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shoal 1 AHD[shōl] D.J.[ʃəʊl]K.K.[ʃol]n.（名词）- A shallow place in a body of water.浅水处：一片水域中比较浅的地方
- A sandy elevation of the bottom of a body of water, constituting a hazard to navigation; a sandbank or sandbar.沙洲：从一片水域底部升起的沙地，对航行构成威胁；沙洲或拦门沙
v.（动词）shoaled, shoal.ing, shoals v.intr.（不及物动词）- To become shallow:变浅：The river shoals suddenly here from eight to two fathoms.在这个地方河面一下子从八降到两英寸
v.tr.（及物动词）- To make shallow:使…变浅：The approach to the harbor was shoaled in the storm.通向港口的水域在风暴中变浅了
- To come or sail into a shallower part of.搁浅：进入或驶入…较浅的部份
adj.（形容词）- Having little depth; shallow.浅的：不是很深的；浅的
- Middle English shold [shallow, shallows] 中古英语 shold [浅的，浅淡]
- from Old English sceald [shallow] 源自 古英语 sceald [浅的]
shoal 2 AHD[shōl] D.J.[ʃəʊl]K.K.[ʃol]n.（名词）- A large group; a crowd.一大群；一群
- A large school of fish or other marine animals.一大群鱼或其它海洋动物
v.intr.（不及物动词）shoaled, shoal.ing, shoals - To come together in large numbers; throng.群集：大量聚集；蜂拥
- Probably Middle Low German 可能为 中古低地德语
- or Middle Dutch schōle * see skel- 1或 中古荷兰语 schōle * 参见 skel- 1
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