单词 | shoal |
释义 | shoal 1 (shōl) n. 1. A shallow place in a body of water. 2. A sandy elevation of the bottom of a body of water, constituting a hazard to navigation; a sandbank or sandbar. v. shoaled, shoal·ing, shoals v.intr. To become shallow: The river shoals suddenly here from eight to two fathoms. v.tr. 1. To make shallow: The approach to the harbor was shoaled in the storm. 2. To come or sail into a shallower part of. adj. Having little depth; shallow. [Middle English shold, shallow, shallows, from Old English sceald, shallow.] |
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