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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

depth [dεpθ]
  1. 1. noun [c/u] [of hole, water] (from top to bottom) 深
  2. 2. noun [c/u] [of cupboard, shelf etc] (from front to back) 厚度
  3. 3. noun [u] [of emotion, feeling] 深厚
  4. 4. noun [u] [of knowledge] 渊博
  5. 5. noun [of understanding etc] 深刻
  6. 6. noun [liter] [of ocean, earth] the depths 深处
    at/to/from a depth of 3 metres
    在/到/从3米深处
    18 metres in depth
    深18米
    to be/go out of one's depth
    水深没顶处
    to be/feel out of one's depth
    力所不及
    to study/analyse sth in depth
    深入研究/分析某事
    an in-depth investigation/analysis
    深入的调查/分析
    the depths of the forest/countryside
    森林深处/乡郊野外
    in the depths of despair/recession/winter
    深深陷入绝望/衰退中/在隆冬

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

depth [dεpθ] [depθ]
  1. 1. noun 深度；纵深
    The depth of this pool is two meters.
    这个游泳池两米深。
    The cupboards should be smaller as the available depth isn't great enough.
    这个地方的可用纵深不够，橱柜应该再小点儿。
  2. 2. noun （画的）景深
  3. 3. noun 深、厚、浓；尤指（色泽）浓度；（感情的）深厚
    He did not understand why she was always upset because he couldn't fathom the depth of her feelings for him.
    他没意识到她对自己的深情，所以才不理解她为什么会这样生气。
    She was wearing blue coat with much depth.
    她当时穿着深蓝色的外套。
  4. 4. noun 深、厚、浓；尤指深邃，深思；（思想）深刻，深奥，奥妙
    She is very superficial and lacks depth.
    她为人肤浅，缺乏深度。
  5. 5. noun 深、厚、浓；尤指低音，（音的）低沉
    The depth of his voice is unbelievable.
    他的声音低沉得令人难以置信。
  6. 6. noun 其中，正中，当中，中心
    the depth of winter
    隆冬，严冬
  7. 7. noun [通常用复数形态]深处，深渊
    the depths of a wood
    森林深处
  8. 8. noun [通常用复数形态]海洋深处（或最深部分），深海
  9. 9. noun [通常用复数形态]绝望
  10. 10. noun [sports] 预备队员

Collins English-English Dictionary

depth [dεpθ]
  1. 1. n the extent, measurement, or distance downwards, backwards, or inwards
  2. 2. n the quality of being deep; deepness
  3. 3. n intensity or profundity of emotion or feeling
  4. 4. n profundity of moral character; penetration; sagacity; integrity
  5. 5. n complexity or abstruseness, as of thought or objects of thought
  6. 6. n intensity, as of silence, colour, etc
  7. 7. n lowness of pitch
  8. 8. n [nautical] the distance from the top of a ship's keel to the top of a particular deck
  9. 9. n [often plural] a deep, far, inner, or remote part, such as an inaccessible region of a country
  10. 10. n [often plural] the deepest, most intense, or most severe part
    the depths of winter
  11. 11. n [usually plural] a low moral state; demoralization
    how could you sink to such depths?
  12. 12. n [often plural] a vast space or abyss
  13. 13. n [Etymology] C14: from dep deep + -th1
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Examples

the depth of winter
隆冬，严冬 → depth
an in-depth study
深入的研究 → in-depth
analysis in depth
深入地分析 → analysis
The depth of this pool is two meters.
这个游泳池两米深。 → depth
The cupboards should be smaller as the available depth isn't great enough.
这个地方的可用纵深不够，橱柜应该再小点儿。 → available
He did not understand why she was always upset because he couldn't fathom the depth of her feelings for him.
他没意识到她对自己的深情，所以才不理解她为什么会这样生气。 → depth
She is very superficial and lacks depth.
她为人肤浅，缺乏深度。 → depth
The depth of his voice is unbelievable.
他的声音低沉得令人难以置信。 → depth
She was wearing blue coat with much depth.
她当时穿着深蓝色的外套。 → depth
at/to/from a depth of 3 metres
在/到/从3米深处 → depth
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