shallows

英 [ˈʃæləʊz]

美 [ˈʃæloʊz]

n.  (河海的)浅水处，浅滩

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牛津词典

noun

• （河海的）浅水处，浅滩
  a shallow place in a river or the sea

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 浅水处;浅滩
  The shallowsare the shallow part of an area of water.
  1. At dusk more fish come into the shallows.
     黄昏时分，更多的鱼游到了浅水区。

双语例句

• The mare splashed through the shallows, trampling down the reeds.
  母马踏过浅滩蹂躏了一些野草。
• One day an old Crane stood in the shallows of a lotus pond with a very dejected look upon his long face.
  一天，一只老鹤站在荷花池里的浅水处，它那张长长的脸上一副沮丧的射神情。
• We went for a wade in the shallows. This little pilgrimage threw quite a wet blanket upon his rising spirits.
  我们到浅水处去趟水。这趟路跑得他大为扫兴。
• He led the team to avoid dangerous shallows.
  他带领队伍避开危险的浅滩。
• The big silver fish lay in the shallows at Howard's feet.
  这条银色的大鱼已经躺在霍华德脚边的浅滩上。
• Growing ice shelves would make the shallows uninhabitable.
  生长的冰架使浅水处变的不适宜动物居住。
• It is on the heights ( or, as we would say, "in the shallows") that there is warmth and peace.
  在高处（或者，按我们的说法是在浅处）才又暖和又宁静。
• Shallows and sponge bioherms are the main facies of carbonate platform systems.
  碳酸盐岩台地体系包括浅滩及海绵生物丘等相带；
• A pale heron rises up with a start from the shallows and with a couple of sullen wingbeats glides away over the water.
  一只苍鹭从浅水中惊起，与两只默不作声的蜂鸟在水面上飞越而过。我的旅程中有一片很高的芦苇丛，在我经过时总会窃窃私语。
• Some of the turtles he'd seen in the shallows looked big enough to bite him in half.
  有些沙洲上的海龟看起来一口就能把他咬成两半。