shoal
英[???l]
美[?ol]
- n. 淺灘；魚群；潛在危險
- vi. 變淺
- vt. 使變淺；駛入
- adj. 淺的
詞態變化
復數:?shoals;
助記提示
1. shallow => *shal- => shoal.
2. school => shoal.
中文詞源
shoal 淺灘，沙洲
來自古英語 sceald,淺的，詞源同 shallow.
shoal 魚群來自古英語 scolu,魚群，詞源同 school,魚群，一群。
英文詞源
- shoal
- shoal: English has two distinct words shoal. ‘Shallow area’ [16] is descended from the Old English adjective sceald ‘shallow’, which in turn came from prehistoric Germanic *skaldaz. (English shallow [15] is related, although it is not clear precisely how.) Shoal of fish [16] is simply a reborrowing of Middle Dutch schōle, which had earlier been taken over as school.
=> school - shoal (n.1)
- "place of shallow water," c. 1300, from Old English schealde (adj.), from sceald "shallow," from Proto-Germanic *skala- (cognates: Swedish sk?ll "thin;" Low German schol, Frisian skol "not deep"), of uncertain origin. The terminal -d was dropped 16c.
- shoal (n.2)
- "large number" (especially of fish), 1570s, apparently identical with Old English scolu "band, troop, crowd of fish" (see school (n.2)); but perhaps rather a 16c. adoption of cognate Middle Dutch schole.
- shoal (v.)
- "assemble in a multitude," c. 1600, from shoal (n.2). Related: Shoaled; shoaling.
雙語例句
- 1. He was transferred to Shoal Creek Mental Institution for an indefinite period.
- 他被轉到了肖爾溪精神病院，要在那里無限期地呆下去。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A shoal of fish will do this.
- 魚群也會反射聲音的.
來自《用法詞典》
- 3. The boat struck a shoal and fetched up all standing.
- 那艘船撞上淺灘突然停了下來。
來自辭典例句
- 4. A shoal of porpoises are well on the feed.
- 一群海豚正在吞食.
來自辭典例句
- 5. We need to port the boat to get around the shoal.
- 我們得左轉舵以繞過淺灘.
來自互聯網