adj.淺的

n.淺水處；沙洲；魚群；一大群

v.（使)變淺；群聚

The boat struck a shoal and fetched up all standing. 那艘船撞上淺灘突然停了下來。

I waded in the shoal almost a mile before I got to dry land. 我在淺灘中涉水幾乎一英里遠(yuǎn)才到了陸地。

The ship ported sharply to the left to avoid a shoal. 船猛烈向左轉(zhuǎn)以躲避一魚群。

Shoals of tourists come here in the summer. 這里夏季常有大批游客。

The shark described a circle around the shoal of fish. 這條鯊魚圍繞著魚群游動(dòng)。

The fishmen shoal the narrow part of a river to fish. 漁夫使河道狹窄處水變淺以便捕魚。