| 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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