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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- shoal
[ʃəul]
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1.
noun
[c]
[of fish]
群
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- shoal
[ʃol]
[ʃəul]
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1.
noun
大群；大量，许多
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2.
noun
鱼群
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3.
vi.
（鱼等）成群，群集；成群地移动
- shoal
[ʃol]
[ʃəul]
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1.
noun
浅滩
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2.
noun
（退潮时露出的）沙洲
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3.
vi.
变浅
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4.
vt.
使变浅
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5.
vt.
驶入浅水处
Collins English-English Dictionary
- shoal
[ʃəυl]
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1.
n
a stretch of shallow water
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2.
n
a sandbank or rocky area in a stretch of water, esp one that is visible at low water
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3.
vb
to make or become shallow
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4.
vi.
[intr]
[nautical]
to sail into shallower water
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5.
adj
a less common word for shallow
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6.
adj
[nautical]
(of the draught of a vessel) drawing little water
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7.
adj
[Etymology]
Old English sceald shallow
- shoal
[ʃəυl]
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1.
n
a large group of certain aquatic animals, esp fish
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2.
n
a large group of people or things
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3.
vi.
[intr]
to collect together in such a group
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4.
vi.
[Etymology]
Old English scolu; related to Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schole school2
Examples
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浅水
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shallow water; shoal water
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虾群
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a shoal of shrimps
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现在对滩涂的主要利用方式是围垦。
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One way of making use of the shoal is enclose it for cultivation.
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