verb, adverb
verb [VN] (literary) to try to understand or succeed in understanding sth mysterious
SYNFATHOM:
She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche. * He had clearly plumbed the general sense of the message.
IDIOMS
plumb the depths of sth to be or to experience an extreme example of sth unpleasant:
His latest novel plumbs the depths of horror and violence. * It was at that stage in her life when she plumbed the depths of despair. * The team's poor performances plumbed new depths last night when they lost 10-2.
PHRASALVERBS
plumb sth<->in (especially BrE) to connect a WASHINGMACHINE, toilet, etc. to the water supply in a building
词性: adverb
1 (used before prepositions) exactly:
He was standing plumb in the middle of the road.
2 (old-fashioned, AmE, informal) completely:
He's plumb crazy.
