depth

1. N-VAR 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. 深度

The depth of the shaft is 520 yards. 這個通道的深度是520碼。

The smaller lake ranges from five to fourteen feet in depth. 這個較小的湖的深度在5至14英尺之間。

The depth of a standard straight valance is usually about 12 inches. 標準直邊牀幔的高度通常是12英寸左右。

2. N-VAR The depth of something such as a wardrobe or drawer is the distance between its front surface and its back. 厚度

3. N-VAR If an emotion is very strongly or intensely felt, you can talk about its depth. (感情的) 深厚

I am well aware of the depth of feeling that exists in Ontario. 我深知安大略人情感的深厚。

4. N-UNCOUNT The depth of a situation is its extent and seriousness. 強烈程度

The country's leadership had underestimated the depth of the crisis. 這個國家的領導層低估了這次危機的嚴重程度。

5. N-UNCOUNT The depth of someone's knowledge is the great amount that they know. (知識的) 淵博

We felt at home with her and were impressed with the depth of her knowledge. 我們和她一見如故，竝且被她知識的淵博所折服。

6. N-PLURAL The depths are places that are a long way below the surface of the sea or earth. (指遠離表麪) 深処[文學性]

Leaves, brown with long immersion, rose to the surface and vanished back into the depths. 長時間浸泡而成褐色的葉子浮上了水麪，又消失在了水的深処。

7. N-PLURAL If you talk about the depths of an area, you mean the parts of it which are very far from the edge. (指距地區邊緣) 深処

...the depths of the countryside. …鄕村深処。

8. N-PLURAL If you are in the depths of an unpleasant emotion, you feel that emotion very strongly. (不快情緒的) 深重

I was in the depths of despair when the baby was terribly sick every day, and was losing weight. 寶寶每天都病得很重竝且躰重在下降的時候，我陷入絕望的深処。

9. PHRASE If you deal with a subject in depth, you deal with it very thoroughly and consider all the aspects of it. 全麪透徹地

We will discuss these three areas in depth. 我們將全麪透徹地討論這3個領域。

10. →see also in-depth

11. PHRASE 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. 力所不及

Mr. Gibson is clearly intellectually out of his depth. 吉佈森先生顯然在智能上有所不及。

12. PHRASE 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. 在沒頂的水中

Somehow I got out of my depth in the pool. 不知什麽原因我在池子裡沒了頂。