shoal

英[ʃəʊl] 美[ʃoʊl]
  • adj. 浅的
  • n. 浅水处;沙洲;鱼群;一大群
  • v. (使)变浅;群聚
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星级词汇:
Noun:
  1. a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide

  2. a stretch of shallow water

  3. a large group of fish;

    "a school of small glittering fish swam by"

Verb:
  1. make shallow;

    "The silt shallowed the canal"

  2. become shallow;

    "the lake shallowed over time"

1. He was transferred to Shoal Creek Mental Institution for an indefinite period.
他被转到了肖尔溪精神病院,要在那里无限期地呆下去。

来自柯林斯例句

2. A shoal of fish will do this.
鱼群也会反射声音的.

来自《用法词典》

3. The boat struck a shoal and fetched up all standing.
那艘船撞上浅滩突然停了下来。

来自辞典例句

4. A shoal of porpoises are well on the feed.
一群海豚正在吞食.

来自辞典例句

5. We need to port the boat to get around the shoal.
我们得左转舵以绕过浅滩.

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    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. In the shoal water, we could see shoals of tiny fish darting about.
      在浅水区,我们看到一群小鱼在游来游去。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The boat struck a shoal and fetched up all standing.
      那艘船撞上浅滩突然停了下来。
    2. I waded in the shoal almost a mile before I got to dry land.
      我在浅滩中涉水几乎一英里远才到了陆地。
    3. The ship ported sharply to the left to avoid a shoal.
      船猛烈向左转以躲避一鱼群。
    4. Shoals of tourists come here in the summer.
      这里夏季常有大批游客。
    5. The shark described a circle around the shoal of fish.
      这条鲨鱼围绕着鱼群游动。
    用作动词 (v.)
    1. The fishmen shoal the narrow part of a river to fish.
      渔夫使河道狭窄处水变浅以便捕鱼。