plumb
英[plʌm] 美[plʌm]
"the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"
"clean forgot the appointment"
"I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"
"fell plumb in the middle of the puddle"
1.探索；探究
If youplumb something mysterious or difficult to understand, you succeed in understanding it.
e.g. She never abandoned her attempts toplumb my innermost emotions...
她从未放弃过探究我内心深处情感的尝试。
e.g. Magda had plumbed her own heart for answers.
玛格达在自己心中搜寻答案。
2.恰恰；正好
If something isplumb in a particular place, it is exactly in that place.
e.g. The hotel is setplumb in the middle of the high street...
宾馆正好坐落在商街的中段。
e.g. Grenville took another wallopplumb on the jaw.
格伦维尔又受了一拳，正中下巴。
3.为（建筑物）敷设水管
When someoneplumbs a building, they put in all the pipes for carrying water.
e.g. She learned to wire andplumb the house herself.
她学会了自己给房子拉接电线、敷设水管。
4.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.
e.g. I find I'mplumb depressed by it...
我发现自己被它搞得沮丧透顶。
e.g. This thing hasplumb worn me out.
这件事让我筋疲力尽。
5.经受极度的…；表现出极端的…
If someoneplumbs the depths of an unpleasant emotion or quality, they experience it or show it to an extreme degree.
plumb
e.g. They frequentlyplumb the depths of loneliness, humiliation and despair...
他们常常陷入孤独、屈辱和绝望的深渊。
e.g. Is this the first of many questions that willplumb 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.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.
plumb的意思
e.g. Relations between the two countries have plumbed new depths...
两国关系已降到了最低谷。
e.g. 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
1. plumb在线翻译
1. 垂直器：plug valve,旋塞阀 |plumb,垂直器 | plunger,动铁芯
2. plumb的反义词
2. 铅锤：plumb rule 垂规 |plumb 铅锤 |plumb-bob 测锤
3. 铅垂：起始页 Starting Page | 铅垂plumb | 铅垂线plumb Line
4. 铅锤,垂直：plugs 插头 |plumb 铅锤,垂直 |plumb aligner 铅锤对准器
She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche.
她毕生探索人类心灵的奥秘。
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。
He was standing plumb in the middle of the road.
他站在路正中间。
He's plumb crazy.
他彻底疯了。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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？
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。
No one could plumb the mystery.
没人能看破这秘密.
Emit four vertical line and three horizontal line, plumb below point.
可产生四条垂直线和三条水平线, 带下对点.
Charles & quot ; Chuck & quot ; plumb was a U.S. Navy jet pilot in Vietnam.
查尔斯. 恰克. 帕朗柏是越战中美国海军的一位喷射机驾驶员.
It was unprofitable to plumb that sort of thing.
这种事弄个水落石出没有什么好处.
God will stretch measuring line of chaos and the plumb line of desolation.
耶和华必将空虚的准绳,混沌的钱铊,拉在其上.
Bricklayers and carpenters often use plumb lines.
瓦工和木工经常使用铅垂线.
What he said was plumb silly.
他所说的真是愚蠢到了极点.
Is this wall plumb?
这墙是垂直的 吗 ?
I had a friend plumb his sink.
我让一位朋友安装他的下水管道.
The stairwell doesn't appear plumb, but tilted.
出自：T. Pynchon[He]..rolled down and plumbed into the yard.
出自：Saturday Evening Post