Plumb

(verb.) adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical.

(verb.) examine thoroughly and in great depth.

(verb.) measure the depth of something.

(verb.) weight with lead.

(adj.) exactly vertical; 'the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb' .

(adv.) exactly; 'fell plumb in the middle of the puddle'.

(adv.) conforming to the direction of a plumb line.

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• Plumb in the middle of the back of the head and smack through the brain. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• All that is now necessary is to put in the windows, doors, heater, and lighting fixtures, and to connect up the plumbing and heating arrangements, thus making the house ready for occupancy. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The important sanitary feature in modern plumbing is to keep all sewer gas and disease germs out of the house. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.

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