shallow
英 ['??l??]
美['??lo]
- adj. 淺的；膚淺的
- n. [地理] 淺灘
- vt. 使變淺
- vi. 變淺
- n. (Shallow)人名；(英)沙洛
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詞態(tài)變化
比較級(jí):?shallower;最高級(jí):?shallowest;副詞:?shallowly;名詞:?shallowness;
助記提示
1. 形近詞：wallow, tallow, swallow, shallow, sallow, hallow, callow, fallow.
中文詞源
shallow 淺的，淺薄的來(lái)自古英語(yǔ) sceald,淺的，來(lái)自 Proto-Germanic*skalaz,曬干的，淺的，來(lái)自 PIE*skel,使變干， 可能來(lái)自 PIE*skai,照耀，照射，詞源同 shine,sheen.引申比喻義淺薄的。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The shallow sea bed yields up an abundance of food.
- 淺海床提供了豐富的食物。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. With one exce-ption his novels are shallow and lifeless things.
- 他的小說(shuō)都是些膚淺沉悶的玩意兒，只有一本除外。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Lowered sea levels exposed the shallow continental shelf beneath the Bering Sea.
- 海平面下降使白令海底部的淺層大陸架暴露出來(lái)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. She began to hear her own taut, shallow breathing.
- 她開始聽見自己急促、微弱的呼吸。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. The evening news is often criticized for being shallow.
- 晚間新聞常因其內(nèi)容膚淺而受到批評(píng)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句