单词盒子

depth

D 开头单词

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

    n. (名词)

  • 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。

英汉例句

    用作名词 (n.)

  • What is the depth of this lake?
    这个湖有多深?

词组短语

    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

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (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

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • 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.