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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
    As the age distribution changes, the number of younger adults per older adult in the population will continue to plummet
  • 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 verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
    Definition of plummet verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
  • What does plummet mean? - Definitions. net
    A plummet is also used for regulating the march of infantry It is made by means of a musket-ball, suspended by a silk string, upon which the required lengths are marked; the length is measured from the point of suspension to the centre of the ball
  • plummet - definition and meaning - Wordnik
    The other factor causing military morale to plummet is President Bush's preemptive war in Iraq, which has been followed by a post-war period of no planning that has placed our soldiers in harm's way without hope
  • Plummet Definition Meaning | YourDictionary
    Plummet definition: Something that weighs down or oppresses; a burden
  • PLUMMET definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    If an amount, rate, or price plummets, it decreases quickly by a large amount In Tokyo share prices have plummeted for the sixth successive day [VERB] His popularity has plummeted to an all-time low in recent weeks [VERB + to] The shares have plummeted from 130p to 2 25p in the past year [V + from to by]
  • Definition of plummet – Meaning Examples
    To fall or drop rapidly and suddenly, usually from a great height "The stock prices plummet unexpectedly, causing panic among investors " This term is often used to describe objects, such as a rock or a bird, that fall rapidly and straight down due to gravity or other forces
  • Plummet - definition of plummet by The Free Dictionary
    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 Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company





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