plumb

🇺🇸 /plʌm/ 🇬🇧 /plʌm/
詞頻
難度
標籤 TOP20000
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.

她花了一生的时间试图理解人类心灵的奥秘,這就像是探索深海的深處。

adverb
R

exactly or directly

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

他站在路中間,像旗杆一樣筆直。

R

completely or totally

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

他不僅僅是有一點瘋狂,他完全瘋了。

translation

v. 探究
adv. 精確地, 完全地

詞形變化

3rd Present plumbs
Past plumbed
Perfect plumbed
Progressive plumbing