shoal

英 [ʃəʊl]

美 [ʃoʊl]

n.  鱼群; 浅滩; 水下沙洲
vt.  变浅变浅; 驶入

复数：shoals　现在分词：shoaling　过去式：shoaled　过去分词：shoaled　第三人称单数：shoals　

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牛津词典

noun

• 鱼群
  a large number of fish swimming together as a group
• 浅滩；水下沙洲
  a small hill of sand just below the surface of the sea

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 鱼群
  Ashoal offish is a large group of them swimming together.
  1. Among them swam shoals of fish.
     鱼群在他们中间游过。
  2. ...tuna shoals.
     金枪鱼群

英英释义

noun

• a large group of fish
  1. a school of small glittering fish swam by
  Synonym:school
• a stretch of shallow water
  Synonym:shallow
• a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide

verb

• become shallow
  1. the lake shallowed over time
  Synonym:shallow
• make shallow
  1. The silt shallowed the canal
  Synonym:shallow

双语例句

• So it is a comparatively simple step from locating the sea bottom to locating a shoal of fish.
  因此，从测定海底深度到测定鱼群的位置这一进展相对较易。
• Recent research had shown that fish recognised individual shoal mates, social prestige and even tracked relationships.
  最近的研究表明鱼可以识别各自的鱼群伙伴，社会威望，甚至相关的人际关系。
• With the bottom lodged on a reef or shoal in shallow water.
  在浅水里底部卡在礁石或者沙洲上。
• In the shoal water, we could see shoals of tiny fish darting about.
  在浅水区，我们看到一群小鱼在游来游去。
• During periods of elevation the area of the land and of the adjoining shoal parts of the sea will be increased.
  在上升的时期，陆地和附近浅滩的面积都将扩大。
• Such people as you describe are shoal nowadays.
  你描述的这种人现在经很少了。
• Application of Hydraulic Fill Construction in Marine Shoal Reclamation Engineering
  吹填施工在海洋滩涂围垦工程中的应用
• Study on the Shoal and Trough Evolution and the Navigation Conditions of Wandering Reaches of the Hanjiang River
  汉江中游游荡性河段滩槽演变与通航条件分析
• A shoal of fish will do this.
  鱼群亦会反射声音。
• We need to port the boat to get around the shoal.
  我们得左转舵以绕过浅滩。