| 单词 | thrown in at the deep end |
| 释义 | deep /dēp/adjective
ORIGIN: OE dēop; Ger tief; cf dip, dive deepˈen transitive verb
To become deeper deepˈie noun (old informal) A three-dimensional cinematograph film deepˈly adverb deepˈmost adjective Deepest deepˈness noun (see also depth) deepˈ-browed adjective Of high intellectual powers deep clean noun An exceptionally thorough cleaning process deep-cleanˈ transitive verb deepˈ-discount adjective (of financial securities) sold at a discount, earning low interest, and providing merely capital gain deep down adverb Fundamentally, if not in appearance deep drawing noun (engineering) A process of shaping metal that involves considerable plastic distortion deepˈ-drawˈing adjective (of ships) requiring considerable depth to float in deepˈ-drawn adjective deepˈ-dyed adjective Thoroughgoing, extreme (in a bad sense) deepˈfelt adjective deepˈ-fet adjective (Shakespeare) Fetched from a depth deepˈ-freezeˈ noun
transitive verb To freeze or store in a deep-freeze deepˈ-fryˈ transitive verb To fry (food) completely submerged in fat or oil deep kiss noun A French kiss, a kiss using the tongue deep kissing noun deepˈ-laid adjective Secretly plotted or devised deep linking noun The creation of a hyperlink to a specific page within a website, rather than to the homepage of that site deep litter noun A method of keeping hens in a hen house with a deep layer of peat material on the floor deepˈ-mouthed adjective (archaic) With a deep voice deepˈ-read adjective Extremely well-versed deep-rooted adjective
deepˈ-sea adjective Relating to the deeper parts of the sea deepˈ-seatˈed adjective Not superficial, ingrained deepˈ-set adjective (esp of eyes) set deeply (into the face) deepˈ-sinkˈer noun (Aust) A drinking vessel of the largest size deep-sixˈ transitive verb (N Am inf) To get rid of, destroy, eliminate (from a slang term for the depth of the grave or six fathoms under water) Deep South noun A region of the USA, roughly Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana deep space noun The area of space beyond the moon's orbit deep structure noun (linguistics) The underlying grammatical concepts and relationships of words in a sentence from which its surface structure (qv) derives deep therapy noun The treatment of disease by deep X-rays or gamma rays deep throat noun (informal) A highly confidential informant deepˈ-tonedˈ adjective Having a deep tone or timbre deepˈ-vein thrombosis noun The formation of a blood clot in a deep vein, often caused by restricted movement in people travelling on long-distance flights with insufficient legroom (abbrev DVT) deepwaˈterman noun (pl deepwaˈtermen) A sea-going ship deep web noun That part of the World Wide Web which is not indexed by search engines go in, dive in or be thrown in at the deep end To plunge, or be plunged, straight into an activity, job, etc with little or no experience or preparation go off the deep end
in deep water In difficulties two deep, three deep, etc In two, three, etc layers or rows |
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