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plumbplumb1 /plʌm / verb [transitive] - (formal) to try to understand or succeed in understanding something mysterious探索；钻研；探究◆She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche.她毕生探索人类心灵的奥秘。
- plumb sth (in) to connect a washing machine, a toilet, etc. to the water supply in a building把（洗衣机、马桶等）与水管连接
 ●plumb the depths of sthto be or to experience an extreme example of something unpleasant陷入（痛苦等的）的深渊；进入…的深处◆His latest novel plumbs the depths of horror and violence.他的最新小说充斥着极端的恐怖和暴力。◆The team's poor performances plumbed new depths last night when they lost 10-2.昨晚该队的糟糕表现创了新低，以 2:10 输掉了。
plumbplumb2 /plʌm / adverb - (used before a preposition用于介词前) exactly恰恰；正好◆He was standing plumb in the middle of the street.他站在街道正中央。
- completely完全；彻底◆ (informal) He's plumb crazy.他彻底疯了。
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