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单词 shoaly
释义

shoaly

[ shoh-lee ]
/ ˈʃoʊ li /

adjective, shoal·i·er, shoal·i·est.

full of shoals or shallows.

Origin of shoaly

First recorded in 1605–15; shoal1 + -y1

Words nearby shoaly

SHO, Shoa, shoad, Shoah, shoal, shoaly, shoat, shochet, shock, shock absorber, shocker
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Example sentences from the Web for shoaly

  • By feeding upon these for several days it had quite glutted itself, having made for itself a channel in the shoaly water.

    Curious Creatures in Zoology|John Ashton
  • They swung round a point and threaded the channel that led among the shoaly waters of Musky Bay.

    The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code|John Henry Goldfrap, AKA Captain Wilbur Lawton
  • Wind, rain, roily, shoaly seas breaking clear over the ship across decks drove Cook out from land to deeper water.

    Vikings of the Pacific|Agnes C. Laut
  • An inlet or shoaly arm of the sea into which a river or rivers empty, and subject to tidal influence.

    The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth
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