deepen 音标拼音: [d'ipən]
v . 使深;使深远;加浓;使低沉
使深;使深远;加浓;使低沈
deepen v 1 :
make more intense ,
stronger ,
or more marked ; "
The efforts were intensified ", "
Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her "; "
Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness ";
"
This event only deepened my convictions " [
synonym :
{
intensify }, {
compound }, {
heighten }, {
deepen }]
2 :
become more intense ; "
The debate intensified "; "
His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan " [
synonym : {
intensify },
{
deepen }]
3 :
make deeper ; "
They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it "
4 :
become deeper in tone ; "
His voice began to change when he was 12 years old "; "
Her voice deepened when she whispered the password " [
synonym : {
deepen }, {
change }]
Deepen \
Deep "
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v .
i .
To become deeper ;
as ,
the water deepens at every cast of the lead ;
the plot deepens .
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His blood -
red tresses deepening in the sun . --
Byron .
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Deepen \
Deep "
en \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Deepened };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Deepening }.]
1 .
To make deep or deeper ;
to increase the depth of ;
to sink lower ;
as ,
to deepen a well or a channel .
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It would . . .
deepen the bed of the Tiber .
--
Addison .
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2 .
To make darker or more intense ;
to darken ;
as ,
the event deepened the prevailing gloom .
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You must deepen your colors . --
Peacham .
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3 .
To make more poignant or affecting ;
to increase in degree ;
as ,
to deepen grief or sorrow .
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4 .
To make more grave or low in tone ;
as ,
to deepen the tones of an organ .
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Deepens the murmur of the falling floods . --
Pope .
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71 Moby Thesaurus words for "
deepen ":
accelerate ,
agent provocateur ,
aggravate ,
amplify ,
annoy ,
augment ,
beef up ,
blow up ,
broaden ,
build up ,
burrow ,
complicate ,
concentrate ,
condense ,
consolidate ,
countersink ,
depress ,
deteriorate ,
dig ,
dig out ,
dive ,
double ,
dredge ,
drill ,
embitter ,
enhance ,
enlarge ,
exacerbate ,
exaggerate ,
exasperate ,
excavate ,
expand ,
extend ,
heat up ,
heighten ,
hop up ,
hot up ,
increase ,
intensify ,
irritate ,
jazz up ,
key up ,
lower ,
magnify ,
make acute ,
make complex ,
make worse ,
mine ,
mount ,
outspread ,
outstretch ,
provoke ,
ramify ,
redouble ,
reinforce ,
rise ,
rouse ,
scoop out ,
sharpen ,
sink ,
soup up ,
sour ,
spread ,
spread out ,
step up ,
strengthen ,
triple ,
tunnel ,
whet ,
widen ,
worsen
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