plumbing
英 ['pl?m??]
美['pl?m??]
- n. 鉛工業；鉛管品制造
- v. 探究；垂直懸掛；用鉛錘測量；灌鉛以增重（plumb的現在分詞）
TOEFL低頻詞
中文詞源
plumbing 管路系統，自來水系統
來自plumb,鉛，-ing,集合名詞后綴。因過去自來水管多為鉛管，因此，引申詞義管路系統， 自來水系統。
英文詞源
- plumbing (n.)
- mid-15c., "the weighting of a fishing line," verbal noun from plumb (v.). Specific meaning "water and drainage pipes" is recorded by 1875, American English.
THE apparatus by which the water from a reservoir is carried about over a building and delivered at points convenient for use, is called by the general name of plumbing. The word "plumbing" means lead-work; and it is used to signify this water apparatus of a house because the pipes of which it largely consists are usually made of lead. [Edward Abbott, "Long Look House: A Book for Boys and Girls," Boston, 1877]
Alternative plumbery also is mid-15c. Slang meaning "a person's reproductive organs" attested by 1975.
雙語例句
- 1. They had ensured the plumbing was overhauled a year ago.
- 他們曾保證水管一年前徹底檢修過。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Plumbing and electrics are installed to a high standard.
- 管道設備和電路按照高標準安裝。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She learned the rudiments of brick-laying, wiring and plumbing.
- 她學習了砌磚、布線和管道工程的基本知識。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The electrics and the plumbing were sound.
- 電路和水暖設備都完好無損。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche.
- 她畢生探索人類心靈的奧秘。
來自《權威詞典》