| 单词 | shoal |
| 释义 | shoal shoal1 /shohl/, n. 1. a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow. 2. a sandbank or sand bar in the bed of a body of water, esp. one that is exposed above the surface of the water at low tide. adj. 3. of little depth, as water; shallow. v.i. 4. to become shallow or more shallow. v.t. 5. to cause to become shallow. 6. Naut. to sail so as to lessen the depth of (the water under a vessel). [bef. 900; (adj.) ME (Scots) shald, OE sceald SHALLOW; (n. and v.) deriv. of the adj.] Syn. 1. shallow, rapid, riffle. 2. reef. shoal2 /shohl/, n. 1. any large number of persons or things. 2. a school of fish. v.i. 3. to collect in a shoal; throng. [1570-80; earlier shole, prob. < MD, MLG schole, with sound-substitution of sh- for LG skh-; cf. SCHOOL2] |
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