亚洲网紅露点

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shoal

1

[ shohl ]

noun

  1. a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow:

    The clams and mussels gathered from these shoals are the best you鈥檒l ever find.

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  2. a sandbank or sandbar in the bed of a body of water, especially one that is exposed above the surface of the water at low tide.

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adjective

  1. of little depth, as water; shallow:

    The first thing these newcomers do is buy a boat and promptly get stuck in the shoal waters, which they know nothing about.

verb (used without object)

  1. to become shallow or more shallow:

    The river significantly shoals between the old stone bridge and the bend at Tuttle鈥檚 Crossing.

verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to become shallow:

    Shoaling the approach has effectively kept the larger vessels out of our small harbor.

  2. Nautical. to sail so as to lessen the depth of (the water under a vessel).

shoal

2

[ shohl ]

noun

  1. any large number of persons or things.
  2. a school of fish:

    a shoal of herring;

    a shoal of mackerel.

verb (used without object)

  1. to collect in a shoal; throng.

shoal

1

/ 蕛蓹蕣濒 /

noun

  1. a stretch of shallow water
  2. a sandbank or rocky area in a stretch of water, esp one that is visible at low water
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to make or become shallow
  2. intr nautical to sail into shallower water
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. a less common word for shallow
  2. nautical (of the draught of a vessel) drawing little water
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

shoal

2

/ 蕛蓹蕣濒 /

noun

  1. a large group of certain aquatic animals, esp fish
  2. a large group of people or things
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to collect together in such a group
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

shoal

  1. A submerged mound or ridge of sediment in a body of shallow water.
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉丑辞补濒颈苍别蝉蝉, noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of shoal1

First recorded before 900; (for the adjective) Middle English shold(e), Old English sceald shallow; noun and verb derivative of the adjective

Origin of shoal2

First recorded in 1570鈥80; earlier shole, probably from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German 蝉肠丑艒濒别, with sound-substitution of sh- for Low German skh-; school 2
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of shoal1

Old English sceald shallow

Origin of shoal2

Old English scolu; related to Middle Low German, Middle Dutch 蝉肠丑艒濒别 school
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And for decades, every attempt to create legal access has foundered on the rocky shoals of property rights and lumbering bureaucracy.

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These standards were the shoals on which much of Trump鈥檚 first-term effort at regulatory vandalism foundered.

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Calm captains of the ship of state struggle to navigate the world system鈥檚 waves and shoals.

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The shoal, claimed by China as Xianbin Jiao and as Escoda Shoal by the Philippines, is located some 75 nautical miles from the Philippines' west coast and 630 nautical miles from China.

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The shoal, which is less than 200 nautical miles from the Philippine coastline, is home to a crumbling warship, the Sierra Madre.

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