shallows

英 [ˈʃæləʊz]

美 [ˈʃæloʊz]

n.  (河海的)浅水处，浅滩

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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

• The mare splashed through the shallows, trampling down the reeds.
  母马踏过浅滩蹂躏了一些野草。
• 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。
• The boys splashed in the shallows of the pond.
  男孩子们在池塘的浅水处嬉水。
• 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。
• He led the team to avoid dangerous shallows.
  他带领队伍避开危险的浅滩。
• It is on the heights ( or, as we would say, "in the shallows") that there is warmth and peace.
  在高处（或者，按我们的说法是在浅处）才又暖和又宁静。
• Growing ice shelves would make the shallows uninhabitable.
  生长的冰架使浅水处变的不适宜动物居住。
• Test studies on starting and transport pattern of sediment of Tonggu Shallows were performed.
  对铜鼓浅滩泥沙的起动、运移形态进行了试验研究。
• 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。
• Here in the shallows of a Fijian reef, brilliant soft corals wave in reds, pinks, and yellows as schools of fairy basslets flash orange and violet hues.
  此处是斐济一处珊瑚礁的浅滩，艳丽的软珊瑚舞动在红色、粉红色与黄色之中，而成群的拟花？（fairybasslet）则闪耀着橘色和紫色的光辉。