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depth

depth
[英] [depθ] [美] [dɛpθ] 生词本

n.

  • 易混淆的单词：Depth  

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

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1. N-VAR （从上到下的）深（度） The depth of something such as a river or hole is the distance downwards from its top surface, or between its upper and lower surfaces. 

  • The smaller lake ranges from five to fourteen feet in depth...

    小一些的湖深度从 5 英尺到 14 英尺不等。

  • The depth of the shaft is 520 yards...

    立井的深度为520码。

  • Pour the vegetable oil into a frying pan to a depth of about 1cm...

    往平底煎锅里倒入约1厘米深的植物油。

2. N-VAR （从前到后的）深（度）；纵深 The depth of something such as a cupboard or drawer is the distance between its front surface and its back. 
3. N-VAR (感情的)深厚，深切 If an emotion is very strongly or intensely felt, you can talk about its depth . 

  • I am well aware of the depth of feeling that exists in Londonderry...

    我很清楚存在于伦敦德里市的那种强烈情绪。

  • 'Tough, isn't it?' was all she said, but Amy felt the depth of her unspoken sympathy.

    “很艰难，对不对？”她只说了这一句，但埃米感觉到了她未出口的深切同情。

4. N-UNCOUNT 严重性;严峻性 The depth of a situation is its extent and seriousness. 

  • The country's leadership had underestimated the depth of the crisis.

    该国领导人低估了这场危机的严重性。

5. N-UNCOUNT (知识等的)渊博 The depth of someone's knowledge is the great amount that they know. 

  • We felt at home with her and were impressed with the depth of her knowledge...

    我们与她在一起很自在，而她渊博的知识令我们叹服。

  • It makes invaluable reading for anyone who wants to acquire a greater depth of understanding of the subject.

    想要对这个问题有更加深入的了解，读读它会受益匪浅。

6. N-UNCOUNT (颜色的)浓度 The depth of a colour is its intensity and strength. 

  • White wines tend to gain depth of colour with age...

    白葡萄酒年头愈久，颜色愈深。

  • The blue base gives the red paint more depth.

    蓝色底色将红色涂料衬托得愈加浓重。

7. N-UNCOUNT (照片、画作等的)景深 In photography and art, you say that a picture has depth or depth of field when you mean that it appears three-dimensional rather than flat. 

  • All the paintings are startlingly dramatic as a result of their depth of field and colour.

    景深和色彩的运用令所有的画作都展现出令人惊叹的戏剧性效果。

8. N-UNCOUNT 深刻;深奥 If you say that someone or something has depth, you mean that they have serious and interesting qualities which are not immediately obvious and which you have to think about carefully before you can fully understand them. 

  • His music lacks depth...

    他的音乐缺乏深度。

  • There are hidden depths in all of us.

    我们所有人都有值得认识的深藏部分。

9. N-PLURAL (海洋或陆地的)深处,深渊 The depths are places that are a long way below the surface of the sea or earth. 

  • The ship vanished into the depths.

    船消失在了大海深处。

10. N-PLURAL （某一区域的）深处，腹地 If you talk about the depths of an area, you mean the parts of it which are very far from the edge. 

  • ...the depths of the countryside...

    乡村腹地

  • Somewhere in the depths of the pine forest an identical sound reverberated.

    从松林深处传来一声回响。

11. N-PLURAL (某一不快感情的)极限 If you are in the depths of an unpleasant emotion, you feel that emotion very strongly. 

  • I was in the depths of despair when the baby was sick.

    孩子生病时我陷入了绝望的深渊之中。

12. N-PLURAL …的中间部分;…最严重的时候;…最强烈的时候 If something happens in the depths of a difficult or unpleasant period of time, it happens in the middle and most severe or intense part of it. 

  • The country is in the depths of a recession.

    该国正遭遇最严重的经济衰退。

  • ...the depths of winter.

    隆冬时节

13. PHRASE 深入地;彻底地;全面地 If you deal with a subject in depth, you deal with it very thoroughly and consider all the aspects of it. 

  • We will discuss these three areas in depth...

    我们将深入探讨这3个领域。

  • Their achievements have already been analysed in depth and do not require further discussion.

    他们的成就已经全面分析过了，无需再议。

14. PHRASE 应付不了;力所不及 If you say that someone is out of their depth, you mean that they are in a situation that is much too difficult for them to be able to cope with it. 

  • Mr Gibson is clearly intellectually out of his depth...

    吉布森先生显然才智不逮。

  • I'd always struggled at school. I hated it and felt out of my depth.

    我上学总是很吃力。我讨厌学习，觉得太难了。

15. PHRASE 在水深没顶的地方 If you are out of your depth, you are in water that is deeper than you are tall, with the result that you cannot stand up with your head above water. 
16.   to plumb new depths→see: plumb;  to plumb the depths→see: plumb; 
Noun

1. 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 depth

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

体育

  • 1.击球深度
  • 2.后帆椽长度
  • 3.靠近对方端线深度
  • 4.雄厚的替补力量

医学

  • 1.深度：分隔物体上下表面的间距

土木工程

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  • 1.高跨比
  • 2.depth-span ratio

建筑

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  • 1.进深

计算机

  • 1.深度；(颜色的)浓度[D]
  • 2.像素位数
1. A sound made by tapping on the hull of a ship will be reflected from the sea bottom, and by measuring the time interval between the taps and the receipt of the echoes the depth of the sea at that point can be calculated.
在船体上轻轻敲击的声响会从海底反射回来，通过测量敲击和收到回声之间的时间间隔，可以计算出该处海洋的深度。

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2. Contradictions grow in breadth and in depth.
矛盾扩大和加深。

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3. Derek is out of his depth with the new computer.
德列克不会操作这部新电脑。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Don't go out of your depth; you can't swim.
不要到水深没顶的地方去，你不会游泳。

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5. Gold also seems to stir men to the depth of their being.
黄金对人们的吸引力似乎很大。

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6. He was in the depth of despair.
他处于绝望的深渊。

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7. Her latest poem has remarkable depth.
她最近的那首诗极有深度。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8. I didn't go in depth into the matter with him.
这个问题我没同他深谈。

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9. I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.
我向他表示了深切的谢意。

来自《简明英汉词典》

10. I'm beyond my depth when it comes to natural sciences.
谈到自然学科我就茫然。

来自《简明英汉词典》

11. I'm out of my depth when it comes nuclear physics.
我对原子核物理学一窍不通。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

12. If you get him talking on art, he is soon out of his depth.
如果你和他谈论艺术，他很快就不知该如何作答了。

来自《简明英汉词典》

13. It happened in the depth of winter.
那事发生在隆冬。

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14. It's beyond my depth when it comes to natural sciences.
谈到自然科学我就茫然。

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15. Most old overseas Chinese keep in the depth of their souls a longing for their motherland.
多数老华侨深深怀念祖国。

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16. Snow accumulated to a depth of five feet.
积雪达5英尺。

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17. Snow fell to a depth of over three chi.
雪下了三尺多厚。

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18. Snow fell to a depth of three chi.
雪下3尺深。

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19. The accident precipitated them into the depth of adversity.
意外事故使他们一下子陷入了苦海。

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20. The analysis lacks depth.
分析不够透彻。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》