| 单词 | plumb |
| 释义 | plumb (plʌm ) Word forms: plumbs , plumbing , plumbed 1. verb If you plumb something mysterious or difficult to understand, you succeed in understanding it. [literary] She never abandoned her attempts to plumb my innermost emotions. [VERB noun] Magda had plumbed her own heart for answers. [VERB noun] Synonyms: delve into, measure, explore, probe 2. adverb [ADVERB preposition] If something is plumb in a particular place, it is exactly in that place. [informal] The hotel is set plumb in the middle of the high street. Synonyms: exactly, precisely, bang, slap 3. verb When someone plumbs a building, they put in all the pipes for carrying water. She learned to wire and plumb the house herself. [VERB noun] 4. adverb [ADVERB adjective, ADVERB with verb] Plumb is used to give emphasis to an adjective or verb that describes a feeling or condition. [US, informal, spoken, emphasis] I find I'm plumb depressed by it. This thing has plumb worn me out. 5. to plumb the depths phrase If someone plumbs the depths of an unpleasant emotion or quality, they experience it or show it to an extreme degree. They frequently plumb the depths of loneliness, humiliation and despair. [+ of] Is this the first of many questions that will plumb the depths of stupidity? 6. to plumb new depths phrase If you say that something plumbs 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. Relations between the two countries have plumbed new depths. Last night's harrowing television pictures plumbed new depths of depravity. Phrasal verbs: plumb in phrasal verb When someone plumbs in a device such as a washing machine, toilet, or bath, they connect it to the water and waste pipes in a building. [British] Please come and plumb in my new central heating system. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] He had a washing machine plumbed in. [have n V-ed P] Idioms: plumb the depths to be an example of extremely bad behaviour `This crime plumbs the very depths of the abyss into which it is possible for the human spirit to sink,' the judge said. to find out everything you can about something, including things that are normally secret or hidden In his writings Shakespeare plumbed the depths of human psychology. to experience an unpleasant or difficult situation to an extreme degree They frequently plumb the depths of loneliness, humiliation and despair. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 看穿 Japanese: 見抜く |
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