Plumb
[ pl?m ]
其它 Other
vt. 使垂直;用測鉛測;探索;
adj. 垂直的;
adv. 恰恰，正;垂直地;
vi. 做管道工;
n. 鉛錘，測錘;
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plumb=lead鉛 → 鉛做得工具 → 鉛錘
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plumb the depths (of...)
陷入 (悲傷、孤獨的) 深淵,達到 (悲傷、孤獨等的) 最高點
No eye can plumb those depths.
誰也看不到那樣的深度。
Psychoanalysts plumb the deep mysteries of the human mind.
精神分析家探索人腦的奧秘。
plumb (the depth of) a lake
測量湖深
The bullet hit him plumb between the eyes.
子彈正好打在他的雙眼之間。
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【串】誰都希望老婆plump(豐滿),不希望身材像plumb(鉛錘),否則比吃了plum(酸梅)還難受
【記】※ plum-李子,b-拼音“不”:鉛錘就像上個李子,但不是
※ plumber-水暖工,plumb n.鉛錘:水暖工總是拿一個鉛錘在測量管子高度
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plumb
n
1 piece of lead that is tied to a cord and used to find the depth of water or test whether a wall, etc is vertical 測深錘, 鉛錘（懸掛於繩上的鉛塊, 用以測水深或墻等是否垂直）.
2 (idm 習語) out of `plumb not vertical 不垂直的. plumb, adv
1 exactly 恰恰; 正: plumb in the centre 在正中.
2 (US infml 口) quite; absolutely 十分; 完全; 絕對
He's plumb crazy. 他真是瘋了. plumb, v
1 [Tn]
(a) test (sth) by using a plumb-line 用鉛垂線測（某物）.
(b) (fig 比喻) (try to) understand(sth) thoroughly 探索, 探究（某事物）
plumb the mysteries of the universe 探索宇宙的奧秘.
2 (idm 習語) plumb the depths of sth reach the lowest point of sth 到達某事物的最低點
plumb the depths of despair 絕望已極
a film that really plumbs the depths of bad taste 趣味低級得真正到了極點的一部影片.
3 (phr v) plumb sth in attach (eg a washing-machine) to water-pipes 將（如洗衣機）與水管接通
We've plumbed in the dishwasher. 我們已給洗碟機接上水管了.
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*[pl?m]n. 鉛錘, 垂直a. 垂直的vt. 使垂直, 探測vi. 成垂直【機】 錘相關詞組: plumb sb's motives plumb the depths of
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I'll pay you six thousand ducats for the three thousand ducats that Antonio borrowed.
我將付給你六千塊錢，用來歸還安東尼奧借的那三千塊錢。
In Maori history,the first traveller to reach New Zealand in the year 950 was a man called Kupe.
毛利人的歷史上，于950年第一個到達新西蘭的旅行者是一個名叫庫佩的人。
She left home when she was eighteen and has lived in Los Angeles for the past fifteen years.
18歲時，她離開了家。過去的15年里她一直住在洛杉磯。