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NOUN. 名词1.?[C, U 有变体名词] 深度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. 双语例句例： The depth of the shaft is 520 yards. 这个通道的深度是520码。 例： The smaller lake ranges from five to fourteen feet in depth. 这个较小的湖的深度在5至14英尺之间。 例： The depth of a standard straight valance is usually about 12 inches. 标准直边床幔的高度通常是12英寸左右。 2.?[C, U 有变体名词] 厚度The depth of something such as a cupboard or drawer is the distance between its front surface and its back. 3.?[C, U 有变体名词] （感情的）深厚If an emotion is very strongly or intensely felt, you can talk about its depth. 双语例句例： I am well aware of the depth of feeling that exists in Ontario. 我深知安大略人的那种深厚情感。 4.?[U 不可数名词] 强烈程度The depth of a situation is its extent and seriousness. 双语例句例： The country's leadership had underestimated the depth of the crisis. 该国的领导人低估了这次危机的严重程度。 5.?[U 不可数名词] （知识的）渊博The depth of someone's knowledge is the great amount that they know. 双语例句例： We felt at home with her and were impressed with the depth of her knowledge. 我们和她一见如故，并且被她渊博的知识所折服。 6.?[PL 复数] （指远离表面）深处The depths are places that are a long way below the surface of the sea or earth. 双语例句例： Leaves, brown with long immersion, rose to the surface and vanished back into the depths. 由于长时间浸泡而变成褐色的叶子浮上水面，尔后又消失在了水的深处。 7.?[PL 复数] （指距地区边缘）深处If you talk about the depths of an area, you mean the parts of it which are very far from the edge. 双语例句例： the depths of the countryside. 乡村深处。 8.?[PL 复数] （不快情绪的）深重If you are in the depths of an unpleasant emotion, you feel that emotion very strongly. 双语例句例： I was in the depths of despair when the baby was terribly sick every day, and was losing weight. 宝宝每天都病得很重并且体重不断下降的时候，我陷入了绝望的深渊。
PHRASE. 习语1.?全面透彻地If you deal with a subject in depth, you deal with it very thoroughly and consider all the aspects of it. 双语例句例： We will discuss these three areas in depth. 我们将深入探讨这三个领域。 1.?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. 双语例句例： Mr Gibson is clearly intellectually out of his depth. 吉布森先生显然才智不逮。 2.?在没顶的水中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. 双语例句例： Somehow I got out of my depth in the pool. 不知什么原因，池子里的水没过了我的头顶。
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