Noun:
the metal bob of a plumb line
Adjective:
exactly vertical;the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb
Adverb:
completely; used as intensifiers;clean forgot the appointment
I'm plumb or plum tuckered out
conforming to the direction of a plumb lineexactly;fell plumb in the middle of the puddle
Verb:
measure the depth of somethingweight with leadexamine thoroughly and in great depthadjust with a plumb line so as to make verticalvertical，perpendicular，upright，erect，plumb这些形容词均有“垂直的、竖式的”之意。
vertical指与平面、水平线或基线成直角或几乎成直角向上延伸至顶点的物体。也可指呈直线上升或下降的。
perpendicular指与水平线形成90度的线或面，或朝垂直方面延伸的，尤指向下的急剧运动。
upright普通用词，指竖立、笔直而不是倾斜、倒塌的。
erect指笔直挺拔，而非倾斜、佝偻、弯曲或倒塌的。
plumb建筑上用词，凭锤球评判某物是否完全垂直。
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用作动词We need toplumbthe line.我们需要用铅垂测量这条线。
We begin toplumbthe mysteries of the universe.我们开始探索宇宙的奥秘。
It was unprofitable toplumbthat sort of thing.这种事弄个水落石出没有什么好处。用作名词Bricklayers and carpenters often useplumblines .瓦工和木工经常使用铅垂线。
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Is this wallplumb?这墙是垂直的吗？用作副词The bullet hit himplumbbetween the eyes.子弹正好打在他的双眼之间。 Mr Hatoyama’s popularity, which once soared, plumbs abysmal depths.
鸠山首相一度飙升的支持率现已直坠深渊。 ecocn
David Weigel plumbs the trends from the last two surveys from Public Policy Polling
大卫韦格（ David Weigel从近两次的公共政策调查中推断出这样的趋势。 ecocn
His latest novel plumbs the depths of horror and violence.
他的最新小说简直是充斥着极端恐怖和暴力的代表作。 wgyxy.hutc.zj.cn
Ladurie plumbs these transcripts and discovers an old world stubbornly at odds with the new world slowly being born.
在一个新世界正缓慢诞生而旧世界仍顽固地存在的古怪世界里，拉杜里探索着这些记录本和发现。 yeeyan
Man has a long way to go before he plumbs the oceans.
探测海洋前人类还有好场一段路要走。 zhuaniao
The chimney plumbs perfectly.
烟囱笔直地矗立着。《21世纪大英汉词典》
This new play really plumbs the depths of unpleasantness.
这出新戏实在令人讨厌极了。《21世纪大英汉词典》
With such plumbs, you can target the statement, loop, function, class, or library that is most sluggish.
有了这种垂直度，就可以将语句、循环、函数、类或者是运行缓慢的库作为分析目标。 ibm