单词 | profound |
释义 | profound adj. & n. --adj (profounder, profoundest)   1. a having or showing great knowledge or insight (a profound treatise). b demanding deep study or thought (profound doctrines).   2. (of a state or quality) deep, intense, unqualified (a profound sleep; profound indifference).   3. at or extending to a great depth (profound crevasses).   4. (of a sigh) deep-drawn.   5. (of a disease) deep-seated. --n (prec. by the) poet. the vast depth (of the ocean, soul, etc.). Derivatives profoundly adv. profoundness n. profundity n. (pl. -ies). Etymology: ME f. AF & OF profund, profond f. L profundus deep (as PRO-(1), fundus bottom) |
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