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- a large number of fish swimming together鱼群：
a shoal of bream.
一群鳊鱼。比较SCHOOL2.
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- informal, chiefly Brit. a large number of people〈非正式, 主英〉一群人：
Liverpool are again without a shoal of injured defenders.
利物浦队又是一支没有大批受伤防守队员的球队。
词源
late 16th cent.: probably from Middle Dutch schōle 'troop'. Compare with SCHOOL2.
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- an area of shallow water浅水处。
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- a submerged sandbank visible at low water浅滩; 沙洲。
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- （一般作shoals）figurative a hidden danger or difficulty〈喻〉潜在的危险（或困难）：
he alone could safely guide them through Hollywood's treacherous shoals.
他一人就能指导他们安全度过好莱坞的潜在危险。
- dialect or N. Amer. (of water) shallow〈方或北美〉（水）浅的。
派生词
shoaly
adjective词源
Old English sceald (adjective), of Germanic origin; related to SHALLOW.