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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. [ 1913 Webster] I' ll sink him deeper than e' er plummet sounded. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under { Plumb}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Hence, any weight. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing. [ 1913 Webster] { Plummet line}, a line with a plummet; a sounding line. [ 1913 Webster] 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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