depth
/depθ/- mass noun the distance from the top or surface to the bottom of something深度：
shallow water of no more than 12 feet in depth.
深度不超过12英尺的浅水区。
- distance from the nearest to the farthest point of something or from the front to the back纵深：
the depth of the wardrobe.
衣橱的纵深。
- used to specify the distance below the top or surface of something to which someone or something percolates or at which something happens渗透（或渗漏）深度; 下降深度; 下达深度：
in sing. loosen the soil to a depth of 8 inches.将坌土松至八英寸深。
- the apparent existence of three dimensions in a picture, photograph, or other two-dimensional representation（画、照片等二维画面中的）立体感; 纵深感：
texture in a picture gives it depth.
画面的质感使其显得有纵深感。
- mass noun complexity and profundity of thought（思想的）深奥, 深刻：
the book has unexpected depth.
此书的深刻性出人意料。
- extensive and detailed study or knowledge（学识的）精深博大：
third-year courses typically go into more depth.
第三年的课程通常更深。
- intensity of emotion, usually considered as a laudable quality（感情）深切, 深厚：
a man of compassion and depth of feeling.
富有同情心、感情深厚的男人。
the depths
a point far below the surface深处：he lifted the manhole cover and peered into the depths beneath.
他掀起窨井盖向下面深处望去。
- a time considered to be the worst point within a bad period（某一时期中）最不良的时段：
4 am in the depths of winter.
隆冬时节的清晨4点。
- a time when one's negative feelings are at their most intense（负面情感）最强烈时：
she was in the depths of despair.
她当时正处于最绝望的时候。
- a place which is remote and inaccessible偏远之处：
I wish I didn't live in the depths of Devon.
但愿我并不住在德文郡的偏远之处。
hidden depths
- usually admirable but previously unnoticed qualities of a person内秀：
solo spots reveal hidden depths.
插演（或插播）的独奏（或独唱）小节目往往会显露出不为人知的内秀。
- obscure or secretive aspects of a situation（某一情况中的）隐秘; 秘而不宣的部分：
the hidden depths of marital life.
婚姻生活中的隐秘。
in depth
- in great detail; comprehensively and thoroughly详细地, 全面地, 深入地：
research students pursue a specific aspect of a subject in depth.
研究生对课题的某一特定方面进行深入研究。参见IN-DEPTH.
out of one's depth
- in water too deep to stand in在深水区。
- figurative in the position of lacking the ability or knowledge to cope〈喻〉超越自己能力的; 理解不了的。