shoal

英 [ʃəʊl]

美 [ʃoʊl]

n.  鱼群; 浅滩; 水下沙洲
vt.  变浅变浅; 驶入

复数：shoals　现在分词：shoaling　过去式：shoaled　过去分词：shoaled　第三人称单数：shoals　

IELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.12753

牛津词典

noun

• 鱼群
  a large number of fish swimming together as a group
• 浅滩；水下沙洲
  a small hill of sand just below the surface of the sea

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 鱼群
  Ashoal offish is a large group of them swimming together.
  1. Among them swam shoals of fish.
     鱼群在他们中间游过。
  2. ...tuna shoals.
     金枪鱼群

英英释义

noun

• a large group of fish
  1. a school of small glittering fish swam by
  Synonym:school
• a stretch of shallow water
  Synonym:shallow
• a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide

verb

• become shallow
  1. the lake shallowed over time
  Synonym:shallow
• make shallow
  1. The silt shallowed the canal
  Synonym:shallow

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