plumb
n. 铅锤, 垂直 a. 垂直的 vt. 使垂直, 探测 vi. 成垂直
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释义与例句
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1.
A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
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2.
A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
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The perpendicular direction or position.
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1.
Obsolete form of plum (“the fruit”).
废旧
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To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
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To attach to a water supply and drain.
The kitchen sink is now plumbed in / up.
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To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of.
比喻 及物to plumb the depths of
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To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
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To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
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To seal something with lead.
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To work as a plumber.
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To fall or sink like a plummet.
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To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
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To position vertically above or below.
航海 交通
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Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.
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Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of their wicket and should be given out.
体育 游戏
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In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.
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Squarely, directly; deeply, completely.
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非正式It hit him plumb in the middle of his face.
Years ago the well plumb dried out, not a drop of water in there since.
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From Middle English plumbe, plumme, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.
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