plumb

verb

1. 探索；钻研；探究
   to try to understand or succeed in understanding sth mysterious
   1. She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche.
      她毕生探索人类心灵的奥秘。

adv.

1. 恰恰；正好
   exactly
   1. He was standing plumb in the middle of the road.
      他站在路正中间。
2. 完全；彻底
   completely
   1. He's plumb crazy.
      他彻底疯了。

1. VERB 探索；探究
   If you plumb something mysterious or difficult to understand, you succeed in understanding it.
   1. She never abandoned her attempts to plumb my innermost emotions...
      她从未放弃过探究我内心深处情感的尝试。
   2. Magda had plumbed her own heart for answers.
      玛格达在自己心中搜寻答案。
2. ADV 恰恰；正好
   If something is plumb in a particular place, it is exactly in that place.
   1. The hotel is set plumb in the middle of the high street...
      宾馆正好坐落在商街的中段。
   2. Grenville took another wallop plumb on the jaw.
      格伦维尔又受了一拳，正中下巴。
3. VERB 为（建筑物）敷设水管
   When someone plumbs a building, they put in all the pipes for carrying water.
   1. She learned to wire and plumb the house herself.
      她学会了自己给房子拉接电线、敷设水管。
4. ADV 完全地；不折不扣地
   Plumb is used to give emphasis to an adjective or verb that describes a feeling or condition.
   1. I find I'm plumb depressed by it...
      我发现自己被它搞得沮丧透顶。
   2. This thing has plumb worn me out.
      这件事让我筋疲力尽。
5. PHRASE 经受极度的…；表现出极端的…
   If someone plumbs the depths of an unpleasant emotion or quality, they experience it or show it to an extreme degree.
   1. They frequently plumb the depths of loneliness, humiliation and despair...
      他们常常陷入孤独、屈辱和绝望的深渊。
   2. Is this the first of many questions that will plumb the depths of stupidity?
      这个之后是不是还有众多如此愚蠢透顶的问题？
6. PHRASE 糟糕到新低点；降至最低点
   If you say that something plumbs new depths, you mean that it is worse than all the things of its kind that have existed before, even though some of them have been very bad.
   1. Relations between the two countries have plumbed new depths...
      两国关系已降到了最低谷。
   2. Last night's harrowing television pictures plumbed new depths of depravity.
      昨晚触目惊心的电视画面堕落到了新低。

1. She never abandoned her attempts to plumb my innermost emotions
   她从未放弃过探究我内心深处情感的尝试。
2. Magda had plumbed her own heart for answers.
   玛格达在自己心中搜寻答案。
3. The hotel is set plumb in the middle of the high street
   宾馆正好坐落在商街的中段。
4. Grenville took another wallop plumb on the jaw.
   格伦维尔又受了一拳，正中下巴。
5. She learned to wire and plumb the house herself.
   她学会了自己给房子拉接电线、敷设水管。
6. I find I'm plumb depressed by it
   我发现自己被它搞得沮丧透顶。
7. This thing has plumb worn me out.
   这件事让我筋疲力尽。
8. They frequently plumb the depths of loneliness, humiliation and despair
   他们常常陷入孤独、屈辱和绝望的深渊。
9. Is this the first of many questions that will plumb the depths of stupidity?
   这个之后是不是还有众多如此愚蠢透顶的问题？
10. Relations between the two countries have plumbed new depths
    两国关系已降到了最低谷。
11. Last night's harrowing television pictures plumbed new depths of depravity.
    昨晚触目惊心的电视画面堕落到了新低。
12. Bricklayers and carpenters often use plumb lines.
    瓦工和木工经常使用铅垂线。
13. "How in the world did you know that?" asked Plumb.
    “你到底是怎么知道这些的？”普拉姆吃惊地问。
14. Furthermore, with Solaris you need to plumb the interface& other UNIX operating systems do not require this.
    另外，在使用Solaris时，需要探测接口&其他UNIX操作系统不需要这么做。
15. I plumb forgot your birthday.
    我把你的生日全忘了。
16. The plumb line is always perpendicular to the horizontal plane.
    铅垂线总是垂直于水平面的。
17. Electrotype alloys a plumb line attached to a narrow board.
    电铸板用铅基压铸合金一种绑在一条窄木板上的铅锤线。
18. Wait till it's plumb dark, for all I care.
    那就等到天全黑吧，又与我无关。
19. Man's capacity to plumb the truth.
    人类探索真理的能力。
20. Between perpendiculars adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical.
    垂线间垂线间垂线间的用铅垂线调整使得垂直。
21. To test the verticality or alignment of with a plumb.
    测量垂直度用锤铊来检查垂直度或是否在一条直线上。
22. What he said was plumb silly.
    他所说的真是愚蠢到了极点。
23. No eye can plumb those depths.
    谁也看不到那样的深度。
24. I don't know what it is about you Carmen that makes me feel plumb loco.
    我不知道是你的什么让我蠢得像个垂直火车头。
25. Think of this as being a plumb line to find* used to find the direction of gravity.
    假设这是铅垂。，想想重力方向是怎样的。
26. To help me plumb the murky depths.
    去帮助我测量那黑暗的深度。
27. Vertical diagonal time section a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line.
    对角线垂直时间剖面一个与铅垂线绝对成直角的平面。
28. Except at the pole and the equator, a plumb line does not point toward the earth's center.
    除在地球的两极和赤道之外，铅锤线并不指向地球中心。
29. I think we can plumb the new bath into the existing pipes.
    我想我们可以把新浴缸和现有的水管接起来。
30. The plumb line is being used to find the direction of gravity.
    铅垂就是这样确定，重力方向的。

plumb sth↔in

1. 把（洗衣机、马桶等）与水管连接
   to connect a washing machine , toilet, etc. to the water supply in a building
   1. She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche.
      她毕生探索人类心灵的奥秘。

v.

plumb the depths of sth

• 陷入（痛苦等的）深渊；深入…深处
  to be or to experience an extreme example of sth unpleasant
  1. His latest novel plumbs the depths of horror and violence.
     他的最新小说充斥着极端的恐怖和暴力。
  2. The team's poor performances plumbed new depths last night when they lost 10-2.
     昨晚这个队的糟糕表现达到了新低纪录，以2:10输掉了。

noun

1. the metal bob of a plumb line

   Synonym:    plumb bobplummet

verb

1. adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical

2. examine thoroughly and in great depth

3. measure the depth of something

4. weight with lead

adj

1. exactly vertical
   1. the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb

adv

1. completely
   1. clean forgot the appointment
   2. I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out

   Synonym:    cleanplum

2. exactly
   1. fell plumb in the middle of the puddle

   Synonym:    plum

3. conforming to the direction of a plumb line