deepen

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make deep or deeper transitive
    — They deepened the well by 200 feet.
  2. To make darker or more intense; to darken transitive
    — The event deepened the prevailing gloom.
  3. To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree transitive
    — News of her death deepened my sorrow.
  4. To make lower in tone transitive
    — The tuner deepened the tone of the organ.
  5. To make more thorough or extensive. transitive
    — The class deepened my understanding of the subject.
  6. To make more intimate. transitive
    — The shared experiences deepened our relationship.
  7. To make more sound or heavy. transitive
    — The hypnotist then proceeded to deepen his trance.
  8. To become deeper intransitive
    — The water deepens as you go toward the middle of the channel.
  9. To become darker or more intense intransitive
    — The crisis deepened in the following weeks.
  10. To become lower in tone intransitive
    — His voice deepened with age.
  11. To become more thorough or extensive. intransitive
    — His skill in deciphering the texts deepened with practice.
  12. To become more intimate. intransitive
    — The conversation deepened and they began to truly share.
  13. To become more sound or heavy. intransitive
    — The new bed allowed my sleep to deepen.

词形变化

deepens present,singular,third-person deepening participle,present deepened participle,past deepened past

词汇关系

近义词
depthen
衍生词
deepener deepeningly overdeepen

词源

Etymology tree
English deep
English -en
English deepen
From deep + -en.
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