单词 | plumb |
释义 | plumb —plumb /plʌm/ adjective [after verb] SPECIALIZED F0 exactly straight, usually describing a vertical surface or line: » When you hang a door, you need to make sure that it is both level and plumb.Thesaurus+: ↑Describing angles, lines and orientationsout of plumbF0 not straight vertically: » The external wall is out of plumb by half a metre.Thesaurus+: ↑Describing angles, lines and orientationsadverb INFORMAL (EXACTLY) ► F0 exactly: » The hotel is plumb in the middle of the town.» He hit me plumb on the nose.Thesaurus+: ↑Accurate and exactadverb US INFORMAL (COMPLETELY) ► F0 completely: » I plumb forgot your birthday.Thesaurus+: ↑Complete and whole , ↑Very and extremeverb [T] (DEEP) ↑Verb Endings for plumb F0 SPECIALIZED to measure how deep something is, especially water Thesaurus+: ↑Weighing and measuringF0 to understand or discover all about something: » Now that she had begun, she wanted to plumb her own childhood further.Thesaurus+: ↑Understanding and comprehendingverb [T] (WATER) ↑Verb Endings for plumb ► F0 to supply a building or a device with water pipes, or to connect a building or a device to a water pipe: » We've discovered that our house isn't plumbed properly.» I think we can plumb the new bath into the existing pipes.» Have you plumbed the dishwasher in yet?Thesaurus+: ↑Plumbing and pipes and sewage |
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