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

• Shielded from the rough waves of open water, dark patches of seaweed flourish in shallows on the east coast of Bali.
  从开放的水域的波涛中隔离出来，暗色繁茂的海藻点缀着巴厘岛东海岸的浅滩。
• 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。
• At dusk more fish come into the shallows.
  黄昏时分，更多的鱼游到了浅水区。
• Ships must be careful to avoid the shallows.
  船一定要小心避开浅滩。
• One day an old Crane stood in the shallows of a lotus pond with a very dejected look upon his long face.
  一天，一只老鹤站在荷花池里的浅水处，它那张长长的脸上一副沮丧的射神情。
• 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。
• The freezer may look bare but an arctic wolf knows a tasty fish might be within reach in the shallows off Canada's Ellesmere Island.
  在加拿大的艾利斯摩尔岛，一只北极狼知道在这种天气下美味的鱼总躲在冰层之下。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。