shallows

英 [ˈʃæləʊz]

美 [ˈʃæloʊz]

n.  (河海的)浅水处，浅滩

Collins.1

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

• In the shallows, the dark, water-soaked sticks and twigs, smooth and old, were undulating in clusters on the bottom against the clean ribbed sand, and the track of the mussel was plain.
  湖浅处，浸于水中的暗色枝枝杈杈样子光滑，而且有了些年头，一丛丛地顶着呈纹路状的净沙在水中起伏，蛤贝爬过的路痕也历历在目。
• At dusk more fish come into the shallows.
  黄昏时分，更多的鱼游到了浅水区。
• We went for a wade in the shallows.
  我们到浅水处去趟水。
• 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。
• The tidal stream or current gradually decreases in the shallows
  浅滩上的潮水逐渐退去。
• The freezer may look bare but an arctic wolf knows a tasty fish might be within reach in the shallows off Canada's Ellesmere Island.
  在加拿大的艾利斯摩尔岛，一只北极狼知道在这种天气下美味的鱼总躲在冰层之下。
• Shielded from the rough waves of open water, dark patches of seaweed flourish in shallows on the east coast of Bali.
  从开放的水域的波涛中隔离出来，暗色繁茂的海藻点缀着巴厘岛东海岸的浅滩。
• 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。
• He led the team to avoid dangerous shallows.
  他带领队伍避开危险的浅滩。
• They have had to maneuver the ship to avoid unforeseen shoals and shallows.
  他们必须设法避开无法预见的暗礁和浅滩。