英语词汇“plumb”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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plumbplumb1 /plʌm/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYplumb¹

Origin: 1500-1600 plumb metal weight on a plumb line (13-21 centuries), from Old French plomb lead, from Latin plumbum

VERB TABLE

plumb

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	plumb
	he, she, it	plumbs
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	plumbed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have plumbed
	he, she, it	has plumbed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had plumbed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will plumb
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have plumbed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am plumbing
	he, she, it	is plumbing
	you, we, they	are plumbing
Past	I, he, she, it	was plumbing
	you, we, they	were plumbing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been plumbing
	he, she, it	has been plumbing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been plumbing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be plumbing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been plumbing

1to make an effort to learn, understand, or explain something completely: The movie plumbs the psyche of a woman scarred by childhood abuse.2plumb the depths (of despair/misery/bad taste etc.) to reach the lowest or worst point of something bad: When his wife left him, Matt plumbed the depths of despair.3to measure the depth of water or to check to see if something is exactly upright using a plumb line