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shallow

/shal-oh/US // ˈʃæl oʊ //UK // (ˈʃæləʊ) //

浅滩,浅谈,浅水,浅显的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
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    shal·low·er, shal·low·est.

    • : of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
    • : lacking depth; superficial: a mind that is not narrow but shallow.
    • : taking in a relatively small amount of air in each inhalation: shallow breathing.
    • : Baseball. relatively close to home plate: The shortstop caught the pop fly in shallow left field.
n.名词 noun
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    • : Usually shallows. a shallow part of a body of water; shoal.
adv.副词 adverb
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    • : Baseball. at a shallow position: With the pitcher up, the outfielders played shallow.
  1. 1
    • : to make or become shallow.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.unintelligent, ignorant
Synonyms
empty空,空的,空空如也,空荡荡的foolish愚蠢的,愚昧的,愚昧,愚蠢frothy充满泡沫的,泡沫丰富的,泡沫状的,有泡沫的hollow中空,空心的,空心,空洞的trivial琐碎,琐碎的,琐事,小事一桩flimsy单薄,单薄的,脆弱的,薄薄的idle闲置,闲置的,空闲,闲散的lightweight轻量级,重量级,轻巧,轻量级的petty小气,小气的,小气鬼,琐碎piddling琐碎的,琐碎,琐事,琐碎的事情simple简单,简单的,单纯的,单纯slight纤细的,纤细,纤弱的,纤微surface表面,面,地面,表层trifling琐碎的,琐碎,琐碎的事,琐事cursory粗略的,粗略,粗略地,粗略估计empty-headed脑袋空空的,脑袋空空,空心的,虚无缥缈的farcical闹剧,闹哄哄的,滑稽,闹着玩的featherbrained羽毛脑,羽毛脑筋,羽毛脑的,羽毛脑的人flighty飞行的,飞行,飞扬跋扈,飘逸frivolous无聊的,无聊,轻薄,轻浮half-baked半生不熟的,半生不熟,半生不熟的人,一知半解的inane无稽之谈,无聊,无意义的,毫无意义的meaningless无意义,无意义的,没有意义,没有意义的paltry微不足道,微不足道的,渺小,渺小的puerile稚嫩的,稚嫩,稚气,稚气未脱sketchy简略的,简略,简约的,简约skin-deep肤浅的,肤浅的人,肤浅,深入浅出superficial表面上的,表面的,表面上,表面uncritical不闻不问,不批评,不盲目的,不盲目unthinking不假思索,不思考,不思进取,不思量vain虚荣,虚荣心,徒劳,徒劳的wishy-washy虚虚实实,虚虚实实的,踌躇满志,踌躇不前

Examples

  • Sight fishing in shallow water is one of the most exciting ways to chase fish on inshore waters.

  • VanDevender thinks there’s probably an ideal middle ground that will call for modest shielding and shallow underground locations.

  • Romania has shallow-water gas projects, but a major deep-water find by eight years ago has still to be exploited.

  • Just spinning the wheels on even a shallow incline caused the vehicle to sink into the seeds.

  • Working with more sophisticated GPS tracking devices, they found that albatrosses did not perform Lévy walks while searching for food above shallow water, where they might have more visual or olfactory information to guide them.

  • The wreckage of the Airbus A320 has been located in relatively shallow water.

  • Men cross the river at shallow points with herds of animals while women tend the fields in colorful dresses.

  • They converted what should have been a long-overdue moral reckoning into a shallow and hysterical ratings bonanza.

  • George was neither shallow nor superficial; his personality was deep and multidimensional.

  • The soldiers are forced to dig their own shallow grave and are then shot in a chilling scene at the conclusion.

  • In these archipelagos the waters being shallow, the frost was quite intense enough to cool them to the bottom.

  • These bogs are of all depths from a few inches to thirty or forty feet, though the very shallow have generally been reclaimed.

  • A Naval Officer who has seen her says she is lying in shallow water—6 fathoms—bottom upwards looking like a stranded whale.

  • The sides generally rather shallow, heads of exquisite form and well defined.

  • If we have dry weather the water will, at the next shallow level, fall off two strokes per minute before the next lift is in fork.