plumbing是什么意思

plumbing

英 ['pl?m??] 美 ['pl?m??]

plumbing 管路系統(tǒng)，自來水系統(tǒng)

來自plumb,鉛，-ing,集合名詞后綴。因過去自來水管多為鉛管，因此，引申詞義管路系統(tǒng)，自來水系統(tǒng)。

plumbing (n.): mid-15c., "the weighting of a fishing line," verbal noun from plumb (v.). Specific meaning "water and drainage pipes" is recorded by 1875, American English.
THE apparatus by which the water from a reservoir is carried about over a building and delivered at points convenient for use, is called by the general name of plumbing. The word "plumbing" means lead-work; and it is used to signify this water apparatus of a house because the pipes of which it largely consists are usually made of lead. [Edward Abbott, "Long Look House: A Book for Boys and Girls," Boston, 1877]
Alternative plumbery also is mid-15c. Slang meaning "a person's reproductive organs" attested by 1975.

1. They had ensured the plumbing was overhauled a year ago.: 他們曾保證水管一年前徹底檢修過。

2. Plumbing and electrics are installed to a high standard.: 管道設(shè)備和電路按照高標準安裝。

3. She learned the rudiments of brick-laying, wiring and plumbing.: 她學(xué)習了砌磚、布線和管道工程的基本知識。

5. She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche.: 她畢生探索人類心靈的奧秘。