shallow

英 ['ʃæləʊ] 美 ['ʃæloʊ]

• adj. 浅的；薄的
• n. 浅滩；浅处
• v. 变浅

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 浅的

   not deep

2. 〈贬〉肤浅的

   lacking deep or serious thinking; superficial

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 浅的
2. 弱的
3. （人、观点、评论等）肤浅的，浅薄的
4. 薄的
5. 表面的
6. 皮毛的
7. 浅短的

n. 名词

1. 浅滩
2. 浅处
3. 守场员近迫防守的位置
4. 浅水处

v. 动词

1. （使）变浅
2. 变浅薄

adv. 副词

1. 到浅处，在浅处

英英释义

Noun:

1. a stretch of shallow water

Adjective:

1. lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center;

   "shallow water"
   "a shallow dish"
   "a shallow cut"
   "a shallow closet"
   "established a shallow beachhead"
   "hit the ball to shallow left field"
   

2. not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply;

   "shallow breathing"
   "a night of shallow fretful sleep"
   "in a shallow trance"
   

3. lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious;

   "shallow people"
   "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious"
   

Verb:

1. make shallow;

   "The silt shallowed the canal"
   

2. become shallow;

   "the lake shallowed over time"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. This shallow ford made it possible for us to cross the river.
   我们有可能从这片浅滩过河。
2. That dish is too shallow to serve soup in.
   那只盘子太浅了，不能盛汤。
3. Homesickness is a shallow strait, I stand here, my homeland is on the other side.
   乡愁是一湾浅浅的海峡,我在这头,大陆在那头。
4. She has a rather shallow personality.
   她的个性相当浅薄。
5. It is only shallow people who judge by appearances.
   只有浅薄的人才会以貌取人。

用作名词 (n.)

1. This shallow ford made it possible for us to cross the river.
   我们有可能从这片浅滩过河。
2. The group became trapped in a shallow cove of Long Island south last week.
   上个礼拜，这些海豚在南边长海岛的浅滩被困住了。
3. The ship was grounded in shallow water.
   船在水浅处搁浅。
4. A shallow place in a body of water,such as a river,where one can cross by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle.
   可涉水而过的地方河等水体的浅处，人们可以在此步行或骑动物或用交通工具淌过。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The rock assemblage of shallow exposed bank-microfacies is the basis of the formation of pore layers and reservoir permeability systems.
   变浅暴露滩微相的岩石组合是孔隙层和储渗体形成的基础。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. He got in at the shallow end of the swimming pool.
   他在游泳池的浅水区下水。
2. He is a shallow thinker whose opinions aren't worth much.
   他看问题很浅薄,因此他的意见没有多大价值。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. His arguments seemed shallow and tedious.
   他的论点显得肤浅乏味,令人生厌。

S+be+～+to- v

1. The dish is too shallow to serve soup in.
   盘子太浅,盛不了汤。
2. I was too young and shallow to understand love.
   那时我太年轻无知,不懂得什么是爱情。

经典引文

• A wide, shallow tray full of pots.

  出自： K. Mansfield

• The spring was so shallow..I could touch..its bed.

  出自： R. P. Jhabvala

• I walked up the shallow steps.

  出自： M. Marrin

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• shallow argument〔book, conversation〕 浅薄的议论〔书,交谈〕
• shallow breathing 浅呼吸

词义辨析

superficial，shallow

• 这两个形容词均含“肤浅的，浅薄的”之意。
• superficial通常指人的思想、言论、学识、著作等权停留于表面，缺乏必要的深度和全面性。
• shallow指知识、议论、认识或立论肤浅，有时暗示图表面而无实际内容。

词源解说

• ☆ 1400年左右进入英语，直接源自古英语的sceald，意为不深的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• superficial

【反义词】

• deep
• profound