• n. 浅滩；鱼群；潜在危险
• vi. 变浅
• vt. 使变浅；驶入
• adj. 浅的

来自古英语 sceald,浅的，词源同 shallow.

来自古英语 scolu,鱼群，词源同 school,鱼群，一群。

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 skäll "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.

1. He was transferred to Shoal Creek Mental Institution for an indefinite period.

他被转到了肖尔溪精神病院，要在那里无限期地呆下去。

来自柯林斯例句

2. A shoal of fish will do this.

鱼群也会反射声音的.

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3. The boat struck a shoal and fetched up all standing.

那艘船撞上浅滩突然停了下来。

来自辞典例句

4. A shoal of porpoises are well on the feed.

一群海豚正在吞食.

来自辞典例句

5. We need to port the boat to get around the shoal.

我们得左转舵以绕过浅滩.

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