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

• 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。
• Ships must be careful to avoid the shallows.
  船一定要小心避开浅滩。
• 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。
• Our boat speeds forward like a shooting star in the wake of the angry waves, then slowly veers round treacherous shallows.
  船一下象流星随着怒涛冲去，一下又绕着险滩迂回浮进。
• There are48 grottos inside and70 underground lakes, the shallows of which is2 meters deep.
  通道沿途有48个洞穴和70条地下河，河浅的地方也有2米深。
• The tidal stream or current gradually decreases in the shallows
  浅滩上的潮水逐渐退去。
• 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。
• Then he drifted back to Lake superior, and he was still searching for something to do on the day that Dan cody's yacht dropped anchor in the shallows alongshore.
  后来他东漂西荡又回到了苏必利尔湖，那天他还在找点什么活儿干的时候，丹科迪的游艇在湖边的浅滩上抛下钱来。
• A boat floats in the shallows, the light golden and rose, foreign;
  一只船在浅水里，金红色的光，陌生；
• We went for a wade in the shallows.
  我们到浅水处去趟水。