| 释义 |
plumb /plum/ noun- A heavy mass, as of lead, hung on a string to show a vertical line, or for some other purpose
- Verticality
- A sounding lead, a plummet
adjective- Vertical
- (of a cricket pitch) level, true
- Unquestionably in a leg-before-wicket position (cricket sl)
- Sheer, thorough-going, out-and-out
adverb- Vertically
- Precisely
- Utterly (esp US, now archaic or dialect)
transitive verb- To test by a plumb line
- To make vertical
- To sound as by a plumb line
- To pierce the depth of, fathom, by eye or understanding
- To weight with lead
- To seal with lead
- To supply or fit (a building, etc) with plumbing
- To connect (eg a bath, washing machine, etc) with the plumbing system, ready for use (usu with in)
intransitive verb- To hang vertically
- To work as a plumber
ORIGIN: Fr plomb and its source L plumbum lead plumbate /plumˈbāt/ noun A salt of plumbic acid plumbeous /plumˈbi-əs/ adjective - Leaden
- Lead-coloured
- Lead-glazed
plumber /plumˈər/ noun - Orig a worker in lead
- Now someone who installs and mends pipes, cisterns, and other fittings for the supply of water and gas and for household drainage
plumbˈery noun - Plumber-work
- A plumber's workshop
plumbic /plumˈbik/ adjective - Due to lead
- Of quadrivalent lead
plumbiferous /-bifˈ/ adjective Yielding or containing lead plumbing /plumˈing/ noun - The operation of making plumb
- The craft of working in lead
- The work of a plumber
- The system of pipes in a building for gas, water and drainage
- (the design, style, working, etc of) lavatories (euphemistic)
- The urinary system or tract (facetious)
plumˈbism /-bizm/ noun Lead poisoning plumbisolˈvency or (non-standard) plumbosolˈvency noun plumbisolˈvent or plumbosolˈvent adjective Able to dissolve lead plumˈbite /-bīt/ noun A salt of the weak acid lead hydroxide plumbˈless adjective Incapable of being sounded plumbous /plumˈbəs/ adjective Of bivalent lead plumbum /plumˈbəm/ noun (obsolete) Lead plumb bob noun A weight at the end of a plumb line plumbˈer-block same as plummer-block plumber's snake see snake plumbˈer-work noun The work of a plumber plumbic acid noun An acid of which lead dioxide is the anhydride plumb line noun - A line to which a bob is attached to show the vertical line
- A vertical line
- A plummet
plumb rule noun A board with plumb line and bob, for testing the verticality of walls, etc |