shoal
shoal1
noun
shoal2
noun
shoaly
adjective
语源
noun
- a large number of fish swimming together
鱼群。 比较 school
a shoal of bream.
一群鳊鱼。
■(informal, chiefly Brit.)a large number of people
(非正式，主英)一群人
Liverpool are again without a shoal of injured defenders.
利物浦队又是没有一群受伤的防守队员。
- [no obj.](of fish) form shoals
（鱼）成群
- late 16th cent.: probably from Middle Dutch schōle 'troop'. Compare with school
shoal2
noun
- an area of shallow water
浅水处
■a submerged sandbank visible at low water
浅滩；沙洲
■(一般作 shoals)(figurative)a hidden danger or difficulty
(喻)潜在的危险（或困难）
he alone could safely guide them through Hollywood's treacherous shoals.
他一人就能指导他们安全度过好莱坞的潜在危险。
- [no obj.](of water) become shallower
（水）变浅
- (dialect or N. Amer.)(of water) shallow
(方或北美)（水）浅的
shoaly
adjective
语源
- Old English sceald (adjective), of Germanic origin; related to shallow
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