Shoal



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.浅滩, 浅水处; 一群 ( 鱼等)
• ［英］ n.浅滩, 浅水处 ( a sandbank that makes the water shallow)
• ［类］ 反义词: deep ( 深的)
• ［例］ strike on a shoal ( 搁浅) ／a shoal of tourists ( 大批旅客)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: alteration of Middle English shold, from Old English sceald — more at skeleton
• Date: circa 1554
• shallow

II. noun

• Date: 1555
• 1. shallow
• 2. a sandbank or sandbar that makes the water shallow

III. verb

• Date: 1574
• intransitive verb
  • to become shallow
• transitive verb
  • 1. to come to a shallow or less deep part of
  • 2. to cause to become shallow or less deep

IV. noun

• Etymology: Middle English *shole, from Old English scolu multitude — more at school
• Date: 1579
• a large group or number ; crowd <a shoal of fish>

V. intransitive verb

• Date: 1610
• throng, school

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