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

• They have had to maneuver the ship to avoid unforeseen shoals and shallows.
  他们必须设法避开无法预见的暗礁和浅滩。
• 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。
• Test studies on starting and transport pattern of sediment of Tonggu Shallows were performed.
  对铜鼓浅滩泥沙的起动、运移形态进行了试验研究。
• The mare splashed through the shallows, trampling down the reeds.
  母马踏过浅滩蹂躏了一些野草。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The boys splashed in the shallows of the pond.
  男孩子们在池塘的浅水处嬉水。
• 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。