Word · Frequency #1024
deeps
深处；最深处；正中
deeps is the plural of deep.
核心释义
The central, most intense, or innermost part of something, such as the middle of night or winter.
- 1.
深洞或坑,水井；深渊
A deep hole or pit, a water well; an abyss.
- 2.
最中心和最深刻的部分
the central and most intense or profound part
- 3.
某物的深处或最里面部分
A deep or innermost part of something in general.
- 4.
海底的长而陡的凹陷
a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
- 5.
靠近边界的守场位置
A fielding position near the boundary.
- 6.
文学中指代海洋的术语
literary term for an ocean
大海；海洋；深坑；深渊；深井；海沟；海底深渊；外场防守位置；深洞或坑,水井；深渊
用法In use
The explorers sailed across the deep for months, hoping to find a new island.
用法提示：deep 为名词，意指“大海/海洋”，此处作介词 across 的宾语。
Many old stories say that terrible storms rise suddenly from the deep.
用法提示：deep 作名词用，表示“大海/海洋”，位于介词 from 之后。
The deep often looks calm, but it can change within minutes.
用法提示：deep 为名词，指“大海/海洋”，在句中作主语。
in the deep of night
in the deep of winter
denizens of the deep
the deep
文学语体中用 the deep 指大海或海洋；日常口语中较少使用。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- the deep
- 大海；海洋
- The sailors sang songs of the deep.水手们唱着关于大海的歌。
- the deeps of the ocean
- 海洋深处
- Creatures live in the deeps of the ocean.生物生活在海洋深处。
- the deep of night
- 夜深时分；深夜
- He woke in the deep of night.他在深夜醒来。
- the deep of winter
- 隆冬；深冬
- The lake freezes in the deep of winter.湖在隆冬封冻。
- the deeps of despair
- 绝望的深渊
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
deep 作名词指“深处/深渊/海洋”：想象一艘船沉入深海的底部，四周漆黑，那就是 deep 的深处。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：literature and poetry、fixed phrases (e.g., in the deep of)、oceanography/geography、cricket commentary deep 作名词时，多用于书面语或固定短语，例如 the deep 指海洋、in the deep of 指最深处；日常口语中更常用 depth 或 deep part。在海洋学、板球等专业场合也有特定含义，整体风格偏正式或专门化。
语法说明Grammar Note
指海洋（文学用语）时一般说 the deep，不加 a/an；表示深处/深渊时用 deeps。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
以上以 -eep 结尾的词都与 deep 押韵，均含 /iːp/ 音。注意形近词 dip /dɪp/ 是短音 /ɪ/，与 deep 不押韵。
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WORDNET.