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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
plumb
plumb [plumb plumbs plumbed plumbing] verb, adverb BrE [plʌm] NAmE [plʌm] verb ~ sth (literary) to try to understand or succeed in understanding sth mysterious Syn: ↑fathom •She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche. •He had clearly plumbed the general sense of the message. Verb forms: Word Origin: v. and adv. Middle English ‘sounding lead’ Old French Latin plumbum ‘lead’ late 19th cent. ‘work as a plumber’ ↑plumber Idiom: ↑plumb the depths of something Derived: ↑plumb something in adverb 1. (used before prepositions)exactly •He was standing plumb in the middle of the road. 2. (old-fashioned, NAmE, informal)completely •He's plumb crazy. Word Origin: v. and adv. Middle English ‘sounding lead’ Old French Latin plumbum ‘lead’ late 19th cent. ‘work as a plumber’ ↑plumber
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