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单词 plumb
释义 plumb
[plʌm] verb transitive
WATER 水
■to supply a building or a device with water pipes, or to connect a building or a device to a water pipe 给…装水管
We've discovered that our house isn't plumbed properly.我们发现我们房子里的水管安装得有问题。
I think we can plumb the new bath into the existing pipes.我想我们可以把新浴缸接到现有的水管上。
Have you plumbed the dishwasher in yet?你给洗碗机接上水管了吗?
[plʌm] verb transitive
DEEP 深 specialized
■to measure how deep something is, especially water 测(尤指水)的深度
■to understand or discover all about something 探索,探究
Now that she had begun, she wanted to plumb her own childhood further.既然已经开始了,她就想深入发掘一番自己童年的故事。
[plʌm] verb transitive
plumb the depths
■to reach the lowest point 跌入最低点,陷入谷底
Roy plumbed the depths of despair when his wife left him.妻子离开他之后,罗伊陷入了绝望的深渊。
humorous They must be really plumbing the depths (= must have been unable to find anyone better) if they're offering the job to her.如果他们要把这个工作机会给她,这就说明他们实在是没有更好的人选了。
[plʌm] adverb
EXACTLY 恰恰 informal
■exactly 正好,恰恰
The hotel is plumb in the middle of the town.那家旅馆就在城镇中心。
He hit me plumb on the nose.他正好打在我的鼻子上。
[plʌm] adverb
COMPLETELY 完全地 US informal
■completely 完全,彻底
I plumb forgot your birthday.我把你的生日忘得一干二净。
[plʌm] adjective [after verb] specialized
■exactly straight, usually describing a vertical surface or line 垂直的
When you hang a door, you need to make sure that it is both level and plumb.装门的时候,必须保证门是横平竖直的。
out of plumb
■not straight vertically 不垂直,倾斜
The external wall is out of plumb by half a metre.外墙偏斜了0.5公尺。
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