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

• It is on the heights ( or, as we would say, "in the shallows") that there is warmth and peace.
  在高处（或者，按我们的说法是在浅处）才又暖和又宁静。
• 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。
• In the shallows, the dark, water-soaked sticks and twigs, smooth and old, were undulating in clusters on the bottom against the clean ribbed sand, and the track of the mussel was plain.
  湖浅处，浸于水中的暗色枝枝杈杈样子光滑，而且有了些年头，一丛丛地顶着呈纹路状的净沙在水中起伏，蛤贝爬过的路痕也历历在目。
• Shallows and sponge bioherms are the main facies of carbonate platform systems.
  碳酸盐岩台地体系包括浅滩及海绵生物丘等相带；
• According to the rules, the tanks must negotiate a 20 kilometre course while facing various obstacles, including a slalom section, river shallows, a steep hill, a pontoon bridge and an escarpment, and shoot a set of targets along the way.
  根据比赛规则，坦克必须通过20公里的路程，克服障碍区、浅滩、陡坡、浮桥和崖壁在内的各项障碍，并在行进过程中完成各种射击任务。
• Here in the shallows of a Fijian reef, brilliant soft corals wave in reds, pinks, and yellows as schools of fairy basslets flash orange and violet hues.
  此处是斐济一处珊瑚礁的浅滩，艳丽的软珊瑚舞动在红色、粉红色与黄色之中，而成群的拟花？（fairybasslet）则闪耀着橘色和紫色的光辉。
• Then he drifted back to Lake superior, and he was still searching for something to do on the day that Dan cody's yacht dropped anchor in the shallows alongshore.
  后来他东漂西荡又回到了苏必利尔湖，那天他还在找点什么活儿干的时候，丹科迪的游艇在湖边的浅滩上抛下钱来。
• We went for a wade in the shallows. This little pilgrimage threw quite a wet blanket upon his rising spirits.
  我们到浅水处去趟水。这趟路跑得他大为扫兴。
• 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。