单词详解

1. adj.

A. 浅的 (lacking physical depth, having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center)

     The lake is quite shallow. 这个湖泊很浅。

That dish is too shallow to serve soup in. 那只盘子太浅了，不能盛汤。

B. 浅薄的，肤浅的 (lacking depth of intellect or knowledge, concerned only with what is obvious)

 All his books are shallow. 他的书都很肤浅。

It is only shallow people who judge by appearances. 只有浅薄的人，才会以貌取人。

C. （呼吸）浅的，弱的 (not deep or strong, not affecting one deeply)

  The boy fell asleep and his breath became shallow. 男孩睡着了，呼吸也变浅。

2.  n.

浅水处，浅滩 (a stretch of shallow water)

The children splashed in the shallows of the seaside. 孩子们在海边的浅水处嬉水。

Homesickness is a shallow strait, I stand here, my homeland is on the other side.

乡愁是一湾浅浅的海峡，我在这头，大陆在那头。

3. vt. & vi.

变浅 (make or become shallow)

The lake shallowed over time. 随着时间的推移，湖面变浅。

相关词组

1. shallow breathing 浅呼吸

    His shallow breathing shows that he has been in sleep. 他浅浅的呼吸说明他睡熟了。

2. shallow sea浅海

The boys splashed in the shallow sea. 男孩子们在浅海处嬉水。

相关单词

 副词：shallowly

比较级：shallower

最高级：shallowest

过去式：shallowed

过去分词：shallowed

现在分词：shallowing

第三人称单数：shallows