depth

英 [depθ] 美 [depθ]

• n. 深度；深刻；深奥；深；厚度

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]深,深度,纵深

   distance from the top down

2. [U]深厚,深切,深刻

   sincerity, intensity

3. [P]极深处,深渊

   in the deep place

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 深厚，深切
2. 浓度；深度，深；进深；厚度
3. 深渊，深处，纵深
4. 深刻
5. 低沉，低音
6. 中间部分
7. 最强烈部分
8. 深沉
9. 深海，海
10. 正中
11. 深奥
12. 完全；彻底
13. (学识等的)渊博

英英释义

Noun:

1. the extent downward or backward or inward;

   "the depth of the water"
   "depth of a shelf"
   "depth of a closet"
   

2. degree of psychological or intellectual profundity

3. (usually plural) the deepest and most remote part;

   "from the depths of darkest Africa"
   "signals received from the depths of space"
   

4. (usually plural) a low moral state;

   "he had sunk to the depths of addiction"
   

5. the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas

6. the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense;

   "the depth of his breathing"
   "the depth of his sighs,"
   "the depth of his emotion"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The young man dived to a depth of 40 feet.
   那个青年人潜到四十尺的深度。
2. Her latest poem has remarkable depth.
   她最近的那首诗极有深度。
3. He is admired for the depth of his perception.
   他因理解深刻而很受赏识。
4. The child is being taught subjects that are beyond his depth.
   现在教给孩子的学科都过于深奥。
5. Nobody knew the depth of her love for the child.
   谁也不知道她对这孩子的爱有多深。
6. A tread depth of less than 1/16 inch is unsafe.
   台胎纹厚度低于1/16英寸则不安全。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. What is the depth of this lake?
   这个湖有多深?
2. We dived to a depth of 30 feet.
   我们潜到水下30英尺处。
3. The depth of the hall is 150 feet.
   大厅的纵深为150英尺。
4. In searching for oil some wells have been drilled to a depth of more than 20,000 feet.
   为了寻找石油,有的油井已钻到20,000英尺以上的深度。
5. Snow accumulated to a depth of 5 feet.
   雪堆积达五英尺高。
6. Water could be drawn from great depths by placing several pumps in series.
   把几台抽水机连起来,便可把水从地下很深的地方抽出来。
7. The old man disappeared into the depths of the house.
   老人消失在住宅深处。
8. There are heavy concentrations of that fish at the lower depths.
   那种鱼大量聚集在深潭。

经典引文

• Trenches of a cubite in depth.

  出自： B. Googe

• They swim in the icy water..at a depth no greater than their height.

  出自： J. Updike

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

beyond one's depth

超过某人的理解力 unable to understand a subject or topic

in depth

深入地,全面地 thoroughly

in the depth(s) of

在…的深处 when or where sth is deepest, most severe, etc.

out of one's depth

束手无策 unable to do sth

to the depth(s) of

深到… the deep of

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• attain depth 达到…深度
• have depth 有…深
• maintain depth 保持深度
• measure depth 测量深度
• reach depth 达到…深度
• show depth 显示出深度
• touch depth 触及深处

形容词+～

• abysmal depth 不可测的深度
• darkest depth 极度的
• great depth 深沉的
• infinite depth 无限的深处
• innermost depth 最深处
• lower depths 深潭
• small depth 浅塘

介词+～

• at depth 在…的深处
• beyond depth 超过某人的理解力
• from depth 从深处
• in depth of 在大洋深处
• into depth 陷入极度忧伤
• out of depth 水深没顶的地方,超过某人的理解力,超过某人的能力
• with depth 怀有深厚的
• within depth 在可以着底的深处,能理解,力所能及

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. depth的基本意思是“深度”,指某物从上到下的距离或从表面到内部的距离,引申可指感情的深厚,印象的深刻、深切。
2. 其复数形式是depths,表示“底部”“深处”,还可用于比喻说法,表示“深处”“最强烈部分”“中间部分”,其前需有定冠词the。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自中古英语的depute，意为深。

近反义词

【近义词】

• deepness
• profoundity
• profoundness

【反义词】

• height
• loftiness
• shallowness
• tallness