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- of little depth浅的, 不深的：
serve the noodles in a shallow bowl
用浅碗盛面条
being fairly shallow, the water was warm.
水相当浅, 很暖和。
1.1
- situated at no great depth不很深的：
the shallow bed of the North Sea.
北海不算深的海底。
1.2
- varying only slightly from a specified or understood line or direction, especially the horizontal平缓的：
a shallow roof.
平缓的屋顶。
1.3
- not exhibiting, requiring, or capable of serious thought肤浅的; 浅薄的：
a shallow analysis of contemporary society.
对当今社会的肤浅分析。
1.4
- (of breathing) taking in little air（呼吸）浅的, 弱的。
noun
shallows
- an area of the sea, a lake, or a river where the water is not very deep（海、湖或河的）浅水处; 浅滩。
no obj.
- (of the sea, a lake, or a river) become less deep over time or in a particular place（海、湖或河）变浅：
the boat ground to a halt where the water shallowed.
船在浅水处吱吱嘎嘎停住了。
派生词
shallowly
adverbshallowness
noun词源
late Middle English:obscurely related to SHOAL2.