Sivert especially had a genius for knocking in nails, but Eleseus was better at handling a plumb-line.

Sivert 尤其擅长敲钉子， 但 Eleseus 更擅长处理。

When the village gathered by the construction site, Mortenson met them, plumb line, level, and ledger in hand.

当村民们聚集在建筑工地附近时，摩顿森拿着、水准仪和分类帐与他们会面。

Plumb lines were also used to measure the depth of the shaft and to determine the slope of the tunnel.

也用于测量竖井深度和确定隧坡度。

I ain't aiming to have nothing dropping down on my shoulders in a plumb dark night on the Ocklawaha River.

在 Ocklawaha 河上一个黑夜里， 不想让任何东西落在膀上。

My feet swell big and heavy like plungers, but I drag them across the linoleum floor straight center where Uncle wants to show off the new dance we learned.

脚肿了，老大老沉，像一样。可拖着它们走过油麻毯到了正中央，拿乔叔叔想在那里炫一下们新学会舞蹈。

" You're making everyone crazy." " Then he reached out and took my plumb line, and my level and my account book, and he walked back down to Korphe, " Mortenson says.

“你让所有人都疯了。” “然后他伸出手拿走了、水平仪和账簿，然后他走回科尔飞，”摩顿森说。

To ensure that the shafts were vertical, Romans hung a plumb line from a rod placed across the top of each shaft and made sure that the weight at the end of it hung in the center of the shaft.

为确保竖井直，罗马人在横跨每个竖井顶部杆上悬挂一条， 并确保其末端重物悬挂在竖井中心。