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shallow

UK //ˈʃæləʊ//US //ˈʃæloʊ//

词源

源自中古英语 schalowe,与古英语 sceald(浅的)有关,可能源自原始日耳曼语 *skalwaz。

adjective

❶ 形容物体或水域深度较浅,通常指水面到水底的距离很短,容易触到底部。

“The river is shallow here, so we can walk across.”

(这里的河水很浅,我们可以走过去。)

“The kids played in the shallow end of the pool.”

(孩子们在游泳池的浅水区玩耍。)

❶ 形容思想、感情或知识缺乏深度,显得肤浅或表面化。

“He has a shallow understanding of complex issues.”

(他对复杂问题的理解很肤浅。)

“Their conversation was shallow and meaningless.”

(他们的谈话肤浅且毫无意义。)

同义词:superficial, surface, frivolous

verb

❶ 使变浅,指减少某物的深度或使水域变得更浅。

“The drought shallowed the lake significantly.”

(干旱使湖水明显变浅了。)

“They shallowed the pond to make it safer for children.”

(他们把池塘挖浅,让孩子们更安全。)

同义词:flatten, reduce depth

常见短语

shallow breathing — 指呼吸短促而浅,通常由于紧张、焦虑或身体不适引起。

“After running, she was taking shallow breaths.”

(跑步后,她的呼吸变得短促。)

shallow copy — 在计算机编程中,指仅复制对象的最外层结构,而不复制嵌套的内部对象。

“A shallow copy of the array won't duplicate the nested objects.”

(数组的浅拷贝不会复制嵌套的对象。)