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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   plumb

   • IPA[pləm]

   美式

   • v.
     measure (the depth of a body of water)；(of water) be of a specified depth
   • n.
     a plumb bob.
   • adv.
     exactly；to a very high degree; extremely
   • adj.
     vertical

   • verb: plumb, 3rd person present: plumbs, gerund or present participle: plumbing, past tense: plumbed, past participle: plumbed

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. measure (the depth of a body of water) I plumbed the depth and found the bottom of the shelf to be seven meters down
   • ▪ (of water) be of a specified depth at its deepest the lake scarcely plumbed seven feet
   • ▪ explore or experience fully or to extremes she had plumbed the depths of depravity
   • 2. test (an upright surface) to determine the vertical they are valuable aids in plumbing the frames and keeping the side of the ship fair

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a plumb bob.

   adv.

   副詞

   • 1. informal exactly a bassoonist who sits plumb in the middle of the wind section 同義詞 right, exactly, precisely, directly, dead, ... 更多straight, without interruption, informalbang, slap, slap bang, smack
   • ▪ North American to a very high degree; extremely they must both be plumb crazy 同義詞 utterly, absolutely, completely, downright, totally, ... 更多entirely, wholly, beyond, quite, altogether, thoroughly, stark
   • 2. archaic vertically drapery fell from their human forms plumb down 同義詞 vertically, perpendicularly, straight up, straight up and down

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. vertical ensure that the baseboard is straight and plumb

   片語

   • out of plumb