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

• The mare splashed through the shallows, trampling down the reeds.
  母马踏过浅滩蹂躏了一些野草。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• There are48 grottos inside and70 underground lakes, the shallows of which is2 meters deep.
  通道沿途有48个洞穴和70条地下河，河浅的地方也有2米深。
• 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。
• The tidal stream or current gradually decreases in the shallows
  浅滩上的潮水逐渐退去。
• We went for a wade in the shallows. This little pilgrimage threw quite a wet blanket upon his rising spirits.
  我们到浅水处去趟水。这趟路跑得他大为扫兴。
• Shallows and sponge bioherms are the main facies of carbonate platform systems.
  碳酸盐岩台地体系包括浅滩及海绵生物丘等相带；