shallow

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n. 水浅的地方, 浅滩 a. 浅的, 肤浅的 v. (使)变浅

发音

US /ˈʃæl.oʊ/
UK /ˈʃæləʊ/

词形变化

shallows 复数 shallows shallowed shallowing shallows 三单 shallowing 现在分词 shallowed 过去式 shallowed 过去分词 shallower 比较级 shallower shallowest more shallow 比较级 shallowest 最高级 most shallow 最高级

别名

shlw

教材释义与例句

名词

[地理] 浅滩

名词

浅滩

动词

使变浅

动词

变浅

形容词

浅的;肤浅的

measuring only a short distance from the top to the bottom

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water.

    浅滩

    The ship ran aground in an unexpected shallow.

  2. 2.

    A fish, the rudd.

  3. 3.

    A costermonger's barrow.

    历史
v.
  1. 1.

    To make or become less deep.

    及物/不及物
adj. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.

    This crater is relatively shallow.

    Sauté the onions in a shallow pan.

  2. 2.

    Extending not far downward.

    The water is shallow here.

  3. 3.

    Concerned mainly with superficial matters.

    肤浅

    浅薄

    It was a glamorous but shallow lifestyle.

  4. 4.

    Lacking interest or substance; flat; one-dimensional.

    The acting is good, but the characters are shallow.

  5. 5.

    Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing.

    shallow learning

  6. 6.

    Not deep in tone.

    废旧
  7. 7.

    Not far forward, close to the net.

    体育
  8. 8.

    Not steep; close to horizontal.

    a shallow climb

    a shallow descent

    a shallow bank angle

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词源

From Middle English schalowe (“not deep, shallow”); apparently related to Middle English schalde, schold, scheld, schealde (“shallow”), from Old English sċeald (“shallow”), from Proto-Germanic *skal-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to parch, dry out”). Related to Low German Scholl (“shallow water”). See also shoal.

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