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plumbing the depths of

  • 1 plumb

    I 1. transitive verb
    (sound, measure) [aus]loten

    plumb the depths of loneliness/sorrow — die tiefsten Tiefen der Einsamkeit/Trauer erleben

    2. adverb
    1) (vertically) senkrecht; lotrecht
    2) (fig.): (exactly) genau
    3. noun
    Lot, das
    II transitive verb

    plumb in — (connect) fest anschließen

    * * *
    plumb1
    [plʌm]
    I. vt
    1. (determine depth)
    ▪ to \plumb sth etw [aus]loten
    to \plumb the depth die Tiefe loten
    2. ( fig: fathom)
    ▪ to \plumb sth etw ergründen
    3.
    ▶ to \plumb the depths einen Tiefpunkt erreichen
    Roy \plumbed the depths of despair when... Roy war völlig am Boden zerstört, als...; ( hum)
    they must really be \plumbing the depths if... sie müssen wirklich verzweifelt sein, wenn...
    II. adj pred, inv gerade, im Lot fachspr
    to be out of \plumb schief sein, nicht im Lot [o außer Lot] sein fachspr
    III. adv
    1. ( fam: exactly) genau
    he hit me \plumb on the nose er hat mich mitten [o direkt] auf die Nase gehauen
    2. AM ( fam: completely)
    \plumb crazy total verrückt fam
    IV. n Lot nt
    plumb2
    [plʌm]
    vt
    our house isn't \plumbed properly die Installationen in unserem Haus sind schlecht gemacht
    ▪ to \plumb sth into sth etw an etw akk anschließen
    ▪ to be \plumbed for sth die nötigen Anschlüsse für etw akk haben
    * * *
    [plʌm]
    1. n
    (= plumbline) Lot nt, Senkblei nt; ; (NAUT ALSO) Bleilot nt
    2. adv
    1) lotrecht, senkrecht
    2) (inf) (= completely) total (inf), komplett (inf); (= exactly) genau

    plumb in the middle —

    it hit him plumb on the nose — es traf ihn genau or mitten auf die Nase

    3. vt
    1) ocean, depth (aus)loten
    2) (fig) mystery etc ergründen

    this song plumbs the depths of bad taste — dieses Lied übertrifft alles bisher Dagewesene or da Gewesene an schlechtem Geschmack

    to plumb new depths —

    a look that plumbed his very soul — ein Blick, der in die Tiefen seiner Seele drang

    3) (= connect plumbing in) building Klempnerarbeiten ausführen an (+dat)
    * * *
    plumb [plʌm]
    A s
    1. Bleigewicht n
    2. TECH (Blei)Lot n, Senkblei n:
    out of plumb, off plumb nicht im Lot, aus dem Lot, nicht senkrecht
    3. SCHIFF (Echo)Lot n
    B adj
    1. lot-, senkrecht
    2. besonders US umg völlig, glatt, rein:
    C adv
    1. lot-, senkrecht
    2. umg (haar)genau:
    3. besonders US umg komplett, total:
    D v/t
    1. lotrecht machen
    2. a) SCHIFF die Meerestiefe (ab-, aus)loten, sondieren
    b) fig sondieren, erforschen, ergründen:
    plumb the depths of bis in die Tiefen (gen) vordringen; etwas in (all) seinen Tiefen durchleben
    3. TECH (mit Blei) verlöten, verbleien
    4. Wasser- oder Gasleitungen in einem Haus legen
    E v/i klempnern
    * * *
    I 1. transitive verb
    (sound, measure) [aus]loten

    plumb the depths of loneliness/sorrow — die tiefsten Tiefen der Einsamkeit/Trauer erleben

    2. adverb
    1) (vertically) senkrecht; lotrecht
    2) (fig.): (exactly) genau
    3. noun
    Lot, das
    II transitive verb

    plumb in — (connect) fest anschließen

    * * *
    adj.
    lotrecht adj. v.
    loten v.

    English-german dictionary > plumb

  • 2 dilucidar

    v.
    to elucidate.
    * * *
    1 to elucidate, clear up, throw light on
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=aclarar) [+ asunto] to elucidate, clarify; [+ misterio] to clear up
    2) [+ concurso] to decide
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <asunto/cuestión> to clarify, elucidate (frml); <enigma/misterio> to solve, clear up
    * * *
    = elucidate, untangle, plumb + the depths of, bring + clarity (to), tease out, clear up.
    Ex. An abstract may also serve to elucidate an unclear title.
    Ex. Once this relationship is untangled, it becomes possible to represent a document by a sequential data stream which can be readily stored in a file.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.
    Ex. A woman suspected to have lost her virginity is made to undergo a series of medical examinations to bring clarity to her situation.
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    ----
    * dilucidar una apuesta = settle + bet.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <asunto/cuestión> to clarify, elucidate (frml); <enigma/misterio> to solve, clear up
    * * *
    = elucidate, untangle, plumb + the depths of, bring + clarity (to), tease out, clear up.

    Ex: An abstract may also serve to elucidate an unclear title.

    Ex: Once this relationship is untangled, it becomes possible to represent a document by a sequential data stream which can be readily stored in a file.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.
    Ex: A woman suspected to have lost her virginity is made to undergo a series of medical examinations to bring clarity to her situation.
    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    * dilucidar una apuesta = settle + bet.

    * * *
    dilucidar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹asunto/cuestión› to clarify, elucidate ( frml); ‹enigma/misterio› to solve, clear up
    * * *

    dilucidar verbo transitivo explain, elucidate: no conseguimos dilucidar lo que quiso decir con aquello, we can't figure out what she meant by that
    ' dilucidar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    elucidate
    - plumb
    * * *
    [asunto, problema] to clarify;
    tratan de dilucidar qué pasó they are trying to clarify what happened
    * * *
    v/t clarify
    * * *
    : to elucidate, to clarify

    Spanish-English dictionary > dilucidar

  • 3 poner a prueba

    to put to the test
    * * *
    (v.) = stretch, tax, try, strain, overtax, pilot, put to + the test, test, plumb + the depths of, trial, overstretch, push + the envelope, put + Nombre + to the test, try + Nombre + on, push + Nombre + to the edge
    Ex. Written in a telegram style, telegraphic abstracts stretch the skills of the abstractor in writing in an abbreviated yet unambiguous style.
    Ex. However, the definition of an 'author' has taxed cataloguers for many years.
    Ex. If we instruct it to ponder this question more leisurely, it will quickly try the user's patience with digressions concerning the less illustrious senior MOZART, LEOPOLD.
    Ex. His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.
    Ex. Currently, they are trying to charge Internet providers more because Internet use is overtaxing the telephone networks.
    Ex. This will be piloted during 1996 by academic libraries, systems vendors, publishers and intermediaries.
    Ex. There are 2 important areas where the librarian's interpretation of his role are put to the test: his involvement with audiovisual materials, and his attitude towards teaching.
    Ex. Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.
    Ex. The concept was trialled in 1995 and subscribers to this service will be transferred with no additional charge.
    Ex. Reliance on court libraries is futile as the libraries are already overstretched by the needs of the Bench.
    Ex. This paper describes the contention existing between those who are pushing the envelope of free speech on the Internet, sometimes anarchically and those trying to limit it, sometimes oppressively.
    Ex. There's nothing flimsy about these leather boots, put them to the test this season - they'll pass with flying colours.
    Ex. The psychiatrist has been trying him on several different anti-depressants and group therapies, but none seems to be helping.
    Ex. But he was proved wrong as India pushed England to the edge and beat them hollow the following day.
    * * *
    (v.) = stretch, tax, try, strain, overtax, pilot, put to + the test, test, plumb + the depths of, trial, overstretch, push + the envelope, put + Nombre + to the test, try + Nombre + on, push + Nombre + to the edge

    Ex: Written in a telegram style, telegraphic abstracts stretch the skills of the abstractor in writing in an abbreviated yet unambiguous style.

    Ex: However, the definition of an 'author' has taxed cataloguers for many years.
    Ex: If we instruct it to ponder this question more leisurely, it will quickly try the user's patience with digressions concerning the less illustrious senior MOZART, LEOPOLD.
    Ex: His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.
    Ex: Currently, they are trying to charge Internet providers more because Internet use is overtaxing the telephone networks.
    Ex: This will be piloted during 1996 by academic libraries, systems vendors, publishers and intermediaries.
    Ex: There are 2 important areas where the librarian's interpretation of his role are put to the test: his involvement with audiovisual materials, and his attitude towards teaching.
    Ex: Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.
    Ex: The concept was trialled in 1995 and subscribers to this service will be transferred with no additional charge.
    Ex: Reliance on court libraries is futile as the libraries are already overstretched by the needs of the Bench.
    Ex: This paper describes the contention existing between those who are pushing the envelope of free speech on the Internet, sometimes anarchically and those trying to limit it, sometimes oppressively.
    Ex: There's nothing flimsy about these leather boots, put them to the test this season - they'll pass with flying colours.
    Ex: The psychiatrist has been trying him on several different anti-depressants and group therapies, but none seems to be helping.
    Ex: But he was proved wrong as India pushed England to the edge and beat them hollow the following day.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poner a prueba

  • 4 sondear

    v.
    1 to sound out.
    Ellos sondearon el fondo del mar They sounded out the bottom of the sea.
    3 to feel out.
    El detective sondea a los chicos The detective feels out the boys.
    * * *
    1 MEDICINA to sound, probe
    2 MARÍTIMO to sound
    3 (subsuelo) to drill, bore
    4 figurado (encuestar) to sound out, test
    \
    sondear la opinión pública figurado to sound out public opinion
    * * *
    verbo transitivo < opinión> to sound out; < mercado> to test; sondar b), c), d)
    * * *
    = survey, poll, plumb + the depths of.
    Ex. Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
    Ex. College freshman enrolled in English composition classes were polled to determine their attitudes towards two different methods of bibliographic instruction: the lecture-discussion practicum and the workbook.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.
    ----
    * sondear la opinión pública = gauge + public opinion.
    * sondear la opinión sobre = gauge + opinion on.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo < opinión> to sound out; < mercado> to test; sondar b), c), d)
    * * *
    = survey, poll, plumb + the depths of.

    Ex: Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.

    Ex: College freshman enrolled in English composition classes were polled to determine their attitudes towards two different methods of bibliographic instruction: the lecture-discussion practicum and the workbook.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.
    * sondear la opinión pública = gauge + public opinion.
    * sondear la opinión sobre = gauge + opinion on.

    * * *
    sondear [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹opinión› to sound out; ‹mercado› to test sondar vt 2. (↑ sondar), sondar vt 3. (↑ sondar), sondar vt 4. (↑ sondar)
    * * *

    sondear verbo transitivo
    1 Náut to sound, plumb
    2 Geol to drill into
    3 (a una persona, una situación) to sound out
    ' sondear' also found in these entries:
    English:
    plumb
    - poll
    - sound out
    - sounding
    - survey
    - sound
    * * *
    1. [sonsacar] to sound out;
    sondéalo, a ver si te cuenta qué planean sound him out, maybe he'll tell you what they're planning;
    sondeó el parecer de todos los miembros del comité he sounded out the opinions of all the committee members
    2. [medir profundidad] to sound
    3. Min [terreno] to test, to bore;
    [roca] to drill
    * * *
    v/t fig
    survey, poll
    * * *
    1) : to sound
    2) : to probe
    3) : to sound out, to test (opinions, markets)

    Spanish-English dictionary > sondear

  • 5 averiguar el límite de Algo

    (v.) = plumb + the depths of
    Ex. The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.
    * * *
    (v.) = plumb + the depths of

    Ex: The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > averiguar el límite de Algo

  • 6 medir la profundidad de Algo

    (v.) = plumb + the depths of
    Ex. The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.
    * * *
    (v.) = plumb + the depths of

    Ex: The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > medir la profundidad de Algo

  • 7 en varios ficheros

    (adj.) = cross-file [crossfile]
    Ex. The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.
    * * *
    (adj.) = cross-file [crossfile]

    Ex: The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en varios ficheros

  • 8 en varios sistemas

    (adj.) = cross-system
    Ex. The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.
    * * *
    (adj.) = cross-system

    Ex: The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en varios sistemas

  • 9 imposible de delimitar

    (adj.) = unmappable
    Ex. The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.
    * * *
    (adj.) = unmappable

    Ex: The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > imposible de delimitar

  • 10 imposible de representar

    (adj.) = unmappable
    Ex. The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.
    * * *
    (adj.) = unmappable

    Ex: The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > imposible de representar

  • 11 plumb

    1. plumb [plʌm] vt
    to \plumb sth etw [aus]loten;
    to \plumb the depth die Tiefe loten;
    2) (fig: fathom)
    to \plumb sth etw ergründen
    PHRASES:
    to \plumb the depths einen Tiefpunkt erreichen;
    Roy \plumbed the depths of despair when... Roy war völlig am Boden zerstört, als...; ( hum)
    they must really be \plumbing the depths if... sie müssen wirklich verzweifelt sein, wenn... adj
    pred, inv gerade, im Lot fachspr;
    to be out of \plumb schief sein, nicht im Lot [o außer Lot] sein fachspr adv
    1) (fam: exactly) genau;
    he hit me \plumb on the nose er hat mich mitten [o direkt] auf die Nase gehauen
    2) (Am) (fam: completely)
    \plumb crazy total verrückt ( fam) n Lot nt
    2. plumb [plʌm] vt
    our house isn't \plumbed properly die Installationen in unserem Haus sind schlecht gemacht;
    to \plumb sth into sth etw an etw akk anschließen;
    to be \plumbed for sth die nötigen Anschlüsse für etw akk haben

    English-German students dictionary > plumb

  • 12 plumb

    tr[plʌm]
    1 SMALLARCHITECTURE/SMALL a plomo, vertical
    1 SMALLARCHITECTURE/SMALL a plomo, verticalmente
    2 (exactly) justo, de lleno
    3 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL (quite, absolutely) completamente
    ■ plum crazy loco,-a de remate
    1 SMALLARCHITECTURE/SMALL aplomar
    2 (water) sondar
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to be out of plumb no estar a plomo
    to plumb the depths of despair estar completamente desesperado,-a
    plumb line plomada
    plumb ['plʌm] vt
    1) : aplomar
    to plumb a wall: aplomar una pared
    2) sound: sondear, sondar
    plumb adv
    1) vertically: a plomo, verticalmente
    2) exactly: justo, exactamente
    3) completely: completamente, absolutamente
    plumb crazy: loco de remate
    plumb adj
    : a plomo
    plumb n or plumb line : plomada f
    adj.
    • plomada adj.
    • vertical adj.
    adv.
    • a plomo adv.
    • verticalmente adv.
    n.
    • plomada s.f.
    v.
    • aplomar v.
    • sondear v.

    I plʌm
    adverb (colloq)
    a) (exactly, right) justo
    b) ( totally) (AmE colloq & dated)

    plumb crazy/stupid — loco/tonto de remate (fam)


    II
    1) ( fathom) \<\<mystery\>\> dilucidar
    2) ( Naut) sondar, sondear
    •
    Phrasal Verbs:

    III
    a) ( Naut) plomada f
    b) ( Const) plumb (bob) plomada f
    [plʌm]
    1.
    N plomo m
    2.
    ADJ vertical, a plomo
    3. ADV
    1) (=vertically) verticalmente, a plomo
    2) (US) * (=wholly) totalmente, completamente
    3)

    plumb in the middle — en el mismo or (Mex) mero centro

    4. VT
    1) (=descend to) sondar
    2) (fig) sondear
    3) (=connect plumbing in) [+ building] instalar la fontanería de, instalar las tuberías de
    5.
    CPD

    plumb bob N — plomo m

    * * *

    I [plʌm]
    adverb (colloq)
    a) (exactly, right) justo
    b) ( totally) (AmE colloq & dated)

    plumb crazy/stupid — loco/tonto de remate (fam)


    II
    1) ( fathom) \<\<mystery\>\> dilucidar
    2) ( Naut) sondar, sondear
    •
    Phrasal Verbs:

    III
    a) ( Naut) plomada f
    b) ( Const) plumb (bob) plomada f

    English-spanish dictionary > plumb

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