plumb

🇺🇸 /plʌm/ 🇬🇧 /plʌm/
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verb
R

to try to understand something that is not clear or is difficult to understand

She spent her life trying to understand the mysteries of the human mind, which is like plumbing the depths of a deep ocean.

彼女は人生をかけて人間の心の神秘を理解しようとしましたが、それは深い海の深淵を探ることのようなものです。

adverb
R

exactly or directly

He was standing right in the middle of the road, like a flagpole, plumb straight.

彼は真ん中にある旗杆のように真っすぐに立っていました。

R

completely or totally

He's not just a little bit crazy, he's plumb crazy.

彼はちょっぴり狂っていません、完全に狂っています。

translation

v. 探究
adv. まっすぐに, 完全に

語形変化

3rd Present plumbs
Past plumbed
Perfect plumbed
Progressive plumbing