shoal
adj. 浅的
n. 浅水处；沙洲；鱼群；一大群
v. （使)变浅；群聚
过去式：shoaled 过去分词：shoaled 现在分词：shoaling 第三人称单数：shoals
近义词：bank，bar，reef，shallow，school，
英英释义
Noun
- a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
- a stretch of shallow water
- a large group of fish;
"a school of small glittering fish swam by"
Verb
- make shallow;
"The silt shallowed the canal"
- become shallow;
"the lake shallowed over time"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- 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.)
- The boat struck a shoal and fetched up all standing.那艘船撞上浅滩突然停了下来。
- 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。
- The ship ported sharply to the left to avoid a shoal.船猛烈向左转以躲避一鱼群。
- Shoals of tourists come here in the summer.这里夏季常有大批游客。
- 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.)
- 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。