shallow
英 ['ʃæləʊ]
美 ['ʃælo]
- 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
助記提示
1. 形近詞：wallow, tallow, swallow, shallow, sallow, hallow, callow, fallow.
中文詞源
shallow 淺的，淺薄的來自古英語 sceald,淺的，來自 Proto-Germanic*skalaz,曬幹的，淺的，來自 PIE*skel,使變幹， 可能來自 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. With one exce-ption his novels are shallow and lifeless things.
- 他的小說都是些膚淺沉悶的玩意兒，隻有一本除外。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Lowered sea levels exposed the shallow continental shelf beneath the Bering Sea.
- 海平麵下降使白令海底部的淺層大陸架暴露出來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. She began to hear her own taut, shallow breathing.
- 她開始聽見自己急促、微弱的呼吸。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The evening news is often criticized for being shallow.
- 晚間新聞常因其內容膚淺而受到批評。
來自柯林斯例句