shoal

英 [ʃəʊl]

美 [ʃoʊl]

n.  鱼群; 浅滩; 水下沙洲
vt.  变浅变浅; 驶入

复数：shoals　现在分词：shoaling　过去式：shoaled　过去分词：shoaled　第三人称单数：shoals　

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牛津词典

noun

• 鱼群
  a large number of fish swimming together as a group
• 浅滩；水下沙洲
  a small hill of sand just below the surface of the sea

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 鱼群
  Ashoal offish is a large group of them swimming together.
  1. Among them swam shoals of fish.
     鱼群在他们中间游过。
  2. ...tuna shoals.
     金枪鱼群

英英释义

noun

• a large group of fish
  1. a school of small glittering fish swam by
  Synonym:school
• a stretch of shallow water
  Synonym:shallow
• a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide

verb

• become shallow
  1. the lake shallowed over time
  Synonym:shallow
• make shallow
  1. The silt shallowed the canal
  Synonym:shallow

双语例句

• In the shoal water, we could see shoals of tiny fish darting about.
  在浅水区，我们看到一群小鱼在游来游去。
• Among them swam shoals of fish.
  鱼群在他们中间游过。
• By default, the Proxy binding uses Shoal as its transport.
  缺省情况下，代理绑定使用Shoal作其传输。
• Keep clear of this shoal.
  让开这片沙洲。
• Cape becomes bar, and plain shoal, and valley and gorge deep water and channel.
  岬角成了沙洲和浅滩，溪谷和山峡成了深水与湖峡。
• The ship struck a shoal and brought up all standing.
  那艘船撞上了浅滩突然停住。
• He was transferred to Shoal Creek Mental Institution for an indefinite period
  他被转到了肖尔溪精神病院，要在那里无限期地呆下去。
• With the bottom lodged on a reef or shoal in shallow water.
  在浅水里底部卡在礁石或者沙洲上。
• Study on Utilization of Freshwater Resource on Nanhui East Shoal in Changjiang Estuary;
  南汇边滩是长江口、杭州湾以及外海三者交互作用的特殊地带。
• Recent research had shown that fish recognised individual shoal mates, social prestige and even tracked relationships.
  最近的研究表明鱼可以识别各自的鱼群伙伴，社会威望，甚至相关的人际关系。