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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.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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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