Plumb
[plʌm]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical.
(verb.) examine thoroughly and in great depth.
(verb.) measure the depth of something.
(verb.) weight with lead.
(adj.) exactly vertical; 'the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb' .
(adv.) exactly; 'fell plumb in the middle of the puddle'.
(adv.) conforming to the direction of a plumb line.
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解釋/意思:
(n.) A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob. See Plumb line, below.
(a.) Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.
(adv.) In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.
(v. t.) To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
(v. t.) To sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water; hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth, quality, dimension, etc.; to sound; to fathom; to test.
(v. t.) To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
(v. t.) To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.
埃米尔校對
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Perpendicular (to the horizon), vertical, upright.
編輯:朱尔斯
解釋/意思:
n. a mass of lead or other material hung on a string to show the perpendicular position: the perpendicular direction or position.—adj. perpendicular.—adv. perpendicularly.—v.t. to adjust by a plumb-line: to make perpendicular: to sound the depth of as water by a plumb-line.—n. Plumb′-bob a conoid-shaped metal weight at the end of a plumb-line.—adjs. Plum′bēan Plum′bēous consisting of or resembling lead: stupid; Plumb′ic pertaining to or obtained from lead; Plumbif′erous producing lead.—n. Plumb′ing the art of casting and working in lead &c.—adj. Plumb′less incapable of being sounded.—ns. Plumb′-line a line to which a mass of lead is attached to show the perpendicular: a plummet; Plumb′-rule a narrow board with a plumb-line fastened to the top used to determine a perpendicular.
校對:迈克尔
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To ascertain the capacity of.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Plumb in the middle of the back of the head and smack through the brain. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- All that is now necessary is to put in the windows, doors, heater, and lighting fixtures, and to connect up the plumbing and heating arrangements, thus making the house ready for occupancy. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The important sanitary feature in modern plumbing is to keep all sewer gas and disease germs out of the house. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
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