| 单词 | shallow |
| 释义 | shallow (once / 329 pages) adjnv The adjective shallow can describe things that aren't very deep, like a shallow puddle, or people who don't have much emotional or intellectual depth, like shallow people who judge others on their looks and how much money they have. Shallow likely comes from the Old English word sceald, which means "shoal," the water near a shoreline. So, shallow describes something that is close to the surface — like the shallow roots of a newly-planted tree or a person whose interest in someone or something isn't very deep. For instance, a shallow person might go to the opening of a new art exhibition not so much to see the artworks as meet the wealthy people on the museum's board of trustees. WORD FAMILYshallow: shallowed, shallower, shallowest, shallowing, shallowly, shallowness, shallows+/shallowness: shallownesses USAGE EXAMPLESThe job is very hard, and the pool is terribly shallow. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Heat the remaining oil in a large ovenproof sauté pan or shallow cast-iron casserole large enough to fit the chicken in a single layer. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) The decrease probably reflects rising mortgage rates and the shallow inventory of properties on the market. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) 1adj lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center shallow water a shallow dish a shallow cut a shallow closet established a shallow beachhead hit the ball to shallow left field Syn|Ant ankle-deep, knee-deep coming only to the ankle or knee fordableshallow enough to be crossed by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle neriticrelating to the region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast reefy, shelfy, shelvy, shoalyfull of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals deep having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination abysmal, abyssal, unfathomableresembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable bottomlessextremely deep deep-waterof or carried on in waters of great depth profound, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsoundedsituated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed walk-in(of e.g. closets or refrigerators) extending very far enough back to allow a person to enter unfathomableof depth; not capable of being sounded or measured 2adj lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious shallow people his arguments seemed shallow and tedious Syn superficial concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually 3adj not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply shallow breathing a night of shallow fretful sleep in a shallow trance Syn|Ant light, wakeful (of sleep) easily disturbed deep relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply heavy, profound, sound, wakeless(of sleep) deep and complete profoundcoming from deep within one 4n a stretch of shallow water Syn|Hyper shoal body of water, water the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) 5v make shallow The silt shallowed the canal Syn|Hyper shoal alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 6v become shallow the lake shallowed over time Syn|Hyper shoal change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature |
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