| 单词 | shoal water |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshoal water b. The phrase shoal water used attributively. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > [adjective] > shallow > relating to shallow water shoal water1874 shallow-water1880 1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting Introd. 15 I shall..separate them into..deep-water and shoal-water varieties. 1888 E. Clodd Story of Creation iv. 34 The fossils are shown to resemble present shoal water deposits. shoal water c. The phrase shoal water used figuratively. ΚΠ 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxviii. 241 It jolted her up like everything, of course; but I was over the shoal water now, so I went right along..and told her every blame thing. 1941 J. Masefield In Mill 105 I had..plenty of money in the bank to tide me over the shoal-water. < as lemmas |
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