depth

深さ、深度

物の上部や表面から底までの距離。

やさしい英語で： The distance from the top or surface of something to its bottom.

• What is the depth of this pool?
• The lake reaches a depth of twenty metres.
• Water depths vary along the coast.

使い方： the depth of something (We measured the depth of the pool.)

類義語： deepness, lowness, abyss, bottom

よく使う表現： depth of something, water depth, maximum depth

深さ、奥深さ

感情の強さや、物事に含まれる考え、細部、重要性の豊かさ。

やさしい英語で： How strong a feeling is, or how much thought, detail, or importance something has.

• I could feel the depth of her sadness.
• His argument lacks depth.
• We studied the subject in depth.

使い方： the depth of something (I was surprised by the depth of her knowledge.); in depth (We discussed the problem in depth.)

類義語： intensity, profundity

反対語： superficiality

よく使う表現： depth of feeling, great depth, in depth

奥行き

物の前側から後ろ側までの距離。

やさしい英語で： The distance from the front of something to its back.

• Measure the depth of the drawer.
• The desk has a depth of sixty centimetres.
• These shelves have different depths.

使い方： the depth of something (Check the depth of the cupboard before buying it.)

よく使う表現： depth of something, cabinet depth, shelf depth

深部、深海

特に海などの、最も低い場所や深い部分。

やさしい英語で： The lowest or deepest part of something, especially the sea.

• The ship sank into the depths.
• Few creatures can survive in these ocean depths.
• Divers searched the depths of the lake.

使い方： the depths of something (Strange fish live in the depths of the ocean.)

類義語： bottom

よく使う表現： ocean depths, in the depths, depths of something

奥行き、立体感

近い部分と遠い部分の間に空間があり、平面ではないように見えること。

やさしい英語で： The appearance of having space between nearer and farther parts, rather than looking flat.

• Shadows give the picture depth.
• The artist used perspective to create depth.
• Without shading, the drawing had little depth.

類義語： dimensionality

よく使う表現： sense of depth, create depth, depth in something

低さ

声や音が高くなく、低く響く性質。

やさしい英語で： The quality of a voice or sound being low rather than high.

• His voice has great depth.
• The drum adds depth to the sound.
• Age had given her voice more depth.

類義語： lowness

よく使う表現： depth of voice, depth of sound, depth of tone