Слово англійською: depth

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Переклад depth українською: глибина́

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depth

noun
/depθ/
Word Family
  • deep adjective adverb
  • deeply adverb
  • deepen verb
  • depth noun

    measurement

  1. [countable, uncountable] the distance from the top or surface to the bottom of something; a particular distance down from the surface of something
    • depth of something What's the depth of the water here?
    • the depth of a cut/wound/crack
    • at a depth of something Water was found at a depth of 30 metres.
    • to a depth of something They dug down to a depth of two metres.
    • Many dolphins can dive to depths of 200 metres.
    • in depth The oil well extended several hundreds of feet in depth.
    • at depth The camera must be strong enough to resist the immense water pressure at depth.
    • Most earthquakes occur at much shallower depths, usually less than 30 kilometres.
  2. [countable, uncountable] the distance from the front to the back of something
    • The depth of the shelves is 30 centimetres.
    3.

    of feelings

  3. [uncountable] the strength and power of feelings
    • the depth of her love
    • music of great emotional depth
    4.

    of character/qualities

  4. [uncountable, countable] (approving) qualities that give somebody/something extra character and make them/it interesting
    • The separate storylines really add depth and personality to the characters.
    • This film lacks the complexity or depth of his best movies.
    • Her paintings reveal hidden depths (= unknown and interesting things about her character).
    5.

    of knowledge

  5. [uncountable] (approving) the quality of knowing or understanding a lot of details about something; the ability to provide and explain these details
    • a writer of great wisdom and depth
    • His ideas lack depth.
    • She has the ability to treat big subjects with breadth and depth.
    • depth of something a job that doesn’t require any great depth of knowledge
    • Younger students cannot be expected to have great depth of understanding.
    see also in-depth

    6. deepest part

  6. [countable, usually plural] the deepest, most extreme or serious part of something
    • the depths of the ocean
    • to live in the depths of the country (= a long way from a town)
    • in the depths of winter (= when it is coldest)
    • She was in the depths of despair.
    • He gazed into the depths of her eyes.
    7.

    of colour

  7. [uncountable] the strength of a colour
    • Strong light will affect the depth of colour of your carpets and curtains.
    8.

    picture/photograph

  8. [uncountable] (specialist) the quality in a work of art or a photograph that makes it appear not to be flat
    9. see also deep
    Word Originlate Middle English: from deep + -th, on the pattern of pairs such as long, length.
Idioms
be out of your depth
  1. (British English) to be in water that is too deep to stand in with your head above water
    • If you can't swim, don't go out of your depth.
    • I don't like going out of my depth in the sea.
  2. to be unable to understand something because it is too difficult; to be in a situation that you cannot control
    • He felt totally out of his depth in his new job.
    • The writer seems a little out of her depth when dealing with the emotional issue involved.
in depth
  1. in a detailed, careful and complete way
    • I haven't looked at the report in depth yet.
    • an in-depth study
    • I studied phonology in depth at college.
plumb the depths of something
  1. to be or to experience an extreme example of something unpleasant
    • His latest novel plumbs the depths of horror and violence.
    • It was at that stage in her life when she plumbed the depths of despair.
    • The team's poor performances plumbed new depths last night when they lost 10–2.
    • The story plumbed the depths of tabloid journalism.
strength in depth
  1. the quality of being strong because you have a great variety of good people, ideas, etc. that can contribute to the success of something
    • The French team does not have the strength in depth that the Australians have.
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