plummet

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈplʌm.ət/

Noun

archaic figuratively

(archaic, nautical) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water, a plumb bob or a plumb line. / (archaic) Hence, any weight.

Japanese Meaning

（古語、航海用）水深を測るための線に取り付けられた鉛の重り / （古語）転じて、一般的な重り

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After weighing anchor, the sailors cast the plummet to sound the harbor's depth.

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碇を揚げた後、船員たちは港の水深を測るために測深用の鉛の錘を投げ入れた。

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Sense（1）

I'le ſeeke him deeper than ere plummet ſounded, / And with him there lye mudded.

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Sense（2）

(archaic) Hence, any weight.

His parachute was shot half away, and if he'd jumped he would have fallen like a plummet.

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Violent or dramatic fall.

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(figuratively) A decline; a fall; a drop.

Yet another seriously under-par performance is unlikely to provide any real answers to their remarkable plummet in form - but it proves they can at least churn out a much-needed result.

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plummets

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