shallows

英 [ˈʃæləʊz]

美 [ˈʃæloʊz]

n.  (河海的)浅水处，浅滩

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• （河海的）浅水处，浅滩
  a shallow place in a river or the sea

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 浅水处;浅滩
  The shallowsare the shallow part of an area of water.
  1. At dusk more fish come into the shallows.
     黄昏时分，更多的鱼游到了浅水区。

双语例句

• At dusk more fish come into the shallows.
  黄昏时分，更多的鱼游到了浅水区。
• There are48 grottos inside and70 underground lakes, the shallows of which is2 meters deep.
  通道沿途有48个洞穴和70条地下河，河浅的地方也有2米深。
• He led the team to avoid dangerous shallows.
  他带领队伍避开危险的浅滩。
• Our boat speeds forward like a shooting star in the wake of the angry waves, then slowly veers round treacherous shallows.
  船一下象流星随着怒涛冲去，一下又绕着险滩迂回浮进。
• One day an old Crane stood in the shallows of a lotus pond with a very dejected look upon his long face.
  一天，一只老鹤站在荷花池里的浅水处，它那张长长的脸上一副沮丧的射神情。
• A pale heron rises up with a start from the shallows and with a couple of sullen wingbeats glides away over the water.
  一只苍鹭从浅水中惊起，与两只默不作声的蜂鸟在水面上飞越而过。我的旅程中有一片很高的芦苇丛，在我经过时总会窃窃私语。
• As the tsunami enters the shallows of coastlines in its path, its velocity slows but its height increases.
  海啸巨浪沿其传播方向涌向沿岸浅海，其速度减慢但其峰高却增加了。
• The mare splashed through the shallows, trampling down the reeds.
  母马踏过浅滩蹂躏了一些野草。
• The tidal stream or current gradually decreases in the shallows
  浅滩上的潮水逐渐退去。
• We went for a wade in the shallows.
  我们到浅水处去趟水。