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plummet    音标拼音: [pl'ʌmət]
n. 铅锤,铅锤线
vi. 垂直落下

铅锤,铅锤线垂直落下

plummet
n 1: the metal bob of a plumb line [synonym: {plumb bob}, {plumb},
{plummet}]
v 1: drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted" [synonym: {plummet},
{plump}]

Plummet \Plum"met\, n. [OE. plommet, OF. plommet, fr. plom,
plum, lead, F. plomb. See {Plumb}.]
1. A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the
depth of water.
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I'll sink him deeper than e'er plummet sounded.
--Shak.
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2. A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under {Plumb}, n.
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3. Hence, any weight.
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4. A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule
paper for writing.
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{Plummet line}, a line with a plummet; a sounding line.
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121 Moby Thesaurus words for "plummet":
T square, abate, ablate, bate, be eaten away, beat down, bob,
break, cascade, cataract, cheapen, cheapening, collapse, come down,
consume, consume away, corrode, crash, crumble, cut, cut prices,
decline, decrease, deflate, deflation, deliquesce, depreciate,
depreciation, descend, devaluate, devaluation, die away, diminish,
dip, dip down, dive, down, drop, drop down, drop off, dump,
dwindle, ebb, erode, fall, fall away, fall down, fall in price,
fall off, give way, go down, go downhill, gravitate, jew down,
languish, lead, lessen, let up, lose altitude, lower, lowering,
mark down, markdown, melt away, nose dive, nose-dive, parachute,
pare, pitch, plop, plumb, plumb bob, plumb line, plumb rule,
plummeting, plump, plunge, plunk, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon,
pour down, precipitate, price cut, price fall, price reduction,
rain, reduce, reduction, run low, sag, sandbag, set square, shave,
shrink, sink, sinker, skid, skin-dive, sky-dive, slash, slump,
soar, sound, square, stoop, subside, swoop, swoop down, tail off,
take a header, trend downward, trim, try square, tumble, wane,
waste, waste away, wear, wear away, weight


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  • PLUMMET Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of PLUMMET is to fall perpendicularly How to use plummet in a sentence
  • PLUMMET | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    plummet (by) sth First-half advertising revenues plummeted 13%, compared with the same period a year ago plummet to sth The food retailer's shares plummeted 17 5p to 227 5p a plummet in sth The petrol retailer denies its 25% dividend hike is to prop up the shares after a plummet in the price from 270p to 118p
  • PLUMMET Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    Plummet definition: a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc ; the bob of a plumb line See examples of PLUMMET used in a sentence
  • Plummet - definition of plummet by The Free Dictionary
    Something that weighs down or oppresses; a burden 1 To fall straight down; plunge 2 To decline suddenly and steeply: Stock prices plummeted [Middle English plomet, from Old French, ball of lead, diminutive of plom, plomb, sounding lead, from Latin plumbum ] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition
  • plummet verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
    Definition of plummet verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary to fall suddenly and quickly from a high level or position synonym plunge Share prices plummeted to an all-time low Her spirits plummeted at the thought of meeting him again The jet plummeted into a row of houses
  • What does plummet mean? - Definitions. net
    Plummet refers to a rapid or drastic fall or drop in amount, value, or status It can also mean to descend or fall straight downward rapidly and forcefully As a noun, it refers to a weight attached to a line and used to determine depth or verticality a plumb bob or a plumb line See under Plumb, n
  • plummet - definition and meaning - Wordnik
    noun Something that weighs down or oppresses; a burden intransitive verb To fall straight down; plunge intransitive verb To decline suddenly and steeply from The Century Dictionary To weight with plummets, or as with plummets noun An instrument used by carpenters, masons, and others in adjusting erections to a vertical line; a plumb-rule
  • Plummet - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
    The verb plummet means "to drop sharply," like eagles that plummet toward earth, seeking prey, or school attendance that plummets when there is a flu outbreak To correctly pronounce plummet, say "PLUH-met "
  • PLUMMET definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc ; the bob of a plumb line 2 something that weighs down or depresses 3 to plunge SYNONYMS 3 fall, dive, drop, swoop Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC
  • plummet - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    plummet (third-person singular simple present plummets, present participle plummeting or plummetting, simple past and past participle plummeted or plummetted) (intransitive) To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly After its ascent, the arrow plummeted to earth





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