词汇 | waist-deep |
释义 | waist-deep adjective uk /ˌweɪstˈdiːp/ us /ˌweɪstˈdiːp/ If a substance is waist-deep or if you are waist-deep in it, it reaches up to your waist: It had snowed heavily overnight and the drifts were waist-deep outside the house. waist-deep inThe group was trapped in a cave underground, waist-deep in water. We had to wade through waist-deep freezing water to reach the other side of the river. They stood waist-deep in the river, sifting the gravel in the search for specks of gold. The conditions for the soldiers in the trenches were dreadful and they often found themselves waist-deep in mud. High, tall and deep abysmal altitude ankle-deep bottomless deep dwarf ectomorph ectomorphic gawky higher lofty overshadow rangy rear stand tall tallish tallness tower tower above/over someone/something |
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