喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can picture standing at the surface of water and looking down: 'deep' is how far it goes from the top, or from the surface, down into the dark where you cannot easily reach. The basic picture is distance away from the surface — downward, or inward.

可以想成站在水面往下看：deep 講的就是「從表面往下、或往裡，走得有多遠」。一個最樸素的畫面比較像水深——表面之下…更多收起可以想成站在水面往下看：deep 講的就是「從表面往下、或往裡，走得有多遠」。一個最樸素的畫面比較像水深——表面之下還有很長一段，越往下越遠、越暗、越不容易碰到底。這個「離表面很遠」的距離感，後來幾乎所有意思都是從它長出來的：往下深、往裡深，再延伸到感受很深、問題很深、人陷得很深。

原始詞典資料37 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Deepname

  • 1

    A surname.

deepadj/diːp/

  • 1

    Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.

    • The lake is extremely deep.
    • We hiked into a deep valley between tall mountains.
  • 2

    Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.

    • Diving down to deep wrecks can be dangerous.
    • I can't get the bullet out – it's too deep.
  • 3

    Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.

    • He [the panda] comes from deepest Asia , high up in the remote mountains of Szechwan and Kansu. In addition to that he is further protected by the fact that he lives in the secure fastnesses of the bamboo jungles.
    • Impressive though Egyptian culture was, it was in deep Africa that Jung came closer to understanding himself as a man.
  • 4

    Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.

    • The shelves are 30 centimetres deep. — They are deep shelves.
    • That cyclist's deep chest allows him to draw more air.
  • 5

    Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.

    • The water was waist-deep.
    • There is an arm-deep hole in the wall.
  • 6

    Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.

    • a crowd four deep along the funeral procession, with people two deep on the sidewalks
    • The fleet of ships was fifty sail deep.
  • 7

    Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.

    • to take a deep breath / sigh / drink
    • Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes.[…]She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat.
  • 8

    ball-gamesbaseballcricketExtending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.

    • He is fielding at deep mid wicket.
    • She hit a ball into deep center field.
另外 13 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    hobbieslifestylesportsExtending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.

    • a deep volley
    • a deep run into the opposition half
  • 10

    American-footballball-gamesfootballExtending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.

    • Our defensive live is too deep. We need to move further up the field.
    • She returns serve from a very deep position.
  • 11

    anatomymedicinesciencesExtending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.

    • the brachialis is deep to the biceps
    • The superficial fascia surrounds the body and includes subcutaneous fat; the deep fascia surrounds the musculoskeletal system; the meningeal fascia surrounds the nervous system; the visceral fascia surrounds body cavities and organs.
  • 12

    Complex, involved.

    • That is a deep thought!
  • 13

    Complex, involved.

    • Your analysis does not cut deep enough yet.
    • They're in deep discussion.
  • 14

    Complex, involved.

    • a deep subject or plot
    • Why it was that the ancients had no landscape painting, is a question deep almost as the mystery of life, and harder of solution than all the problems of jurisprudence combined.
  • 15

    Complex, involved.

    • Deepe clearks ſhe dumb's
    • I never said I was deep, but I am profoundly shallow / My lack of knowledge is vast, and my horizons are narrow
  • 16

    Complex, involved.

    • Or doth she only seem to take ⁠The touch of change in calm or storm; ⁠But knows no more of transient form In her deep self, than some dead lake That holds the shadow of a lark ⁠Hung in the shadow of a heaven?
  • 17

    Low in pitch.

    • She has a very deep contralto voice.
    • The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.
  • 18

    Highly saturated; rich.

    • That's a very deep shade of blue.
    • The spices impart a deep flavour to the dish.
  • 19

    Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken).

    • He was in a deep sleep.
  • 20

    Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.

    • The ways in that vale were very deep.
  • 21

    Distant in the past, ancient.

    • deep time
    • in the deep past

deepadv/diːp/

  • 1

    Far, especially far down through something or into something, physically or figuratively.

    • The ogre lived in a cave deep underground.
    • We ventured deep into the forest.
  • 2

    In a profound, not superficial, manner.

    • I thought long and deep.
    • deep-laid
  • 3

    In large volume.

    • breathe deep, drink deep
    • A little Learning is a dang'rous Thing; / Drink deep, or taſte not the Pierian Spring:
  • 4

    hobbieslifestylesportsBack towards one's own goal, baseline, or similar.

    • He's normally a midfield player, but today he's playing deep.

deepnoun/diːp/

  • 1

    literaryThe deep part of a lake, sea or ocean.

    • creatures of the deep
  • 2

    The sea, the ocean.

    • How few! yet how they creep / Through my fingers to the deep, / While I weep—while I weep! / O God! can I not grasp / Them with a tighter clasp?
  • 3

    A deep hole or pit, a water well; an abyss.

    • Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
  • 4

    A deep or innermost part of something in general.

    • And what delights can equal those ⁠That stir the spirit’s inner deeps, ⁠When one that loves but knows not, reaps A truth from one that loves and knows?
  • 5

    literaryA silent time; quiet isolation.

    • the deep of night
  • 6

    rareA deep shade of colour.

    • For our blues we have the azures and ceruleans, lapis lazulis, the light and dusty, the powder blues, the deeps: royal, sapphire, navy, and marine […]
  • 7

    rareThe profound part of a problem.

  • 8

    ball-gamescricketgamesA fielding position near the boundary.

    • Russell is a safe pair of hands in the deep.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    slangcookingfoodlifestyleA deep hotel pan.

    • Coordinate term: shallow

deepverb/diːp/

  • 1

    slangTo overthink; to treat as being deeper (“more profound, significant”) than in reality.

    • ― Ugh, why are these road markings so awfully arranged? ― Quit deeping it bro, just drive, innit.
  • 2

    slangTo think about, especially deeply (“profoundly”); to consider.

    • No Picasso, I don't care about resistance (Deep dat).
    • I think I better leave it. I don't wanna beat it, this is not a Michael phase. Every time I deep it, man dem wan' eat it. Trying to recycle, babe.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。