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plumb objplQmv [T](specialized) To plumb is to find the depth of something, esp. water.(用铅锤)测…的深度(fig.) Scientists have yet to plumb (= discover about or understand) the mystery of the origins of the universe.科学家们必须探索宇宙起源的奥秘。To plumb the depths is to reach the lowest point.跌入最低点，陷入谷底Roy plumbed the depths of despair when his wife left him.妻子离开他后，罗伊陷入了绝望的深处。(humorous) They must be really plumbing the depths (= must have been unable to find anyone better) if they're offering the job to her.如果他们把这项工作给她做，说明他们找不到更好的人了。
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