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