plumb

英 [plʌm]

美 [plʌm]

v.  探索; 钻研; 探究
adv.  恰恰; 正好; 完全; 彻底

过去分词：plumbed　现在分词：plumbing　过去式：plumbed　第三人称单数：plumbs　复数：plumbs　

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Collins.1 / BNC.20239 / COCA.19115

短语用例

plumb sth↔in

• 把（洗衣机、马桶等）与水管连接
  to connect a washing machine , toilet, etc. to the water supply in a building
  1. She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche.
     她毕生探索人类心灵的奥秘。

习惯用语

v.

plumb the depths of sth
• 陷入（痛苦等的）深渊；深入…深处
  to be or to experience an extreme example of sth unpleasant
• His latest novel plumbs the depths of horror and violence.
  他的最新小说充斥着极端的恐怖和暴力。
• The team's poor performances plumbed new depths last night when they lost 10-2.
  昨晚这个队的糟糕表现达到了新低纪录，以2:10输掉了。

牛津词典

verb

• 探索；钻研；探究
  to try to understand or succeed in understanding sth mysterious
  1. She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche.
     她毕生探索人类心灵的奥秘。

adv.

• 恰恰；正好
  exactly
  1. He was standing plumb in the middle of the road.
     他站在路正中间。
• 完全；彻底
  completely
  1. He's plumb crazy.
     他彻底疯了。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 探索；探究
  If youplumbsomething mysterious or difficult to understand, you succeed in understanding it.
  1. 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。
  2. Magda had plumbed her own heart for answers.
     玛格达在自己心中搜寻答案。
• ADV 恰恰；正好
  If something isplumbin a particular place, it is exactly in that place.
  1. The hotel is set plumb in the middle of the high street...
     宾馆正好坐落在商街的中段。
  2. Grenville took another wallop plumb on the jaw.
     格伦维尔又受了一拳，正中下巴。
• VERB 为（建筑物）敷设水管
  When someoneplumbsa building, they put in all the pipes for carrying water.
  1. 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。
• ADV 完全地；不折不扣地
  Plumbis used to give emphasis to an adjective or verb that describes a feeling or condition.
  1. I find I'm plumb depressed by it...
     我发现自己被它搞得沮丧透顶。
  2. This thing has plumb worn me out.
     这件事让我筋疲力尽。
• PHRASE 经受极度的…；表现出极端的…
  If someoneplumbs the depths ofan unpleasant emotion or quality, they experience it or show it to an extreme degree.
  1. 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。
  2. 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？
• PHRASE 糟糕到新低点；降至最低点
  If you say that somethingplumbs 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.
  1. Relations between the two countries have plumbed new depths...
     两国关系已降到了最低谷。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the metal bob of a plumb line
  Synonym:plumb bobplummet

verb

• adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
• examine thoroughly and in great depth
• measure the depth of something
• weight with lead

adj

• exactly vertical
  1. the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb

adv

• completely
  1. clean forgot the appointment
  2. I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out
  Synonym:cleanplum
• exactly
  1. fell plumb in the middle of the puddle
  Synonym:plum
• conforming to the direction of a plumb line

双语例句

• 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。
• Grenville took another wallop plumb on the jaw.
  格伦维尔又受了一拳，正中下巴。
• Between perpendiculars adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical.
  垂线间垂线间垂线间的用铅垂线调整使得垂直。
• Think of this as being a plumb line to find* used to find the direction of gravity.
  假设这是铅垂。，想想重力方向是怎样的。
• Bricklayers and carpenters often use plumb lines.
  瓦工和木工经常使用铅垂线。
• The plumb line is always perpendicular to the horizontal plane.
  铅垂线总是垂直于水平面的。
• Magda had plumbed her own heart for answers.
  玛格达在自己心中搜寻答案。
• Wait till it's plumb dark, for all I care.
  那就等到天全黑吧，又与我无关。
• Except at the pole and the equator, a plumb line does not point toward the earth's center.
  除在地球的两极和赤道之外，铅锤线并不指向地球中心。
• 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。