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depth noun 1distance from top to bottom or from back to front; deep part of sth 深度；深处ADJECTIVE | VERB + DEPTH | DEPTH + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEconsiderable, great 相当的深度；极深◆species that live at considerable depth生活在相当深处的物种◆They go down to great depths below the surface.他们下到了地表以下很深的地方。maximum 最大深度soil, water 土壤深度；水深shallow 浅浅的深度◆Water normally moves more slowly at shallower depths.水在较浅的地方一般流动较慢。abyssal (technical 术语) 深海底◆the abyssal depths of the ocean海洋深渊black, dark, murky 漆黑的／昏暗的／阴暗的深处watery 水下深处◆The ship's mast finally disappeared into the watery depths.船桅最终消失在水下很深的地方。VERB + DEPTHplumb, plunge into, reach 测量深度；跳入深处；到达深处DEPTH + NOUNperception 深度觉PREPOSITIONat depth 在深处◆The camera must be strong enough to resist the immense water pressure at depth.摄像机一定要足够坚固，以抵御深水处强大的水压。at a depth of, from a depth of, to a depth of 在／从／到⋯的深度◆These fish are found at a depth of over 300 feet.这些鱼生活在水深超过 300 英尺的地方。at a... depth, from a... depth, to a... depth 在⋯的深度；从⋯的深度；到⋯的深度◆The clam burrows in the sand to a considerable depth.蛤蜊在沙里挖的洞穴相当深。out of your depth (BrE) 水深没顶◆I don't like going out of my depth in the sea.我不喜欢到海中水深没顶的深处。PHRASESthe depths, the depths of the ocean, the depths of the sea (especially BrE) 深处；大洋深处；大海深处◆sharks lurking in the murky depths潜伏在阴暗深处的鲨鱼the ocean depths 深海 |