| 单词 | plumb |
| 释义 | plumb —plumbable, adj. —plumbless, adj. —plumbness, n. /plum/, n. 1. a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Cf. plumb line. 2. out of or off plumb, not corresponding to the perpendicular; out of true. adj. 3. true according to a plumb line; perpendicular. 4. Informal. downright or absolute. adv. 5. in a perpendicular or vertical direction. 6. exactly, precisely, or directly. 7. Informal. completely or absolutely: She was plumb mad. You're plumb right. v.t. 8. to test or adjust by a plumb line. 9. to make vertical. 10. Shipbuilding. horn (def. 35). 11. to sound with or as with a plumb line. 12. to measure (depth) by sounding. 13. to examine closely in order to discover or understand: to plumb someone's thoughts. 14. to seal with lead. 15. to weight with lead. 16. to provide (a house, building, apartment, etc.) with plumbing. v.i. 17. to work as a plumber. Also, plum (for defs. 3-7). [1250-1300; ME plumbe, prob. < AF *plombe < VL *plumba, for L plumbum lead] Syn. 3. vertical, straight, square. |
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