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

• Growing ice shelves would make the shallows uninhabitable.
  生长的冰架使浅水处变的不适宜动物居住。
• The mare splashed through the shallows, trampling down the reeds.
  母马踏过浅滩蹂躏了一些野草。
• Some of the turtles he'd seen in the shallows looked big enough to bite him in half.
  有些沙洲上的海龟看起来一口就能把他咬成两半。
• The freezer may look bare but an arctic wolf knows a tasty fish might be within reach in the shallows off Canada's Ellesmere Island.
  在加拿大的艾利斯摩尔岛，一只北极狼知道在这种天气下美味的鱼总躲在冰层之下。
• 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。
• Shielded from the rough waves of open water, dark patches of seaweed flourish in shallows on the east coast of Bali.
  从开放的水域的波涛中隔离出来，暗色繁茂的海藻点缀着巴厘岛东海岸的浅滩。
• 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。
• He led the team to avoid dangerous shallows.
  他带领队伍避开危险的浅滩。
• 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。
• The big silver fish lay in the shallows at Howard's feet.
  这条银色的大鱼已经躺在霍华德脚边的浅滩上。