| 释义 |
shoal2/ʃəʊl/ n., v. & adj.●n. 1a an area of shallow water 一片浅水 b a submerged sandbank visible at low water 浅滩；沙洲 2 (esp. in pl. 尤用复数) hidden danger or difficulty 潜在的危险；潜在的困难 ●v. 1 intr. (of water) get shallower (水)变浅 2 tr. (of a ship etc.) move into a shallower part of (water) (船等)驶入浅水区 ●adj. archaic or Sc. & N. Amer. dial. [古义] [苏格兰和北美方] (of water) shallow (水)浅的 □ shoaly adj.[Old English sceald from Germanic: related to SHALLOW] |