plumb
verb[T]
uk/plʌm/us/plʌm/plumbverb[T](WATER)
tosupplyabuildingor adevicewithwaterpipes, or toconnectabuildingor adeviceto awaterpipe:
给…装水管We'vediscoveredthatourhouseisn't plumbedproperly.我们发现我们房子里的水管安装得有问题。
Ithinkwe can plumb the newbathintotheexistingpipes.我想我们可以把新浴缸接到现有的水管上。
Have you plumbed thedishwasherinyet?你给洗碗机接上水管了吗？
Building: plumbing, pipes & sewage
- airlock
- ballcock
- caulking
- cesspit
- cistern
- conduit
- hydrant
- influent
- mixer tap
- outfall
- overflow
- plunger
- sewage
- sewage works
- sewer
- siphon
- spigot
- standpipe
- syphon
- waterworks
plumbverb[T](DEEP)
engineeringspecialized
tomeasurehowdeepsomething is,especiallywater
测（尤指水）的深度tounderstandordiscoverall about something:
探索，探究Now that she hadbegun, shewantedto plumb her ownchildhoodfurther.既然已经开始了，她就想深入发掘一番自己童年的故事。
Measuring & weighing
- cost-of-living index
- decibel
- gage
- life-size
- measure
- measuresomethingout
- measure up
- meter
- non-quantitative
- pacesomethingoff/out
- pinhole
- planimetric
- proof
- quantifiable
- quantification
- RBC
- rise
- shortish
- survey
- telemetry
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Understanding and comprehending
Idiom
plumb the depths
plumb
adverb
uk/plʌm/us/plʌm/plumbadverb(EXACTLY)
informal
exactly:
正好，恰恰Thehotelis plumb in themiddleof thetown.那家旅馆就在城镇中心。
Hehitme plumb on thenose.他正好打在我的鼻子上。
Accurate and exact
- accuracy
- accurate
- accurately
- aright
- authoritative
- exact
- Goldilocks
- got it in one!idiom
- in so many wordsidiom
- infallible
- infallibly
- literally
- nose
- sharp
- strictly speakingidiom
- superaccurate
- synchronization
- technically
- tightness
- truly
plumbadverb(COMPLETELY)
USinformal
completely:
完全，彻底I plumbforgotyourbirthday.我把你的生日忘得一干二净。
Complete and whole
- (all) in one pieceidiom
- A, a
- absolute
- all or nothingidiom
- all-in-one
- all-inclusive
- fell
- from stem to sternidiom
- full-blown
- full-fledged
- full-length
- fully
- plain
- root
- thoroughly
- through and throughidiom
- to the lastidiom
- totality
- toto
- unabridged
plumb
adjective[after verb]
engineeringspecializeduk/plʌm/us/plʌm/exactlystraight, usuallydescribingaverticalsurfaceorline:
垂直的When youhangadoor, you need to makesurethat it is bothleveland plumb.装门的时候，必须保证门是横平竖直的。
out of plumb
notstraightvertically:
不垂直，倾斜Theexternalwallis out of plumb byhalfametre.外墙偏斜了0.5米。
Geometry: describing angles, lines & orientations
- acute
- angle of incidence
- angularity
- antinode
- asymptote
- asymptotic
- bisector
- circuitous
- equilateral
- indirect
- non-planar
- noncollinear
- obliquely
- obtuse
- orthogonal
- osculate
- projection
- prominent
- rectilinear
- reflection