deepとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: dēp, IPA^(key): /diːp/
• 韻: -iːp

形容詞

deep (comparative deeper, superlative deepest)

1. (of a physical distance) Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards.
   1. Extending far down from the top or surface; having its bottom far down.

      We hiked into a deep valley between tall mountains.

      There was a deep layer of dust on the floor; the room had not been disturbed for many years.

      • 1591, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene i], page 130, column 2:

        Smooth runnes the Water, where the Brooke is deepe,

   2. Far in extent in another (non-downwards, but generally also non-upwards) direction away from a point of reference.

      The shelves are 30 centimetres deep. — They are deep shelves.

   3. In a (specified) number of rows or layers.

      a crowd three deep along the funeral procession

   4. Thick.

      That cyclist's deep chest allows him to draw more air.

      • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 5, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

        Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.

   5. Voluminous.

      to take a deep breath / sigh / drink

      • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314, page 45:

        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.

   6. A long way inside; situated far in or back.

      deep into/in the forest

      1. (cricket, baseball, softball) Far from the center of the playing area, near to the boundary of the playing area, either in absolute terms or relative to a point of reference.

         He is fielding at deep mid wicket.

         She hit a ball into deep center field.

      2. (sports, soccer, tennis) A long way forward.

         a deep volley

      3. (米国用法 football) Relatively farther downfield.
2. (intellectual, social) Complex, involved.
   1. Profound, having great meaning or import, but possibly obscure or not obvious.

      That is a deep thought!

      • 2009, Jarvis Cocker (lyrics かつ music), “I Never Said I Was Deep”, in Further Complications.:

        I never said I was deep, but I am profoundly shallow / My lack of knowledge is vast, and my horizons are narrow

   2. To a significant, not superficial, extent.

      I just meant to help out a little, but now I'm deep into it.

      They're deep in discussion.

      • 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):

        While Britain’s recession has been deep and unforgiving, in London it has been relatively shallow.

   3. Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; intricate; obscure.

      a deep subject or plot

      • c. 1840, Thomas De Quincey:

        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.

   4. Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.
      • c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […]‎^[1], London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon,  […], published 1609, OCLC 78596089, [Act V, scene i]:

        Deepe clearks ſhe dumb's

3. (sound, voice) Low in pitch.

   She has a very deep contralto voice.

   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:

     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.

4. (of a color) Highly saturated.

   That's a very deep shade of blue.

   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity:

     The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: […].

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

   He was in a deep sleep.

6. Immersed, submerged (in).

   deep in debt

   deep in the mud

   waist-deep in the muddy water

7. Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.
   • 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the Theater, published 1707, OCLC 937919305:

     The ways in that vale were very deep.

8. (of time) Distant in the past, ancient.

   deep time

   in the deep past

同意語

• (of a hole, water, etc):
• (having great meaning): heavy, meaningful, profound
• (thick in a vertical direction): thick
• (voluminous): great, large, voluminous
• (low in pitch): low, low-pitched
• (of a color, dark かつ highly saturated): bright, rich, vivid
• (of sleep): fast, heavy

反意語

• (of a hole, water, etc): shallow
• (having great meaning): frivolous, light, shallow, superficial
• (in extent in a direction away from the observer): shallow
• (thick in a vertical direction): shallow, thin
• (voluminous): shallow, small
• (low in pitch): high, high-pitched, piping
• (of a color, dark かつ highly saturated): light, pale, desaturated, washed-out
• (of sleep): light

下位語

派生語

• deep-frozen
• deep-level
• deepness
• deep state

参考

参照

• Deep on Wikipedia.

副詞

deep (comparative more deep, superlative most deep)

1. Deeply.
   • 1671, John Milton, “Book the Fourth”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398, lines 324, page 95:

     Deep verſt in books and ſhallow in himſelf,

   • 1709, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: Printed for W. Lewis […], published 1711, OCLC 15810849, page 14:

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

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page vii:

     Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.

名詞

deep (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 deeps)

1. (literary, with "the") The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.

   creatures of the deep

2. (literary, with "the") A silent time; quiet isolation.

   the deep of night

3. (まれに) A deep shade of colour.
   • 2014, William H. Gass, On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry, page 59:

     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 […]

4. (US, まれに) The profound part of a problem.
5. (with "the") The sea, the ocean.
6. (cricket) A fielding position near the boundary.

   Russell is a safe pair of hands in the deep.

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