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
测得的水深;水深读数;可测深的水域;近岸浅水区;测深锤带起的底质(沙、贝壳等);探测;探针测试;尿道探条插入(医疗或性行为)
The act of measuring the depth of water, especially with a sounding line.
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.
测量水深(通常用测深绳)
the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)
测深绳可触底的海域或其他水域。
Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom.
测深锤触底时带上的沙子、贝壳等。
The sand, shells, etc. brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.
将细金属杆插入阴茎尿道以进行医疗或性行为的行为。(参见尿道探条术。)
The act of inserting of a thin metal rod into the urethra of the penis for medical or sexual purposes.(See urethral sounding).
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。
用法提示:此处 sounding 为名词,指测量水深的行为或读数。
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。
用法提示:sounding 表示水深测量或测得的水深。
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。
用法提示:soundings 为复数,指多个水深读数。
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。
比 sounding 更通用,可指任何测量深度的方法(如声呐、激光),不限定使用测深绳;正式场合可互换,但范围更广。
多用于文学或正式语体,且常引申为“理解”;在具体物理测深上可与 sounding 互换,但不如其常见。
强调测量得到的结果数值,而 sounding 可指测量过程或结果;表示一个具体水深数值时可互换,但不能替换表示动作的 sounding。
grammar · medium
易错句子We took two sounding of the water.
正确表达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。
grammar · medium
易错句子The crew did a sounding of the bay.
正确表达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。
sounding 是名词,指测量水深的行为或测得的水深;sound 作动词表示“测量水深”这个动作。两者词性不同,sounding 是 sound 的动名词形式,不能直接替换作动词。
sounding 强调测量水深的过程或所得数据;depth 指水深本身的数值或状态,不涉及测量行为。例如可说 take soundings,但不能说 take depths。
fathom 和 sounding 都涉及“测深”,但 fathom 是动词,且还常引申为“理解”;sounding 是名词,专指测量水深的行为或数据。要表达“测量水深”这个动作时,sound 比 fathom 更常用。
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。
前缀:无;词根:sound(测深);后缀:-ing(名词后缀)。相关词:sound(v. 测深)、sounder(n. 测深员/测深器)
sounding 测得的水深常以 fathom 为单位表示。
传统 sounding line 末端系有 lead,以便沉入水底。
现代测量水深常用 echosounder 代替手动 sounding。
sounding 的目的就是确定水的 depth。
sounding 是 hydrography 中的基本测量作业。
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。
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