plumb
英 [pl?m]
美 [pl?m]
- vt. 使垂直；探測，探索
- n. 垂直；鉛錘
- adv. 恰恰，正；垂直地
- vi. 當(dāng)管子工
- adj. 垂直的
- n. (Plumb)人名；(英)普拉姆
助記提示
plumbum 鉛。
plumb 鉛錘,垂直的。
aplomb 沉著,泰然自若,垂直。
前綴a可以看作是加強(qiáng)語氣,也可以看作'of,at,to' -plomb- = plumb 鉛錘.
中文詞源
plumb 鉛，鉛垂，使垂直，探索，鉆研，恰好來自拉丁語plumbum,鉛，鉛球，可能借自希臘語molybdos,鉛，詞源同molybdenum.后用于 指測量垂直度的鉛球，鉛錘，引申詞義探索，鉆研，以及副詞詞義恰好，正好等。
英文詞源
- plumb
- plumb: [13] Plumb comes via Old French *plombe from Latin plumbum ‘lead’, a word of uncertain origin. Of its modern English uses, the verbal ‘sound the depths’ comes from the use of a line weighted with lead (a plumb line) to measure the depth of water and the adverbial ‘exactly’ from the use of a similar line to determine verticality. Related words in English include aplomb; plumber [14] (originally simply a ‘worker in lead’, but eventually, since water pipes were once made of lead, a ‘pipe-layer’); plummet [14] (a diminutive form coined in Old French); and plunge [14] (from the Vulgar Latin derivative *plumbicāre ‘sound with a plumb’).
=> aplomb, plumber, plummet, plunge - plumb (n.)
- "lead hung on a string to show the vertical line," early 14c., from Old French *plombe, plomee "sounding lead," and directly from Late Latin *plumba, originally plural of Latin plumbum "lead (the metal), lead ball; pipe; pencil," a word of unknown origin, related to Greek molybdos "lead" (dialectal bolimos) and perhaps from an extinct Mediterranean language, perhaps Iberian.
- plumb (v.)
- early 15c., "to sink" (like lead), from plumb (n.). Meaning "take soundings with a plumb" is first recorded 1560s; figurative sense of "to get to the bottom of" is from 1590s. Related: Plumbed; plumbing.
- plumb (adj.)
- "perpendicular, vertical," mid-15c., from plumb (n.). The notion of "exact measurement" led to extended sense of "completely, downright" (1748), sometimes spelled plump, plum, or plunk.
雙語例句
- 1. The hotel is set plumb in the middle of the high street.
- 賓館正好坐落在商街的中段。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Please come and plumb in my new central heating system.
- 請來幫我接通新的中央供暖系統(tǒng)的水管。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She learned to wire and plumb the house herself.
- 她學(xué)會了自己給房子拉接電線、敷設(shè)水管。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. She never abandoned her attempts to plumb my innermost emotions.
- 她從未放棄過探究我內(nèi)心深處情感的嘗試。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. They frequently plumb the depths of loneliness, humiliation and despair.
- 他們常常陷入孤獨、屈辱和絕望的深淵。
來自柯林斯例句