plumbとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English plumbe, plumme, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.

形容詞

plumb (comparative more plumb, superlative most plumb)

1. Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.
2. (cricket) Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of his wicket and should be given out.

同意語

• (truly vertical): perpendicular

副詞

plumb (not comparable)

1. In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost

     Plumb down he drops.

2. (informal) Squarely, directly; completely.

   It hit him plumb in the middle of his face.

   Years ago the well plumb dried out, not a drop of water in there since.

   • 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 9, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 143:

     'Are you sure of that, M. Hardman?' 'I'm plumb certain.'.

名詞

plumb (複数形 plumbs)

1. A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
2. (nautical) A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
3. The perpendicular direction or position.

同意語

• (construction): plummet, plumb bob (UK), plumb line (US)

派生語

動詞

plumb (三人称単数 現在形 plumbs, 現在分詞 plumbing, 過去形および過去分詞形 plumbed)

1. To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
2. To attach to a water supply and drain.
3. (transitive, figuratively) To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, especially to plumb the depths of.
   • 2011, Catherine Lanigan, The Texan:

     Delving to the core of her heart, his blue-green eyes plumbed her psyche, stripping it of all defenses, all resolve.

   • 2021 May 29, David Hytner, “Chelsea win Champions League after Kai Havertz stuns Manchester City”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The pressure had been on City, on Guardiola, to deliver the trophy that Sheikh Mansour has craved since his takeover in 2008 but it was an occasion when the manager found a new way to lose, to plumb fresh depths of frustration.

4. To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
5. To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
6. (dated) To seal something with lead.
7. (intransitive) To work as a plumber.
8. (rare) To fall or sink like a plummet.
9. (US, informal, figuratively, obsolete) To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
10. (nautical) To position vertically above or below.

名詞

plumb (複数形 plumbs)

1. Obsolete form of plum (“the fruit”).
   • 1767, Select Essays on Husbandry

     Without attending to sub-divisions, all the pears are of one species, as well as all the apples, plumbs, peaches, cherries, lemons, citrons, oranges […]

派生語

• plumballophane
• plumbate
• plumbethyl
• plumbiodite