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take a sounding
常用搭配，表示用测深绳等工具测量水深。
They took a sounding to find a safe channel.
他们用测深绳探测，以找到安全航道。
测深；水深测量
soundings — plural of sounding
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
测深；水深测量
The act of measuring the depth of water, especially with a sounding line.
They took a sounding to find a safe channel.
他们用测深绳探测，以找到安全航道。
动词sound所表示的动作。
The action of the verb to sound.
用探针或探测器进行的测试。
A test made with a probe or sonde.
用测深绳测得的水深
a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line
测得的水深。
A measured depth of water.
The sailors took a sounding to check how deep the water was before anchoring.
水手们在抛锚前测量水深，以确认水的深度。
According to the last sounding, the channel is only ten meters deep.
根据最近一次测深，航道只有十米深。
The old map shows soundings taken near the coast in the 1800s.
这幅旧地图显示了19世纪在海岸附近测得的水深。
常用搭配，表示用测深绳等工具测量水深。
They took a sounding to find a safe channel.
他们用测深绳探测，以找到安全航道。
复数形式常用来报告一系列测量结果。
The soundings indicate that the water is deeper here.
测深结果表明这里的水更深。
此义指试探或调查，而非水深测量。
The magazine published a sounding of public opinion on the issue.
该杂志发布了就此事的一次民意试探。
Not this
We took two sounding of the water.
Use this
We took two soundings of the water.
sounding 是可数名词，表示一次测得的水深，复数形式为 soundings；不能因为看起来像动名词就不加复数。
Not this
The crew did a sounding of the bay.
Use this
The crew took a sounding of the bay.
英语中表示“测水深”的固定动宾搭配是 take a sounding / take soundings，而不是 do 或 make，所以这里要用 took。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
进行测深
The captain took soundings before entering the shallow harbor.
船长在进入浅水港前测量了水深。
测深绳
They lowered a sounding line to measure the depth of the lake.
他们放下测深绳来测量湖的深度。
回声测深
Echo sounding is used to map the ocean floor.
回声测深被用来绘制海底地形。
测深铅锤
The sailor attached a sounding lead to the rope.
水手把测深铅锤系在绳子上。
试探（看法、意见）；摸底
The company took soundings among customers before launching the new product.
公司在推出新产品前，先试探了顾客的意见。
试探；摸底
She made soundings about the job before applying.
她在申请之前先试探了一下这份工作的底细。
我若能说万人的方言，并天使的话语，却没有爱，我就成了鸣的锣，响的钹一般。
From the King James Version of the Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:1. In this famous passage, 'sounding brass' means a loud, empty noise—speech or gifts without love are worthless.
出自《圣经》钦定版哥林多前书13:1。在这段名文中，“sounding brass”（鸣的锣）指响亮而无意义的响声——没有爱的言语或恩赐毫无价值。
Use soundings naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象船员把系着铅锤的测深绳投入海中，感受它触底来判断水深：sounding 就是“测深”这一动作。
语域：formal 常见场景：航海、海洋调查 sounding 作名词时多表示“用测深绳等测量水深”的动作或“测得的水深”，是比较正式的航海/技术用语，通常出现在航海、海洋调查等专业语境中；日常口语里不常用。
常作可数名词，指一次水深测量或试探性调查。
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