奥秘。(3) 这种事弄个水落石出没有什么好处。(4) 瓦工和木工经常使用铅垂线。(5) 铅垂线总是垂直于水平面的。(6) 这墙是垂直的吗？(7) 子弹正好打在他的双眼之间。 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.

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英 [plʌm] 美 [plʌm] (1) We need to plumb the line.(2) We begin to plumb the mysteries of the universe.(3) It was unprofitable to plumb that sort of thing.(4) Bricklayers and carpenters often use plumb lines .(5) The plumB line is always perpendicular to the horizontal plane.(6) Is this wall plumb?(7) The bullet hit him plumb between the eyes. 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. 1[VERB 动词]探索；探究 If you plumb something mysterious or difficult to understand, you succeed in understanding it.   [V n]  [LITERARY 文]She never abandoned her attempts to plumb my innermost emotions...她从未放弃过探究我内心深处情感的尝试。Magda had plumbed her own heart for answers.玛格达在自己心中搜寻答案。2[ADV 副词]恰恰；正好 If something is plumb in a particular place, it is exactly in that place.   [ADV prep]  [INFORMAL 非正式]The hotel is set plumb in the middle of the high street...宾馆正好坐落在商街的中段。Grenville took another wallop plumb on the jaw.格伦维尔又受了一拳，正中下巴。3[VERB 动词]为（建筑物）敷设水管 When someone plumbs a building, they put in all the pipes for carrying water.   [V n]She learned to wire and plumb the house herself.她学会了自己给房子拉接电线、敷设水管。4[ADV 副词]完全地；不折不扣地 Plumb is used to give emphasis to an adjective or verb that describes a feeling or condition.   [ADV adj]  [emphasis]  [AM 美]  [INFORMAL 非正式]  [SPOKEN 口语]I find I'm plumb depressed by it...我发现自己被它搞得沮丧透顶。This thing has plumb worn me out.这件事让我筋疲力尽。5[PHRASE 短语]经受极度的…；表现出极端的… If someone plumbs the depths of an unpleasant emotion or quality, they experience it or show it to an extreme degree.   [V inflects]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。Is this the first of many questions that will plumb the depths of stupidity?这个之后是不是还有众多如此愚蠢透顶的问题？6[PHRASE 短语]糟糕到新低点；降至最低点 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.   [V inflects]Relations between the two countries have plumbed new depths...两国关系已降到了最低谷。Last night's harrowing television pictures plumbed new depths of depravity.昨晚触目惊心的电视画面堕落到了新低。相关词组：plumb in

英语单词	plumb
英美音标	英 [plʌm] 美 [plʌm]
中文释义	v.（用铅垂）测量；探测 n.铅锤；垂直 adj.垂直的；<口>完全的 adv.恰恰；<口>彻底地
英语例句	(1) We need to plumb the line. (2) We begin to plumb the mysteries of the universe. (3) It was unprofitable to plumb that sort of thing. (4) Bricklayers and carpenters often use plumb lines . (5) The plumB line is always perpendicular to the horizontal plane. (6) Is this wall plumb? (7) The bullet hit him plumb between the eyes.
中文例句	(1) 我们需要用铅垂测量这条线。 (2) 我们开始探索宇宙的奥秘。 (3) 这种事弄个水落石出没有什么好处。 (4) 瓦工和木工经常使用铅垂线。 (5) 铅垂线总是垂直于水平面的。 (6) 这墙是垂直的吗？ (7) 子弹正好打在他的双眼之间。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	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.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]探索；探究 If you plumb something mysterious or difficult to understand, you succeed in understanding it. [V n] [LITERARY 文] She never abandoned her attempts to plumb my innermost emotions... 她从未放弃过探究我内心深处情感的尝试。 Magda had plumbed her own heart for answers. 玛格达在自己心中搜寻答案。 2 [ADV 副词]恰恰；正好 If something is plumb in a particular place, it is exactly in that place. [ADV prep] [INFORMAL 非正式] The hotel is set plumb in the middle of the high street... 宾馆正好坐落在商街的中段。 Grenville took another wallop plumb on the jaw. 格伦维尔又受了一拳，正中下巴。 3 [VERB 动词]为（建筑物）敷设水管 When someone plumbs a building, they put in all the pipes for carrying water. [V n] She learned to wire and plumb the house herself. 她学会了自己给房子拉接电线、敷设水管。 4 [ADV 副词]完全地；不折不扣地 Plumb is used to give emphasis to an adjective or verb that describes a feeling or condition. [ADV adj] [emphasis] [AM 美] [INFORMAL 非正式] [SPOKEN 口语] I find I'm plumb depressed by it... 我发现自己被它搞得沮丧透顶。 This thing has plumb worn me out. 这件事让我筋疲力尽。 5 [PHRASE 短语]经受极度的…；表现出极端的… If someone plumbs the depths of an unpleasant emotion or quality, they experience it or show it to an extreme degree. [V inflects] 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。 Is this the first of many questions that will plumb the depths of stupidity? 这个之后是不是还有众多如此愚蠢透顶的问题？ 6 [PHRASE 短语]糟糕到新低点；降至最低点 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. [V inflects] Relations between the two countries have plumbed new depths... 两国关系已降到了最低谷。 Last night's harrowing television pictures plumbed new depths of depravity. 昨晚触目惊心的电视画面堕落到了新低。相关词组： plumb in

Plumb Depths [V Ed Measure Verb 动词 N