plumbing

• n. 鉛工業；鉛管品製造
• v. 探究；垂直懸掛；用鉛錘測量；灌鉛以增重（plumb的現在分詞）

來自plumb,鉛，-ing,集合名詞後綴。因過去自來水管多為鉛管，因此，引申詞義管路係統， 自來水係統。

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.

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。

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2. Plumbing and electrics are installed to a high standard.

管道設備和電路按照高標準安裝。

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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。

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4. The electrics and the plumbing were sound.

電路和水暖設備都完好無損。

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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》