| 单词 | shoal |
| 释义 | shoal 1. n. & v. --n 1. a great number of fish swimming together (cf. SCHOOL(2)). 2. a multitude; a crowd (shoals of letters). --vintr. (of fish) form shoals. Etymology: prob. re-adoption of MDu. schole SCHOOL(2) 2. n., v., & adj. --n 1. a an area of shallow water. b a submerged sandbank visible at low water. 2. (esp. in pl.) hidden danger or difficulty. --v 1. intr. (of water) get shallower. 2. tr. (of a ship etc.) move into a shallower part of (water). --adj archaic (of water) shallow. Derivatives shoaly adj. Etymology: OE sceald f. Gmc, rel. to SHALLOW |
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