depth
音标发音
- 英式音标 [depθ]
- 美式音标 [dɛpθ]
- 国际音标 [depθ]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.深度；深刻；深奥；深；厚度
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。
词根记忆
- dep(看作deep，深的) + th→深度
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- deep：深的；低沉的；深奥的。
- adv性质的同根词
- deep：深入地；深深地；迟。
- deeply：深刻地；浓浓地；在深处。
- n性质的同根词
- deep：深处；深渊。
- deepening：加深，延深；向下侵蚀。
- deepness：深度；浓度。
- v性质的同根词
- deepening：使深化；加深（deepen的现在分词）。
- vi性质的同根词
- deepen：变深；变低沉。
- vt性质的同根词
- deepen：使加深；使强烈；使低沉。
用法辨析
- 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。
- 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。
n. (名词)
词组短语
- 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
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～
英英字典
- (DISTANCE DOWN) the distance down either from the top of something to the bottom, or to a distance below the top surface of something
- (SERIOUSNESS) the state of having serious qualities or the ability to think seriously about something
- (DISTANCE BACKWARDS) the distance from the front to the back of something
- (STRENGTH) the fact of a feeling, state, or characteristic being strong, extreme, or detailed
- (LOW SOUND) the quality of having a low sound
- (DARKNESS) the fact of something, especially a colour, having the quality of being dark and strong
- The depth of something such as a river or hole is the distance downward from its top surface, or between its upper and lower surfaces.
- The depth of something such as a wardrobe or drawer is the distance between its front surface and its back.
- If an emotion is very strongly or intensely felt, you can talk about its depth.
- The depth of a situation is its extent and seriousness.
- The depth of someone's knowledge is the great amount that they know.
- The depths are places that are a long way below the surface of the sea or earth.
- If you talk about the depths of an area, you mean the parts of it which are very far from the edge.
- If you are in the depths of an unpleasant emotion, you feel that emotion very strongly.
- If you deal with a subject in depth, you deal with it very thoroughly and consider all the aspects of it.
- &rarrsee also in-depth
- 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.
- 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.