plumb
- vt.探索;探究;钻研
- adv.完全;彻底;正好;恰恰
- n.垂直;铅锤
- adj.垂直的;完全的;公正的
plumb
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VERB 探索;探究
If you plumb something mysterious or difficult to understand, you succeed in understanding it.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。
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ADV 恰恰;正好
If something is plumb in a particular place, it is exactly in that place.The hotel is set plumb in the middle of the high street...
宾馆正好坐落在商街的中段。
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VERB 为(建筑物)敷设水管
When someone plumbs a building, they put in all the pipes for carrying water.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。
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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.I find I'm plumb depressed by it...
我发现自己被它搞得沮丧透顶。
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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.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。
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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.Relations between the two countries have plumbed new depths...
两国关系已降到了最低谷。
noun
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- the metal bob of a plumb line
- Synonym: plumb bob plummet
verb
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- adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
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- examine thoroughly and in great depth
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- measure the depth of something
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- weight with lead
adj
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- exactly vertical
- the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb
adv
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- completely;used as intensifiers
- clean forgot the appointment
- I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out
- Synonym: clean plum
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- exactly
- fell plumb in the middle of the puddle
- Synonym: plum
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- conforming to the direction of a plumb line
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Man 's capacity to plumb the truth .
人类探索真理的能力。
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Psychoanalysts plumb the deep mysteries of the human mind .
精神分析家探索人脑的奥秘。
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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。
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She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche .
她毕生探索人类心灵的奥秘。
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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。
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He 's plumb crazy .
他彻底疯了。
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The hotel is set plumb in the middle of the high street
宾馆正好坐落在商街的中段。
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Relations between the two countries have plumbed new depths
两国关系已降到了最低谷。
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Plumbing and electrics are installed to a high standard .
管道设备和电路按照高标准安装。
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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。
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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。
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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?
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They had ensured the plumbing was overhauled a year ago
他们曾保证水管一年前彻底检修过。
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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。
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I find I 'm plumb depressed by it
我发现自己被它搞得沮丧透顶。
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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。
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This thing has plumb worn me out .
这件事让我筋疲力尽。
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The electrics and the plumbing were sound .
电路和水暖设备都完好无损。
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Grenville took another wallop plumb on the jaw .
格伦维尔又受了一拳,正中下巴。
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Magda had plumbed her own heart for answers .
玛格达在自己心中搜寻答案。
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She learned the rudiments of brick-laying , wiring and plumbing .
她学习了砌砖、布线和管道工程的基本知识。
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Bricklayers and carpenters often use plumb lines .
瓦工和木工经常使用铅垂线。
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Our gardener is a jack of all trades , he can do carpentering , decorating , a bit of plumbing , and so on .
我们的园丁是一个多面手,他会一点木工活、装潢、修理水管,等等。
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They 're going to have to put in new plumbing .
他们将需要安装新的水管
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No one could plumb the mystery .
没人能看破这秘密。
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It was unprofitable to plumb that sort of thing .
这种事弄个水落石出没有什么好处。
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Market analysis of copper plumbing for water supply in building industry
建筑用铜水管市场分析
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Software of plumb line monitoring system and its application
垂线测量数据管理软件的研制及应用
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Development tendency of automatic monitoring system of plumb line and extension line
矫顽力自动测量装置垂线、引张线自动监测系统的发展趋势
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We hope to get the plumbing put in very soon .
我们希望不久就把抽水马桶装好。
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