Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #4269
shallow
浅水处；浅滩
a shallow area in a body of water
- 1.
A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water.
深水体中较浅的部分。
- 2.
a stretch of shallow water
浅水处；浅滩
- 3.
A fish, the rudd.
一种鱼,即红眼鱼。
红眼鱼；赤睛鱼；深水体中较浅的部分。；一种鱼,即红眼鱼。；水浅的地方；浅滩
In use
We walked through the shallows to reach the other side.
The fish were hiding in the shallows near the reeds.
The river's shallows are home to many small creatures.
in the shallows
Fish often spawn in the shallows.
鱼常在浅滩产卵。
the shallows of [noun]
They explored the shallows of the lake.
他们探索了湖的浅水区。
from the shallows
The boat emerged from the shallows.
船从浅水区驶出。
Connections
Collocations
- the shallows
- 浅水区；浅滩
- The boat ran aground in the shallows.船在浅水区搁浅了。
- in the shallows
- 在浅水中
- Small fish often swim in the shallows.小鱼常常在浅水中游动。
- over the shallows
- 在浅水上方
- The canoe glided over the shallows.独木舟从浅水上方滑过。
- shallows of the bay
- 海湾的浅水区
- The captain navigated through the shallows of the bay.船长驾驶船穿过了海湾的浅水区。
Pop culture & quotes
- We're far from the shallow now.
- 我们现在离浅水区很远了。From the Oscar-winning song 'Shallow' in the 2018 film A Star Is Born; the singer says they are far from the shallow, having left a superficial and painful place.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拆成 shall + low：水浅（low）到“应该（shall）”能走过去，想起浅滩。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：河边或湖边的浅水区、文学或叙事文本、划船、游泳等水上活动 作名词时通常用复数形式 shallows，指河、湖或海中较浅的水域，多用于描写性或叙事性文字，也见于划船、游泳等场景；语气中性，不算口语或正式语。
Grammar Note
名词shallow表示浅滩时通常用复数形式shallows。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词在美式英语中都与 shallow 押韵：重读元音 /æ/ 加上 /loʊ/。注意：allow 读作 /əˈlaʊ/，元音和重音都不同；wallow 在美式英语中读作 /ˈwɑːloʊ/，不押韵；hollow 读作 /ˈhɑːloʊ/，也不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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