音标:[plʌmz] ;
v. 经历( plumb的第三人称单数 ); 探究; 用铅垂线校正; 用铅锤测量
n the metal bob of a plumb line
v measure the depth of something
v weight with lead
v examine thoroughly and in great depth
v adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical

plumb的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. We need to plumb the line.我们需要用铅垂测量这条线。
  2. We begin to plumb the mysteries of the universe.我们开始探索宇宙的奥秘。
  3. It was unprofitable to plumb that sort of thing.这种事弄个水落石出没有什么好处。
用作名词(n.)
  1. Bricklayers and carpenters often use plumb lines .瓦工和木工经常使用铅垂线。
  2. The plumB line is always perpendicular to the horizontal plane.铅垂线总是垂直于水平面的。
用作形容词(adj.)
  1. Is this wall plumb?这墙是垂直的吗?
用作副词(adv.)
  1. The bullet hit him plumb between the eyes.子弹正好打在他的双眼之间。

词汇搭配

  • out of plumb不垂直
  • plumb rule锤规
  • plumb bob铅锤
  • plumb line铅垂线
  • plumb level铅垂水准器
  • plumb joint焊接头
  • plumb line deflection垂线偏差
  • plumb pile垂直桩
  • plumb point垂准点
  • optical plumb光测悬线,光测垂线,...
  • set plumb挂直
  • rubber dam plumb橡皮障吊锤
  • out off plumb不垂直的

经典引文

  • The stairwell doesn't appear plumb, but tilted.

    出自:T. Pynchon
  • [He]..rolled down and plumbed into the yard.

    出自:Saturday Evening Post
【近义词】
学英语单词
.mad
a.q
action cut-off
active reflector
acute-angled triangle
aeration cyanide test
anagraphically
Aristophanes of Byzantium
articulatio talonavicularis
baque
be similar to
bid peddling
binocular accommodation
block-buster
blowout pit
Choczewo
chromatic rendition
continuous imagery
contravention
cooling time clock
cooperates
corroval
desoxycorticosterone triphenylacetate
diphemylacetylindandion
disqualified
dornbusch
edeuce
electroballistic
endeavored
error cancelling
estopa fiber
exposure cell
fair batten
financial delict
five-step
glycerinum plumbi subacetatis
grannex
graveries
ground attack speed
ground-position indicator
grunsels
harangue (france)
have a weather weath-eye open
hexosamine
high aspect ratio wing
Hilliard's lupus
inner radiation zone
it service provider
Kato Nevrokopi
keep wicket
Kjækan
kwasi
lime soda softening process
low lying swamp land
maladaptive-cognition
maladministrations
Manoppello
measure and a half
megastomes
millionaire's defence
molecular diameter
mosaic society
Naranjo, R.
Nonghyup
numerical positioning
outer orbital coordination compound
palatine vein
paper towels
plateau mountain
plumbic compound
politely decline
push data
put one's finger into something
Rankine method
reference length
resultant error
rhopalosiphonius deutzifoliae
sacredness
sand control liner completion
Seftem
sequential detection
short-time autocorrelation function
solvent remover
stokes-adams syndromes
stumblers
sub-aerator
sudrophone
take it away
take someone to wife
tennis
the little corporal
to-pens
transparent substances
transport slideway
transverse electric and magnetic mode
ultimobranchial
wardialer
welltrod
what's popping
works council, works committee
X-ray diffraction system
yifter