shallow
英 ['ʃæləʊ]
美['ʃælo]
- adj. 浅的；肤浅的
- n. [地理] 浅滩
- vt. 使变浅
- vi. 变浅
- n. (Shallow)人名；(英)沙洛
词态变化
比较级: shallower;最高级: shallowest;副词: shallowly;名词: shallowness;
助记提示
1. 形近词：wallow, tallow, swallow, shallow, sallow, hallow, callow, fallow.
中文词源
shallow 浅的，浅薄的
来自古英语 sceald,浅的，来自 Proto-Germanic*skalaz,晒干的，浅的，来自 PIE*skel,使变干， 可能来自 PIE*skai,照耀，照射，词源同 shine,sheen.引申比喻义浅薄的。
英英释意
- 1. a stretch of shallow water
英文词源
- shallow (adj.)
- c. 1400, schalowe "not deep," probably from or related to Old English sceald (see shoal (n.)). Of breathing, attested from 1875; of thought or feeling, "superficial," first recorded 1580s. The noun, usually shallows, is first recorded 1570s, from the adjective.
同义词辨析
superficial, shallow
这两个形容词均含"肤浅的，浅薄的"之意。
superficial： 通常指人的思想、言论、学识、著作等权停留于表面，缺乏必要的深度和全面性。
shallow： 指知识、议论、认识或立论肤浅，有时暗示图表面而无实际内容。
考试真题
- According to the author, fish are most likely to be found in shallow water under waterside trees.
2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读B 题设
- As experts continue to study the science of risk-seeking, we'll continue to hit the mountains, the waves or the shallow end of the pool.
2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文
- He directed the wasted water into shallow basins where it froze, and was stored until the spring.
2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- In the back country, bury your toilet waste in a shallow hole away from waterways.
2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
- That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water because the former is warmer.
2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
- The morning ride, when the guides take you to beautiful, shallow lakes full of water lilies, tends to be more active.
2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
实用场景例句
- a shallow dish
- 浅盘
牛津词典
- They were playing in the shallow end (= of the swimming pool) .
- 他们在游泳池的浅水区玩耍。
牛津词典
- These fish are found in shallow waters around the coast.
- 这些鱼生长在海边浅水水域。
牛津词典
- He was breathing shallowly.
- 他呼吸短促。
牛津词典
- Put the milk in a shallow dish...
- 将牛奶倒入一个浅盘里。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The water is quite shallow for some distance.
- 这片水域有一段相当浅。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I think he is shallow, vain and untrustworthy...
- 我认为他肤浅、自负、不可靠。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The evening news is often criticized for being shallow.
- 晚间新闻常因其内容肤浅而受到批评。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She began to hear her own taut, shallow breathing.
- 她开始听见自己急促、微弱的呼吸。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Once upon a time a big, fat frog lived in a tiny shallow pond.
- 从前,有一只小的, 胖的青蛙住在又小又浅的池塘里.
期刊摘选
- And poisoning are not shallow!
- 而且中毒不浅!
期刊摘选
- Many are sandy or very shallow.
- 许多是沙质或是非常浅薄.
期刊摘选
- It is only shallow people who judge by appearances.
- 只有浅薄的人才会以貌取人.
辞典例句
- It is difficult to make seismic acquisition in offshore shallow water areas because of draft.
- 随着海上勘探研究的深入,渤海海域浅水区不断有新的油气发现,浅水区地震资料采集成为亟待解决的难题.
期刊摘选
- Proterties This article is shallow brown to yellow brown liquid, has fragrant air.
- 品为浅棕色至黄棕色液体, 气香.
期刊摘选
- Children splashed gleefully in the shallow water, trying to catch crabs.
- 孩子们欢快地跑到浅水滩, 想要抓些螃蟹.
期刊摘选
- The network has detected quite a number of shallow earthquakes along the trough.
- 新台网已记录到许多沿海槽发生的浅源地震.
辞典例句
- The dish is too shallow to serve soup in.
- 盘子太浅,盛不了汤.
《简明英汉词典》
- The cowboy splashed his way across the shallow stream with his cow.
- 牧童牵着牛淌过浅溪.
《简明英汉词典》
- He got in at the shallow end of the swimming pool.
- 他在游泳池的浅水区下水.
《简明英汉词典》
- He dived off the springboard and swam down to the shallow end.
- 他从跳板跳下,潜入水中,游到浅水池边.
《简明英汉词典》
- The turtle hibernates in a shallow burrow for six months of the year.
- 海龟一年在一个浅洞中冬眠六个月.
《简明英汉词典》
- The ship was grounded in shallow water.
- 船在水浅处搁浅.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Tony seemed very shallow and immature.
- 托尼看起来好像很肤浅,不夠成熟.
《简明英汉词典》
- He is a shallow thinker whose opinions aren't worth much.
- 他看问题很浅薄,他的意见没有多大价值.
《简明英汉词典》