soundingn. (original nautical sense) probing to ascer-tain the depth or bottom,fathoming; investigation of one's innermost feelings by cautious or indirect ques-tioning （原為航海用語）探測水深；（轉(zhuǎn)義）探測心事。
△Rom1.1.155 (150): “So far from sounding and discover-y，” i.e. it is impossible to discover Romeo's hiddenthoughts. 令人無從探測他的內(nèi)心。 sounding水深測量指測定水深用的幾種技術(shù)。最簡單的方法是鉛錘測深法。各種船舶上廣泛使用回聲測深儀和聲納裝置，測出聲音從水面到達水底部再反射回來所需的時間，從而測出水深。 |