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shoal n. 淺灘,沙洲,魚群,潛伏著的危險
a. 淺的
vi. 魚成群而游,變淺
vt. 使變淺 淺灘,沙洲,魚群,潛伏著的危險淺的魚成群而遊,變淺使變淺 shoal n 1: a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide 2: a stretch of shallow water [ synonym: { shoal}, { shallow}] 3: a large group of fish; " a school of small glittering fish swam by" [ synonym: { school}, { shoal}] v 1: make shallow; " The silt shallowed the canal" [ synonym: { shallow}, { shoal}] 2: become shallow; " the lake shallowed over time" [ synonym: { shallow}, { shoal}] Shoal \ Shoal\, a. [ Cf. { Shallow}; or cf. G. scholle a clod, glebe, OHG. scollo, scolla, prob. akin to E. shoal a multitude.] Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water. [ 1913 Webster]
Shoal \ Shoal\, n. 1. A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow. [ 1913 Webster] The depth of your pond should be six feet; and on the sides some shoals for the fish to lay their span. -- Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster] Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal. [ 1913 Webster] The god himself with ready trident stands, And opes the deep, and spreads the moving sands, Then heaves them off the shoals. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster]
Shoal \ Shoal\, v. i. To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals. [ 1913 Webster]
Shoal \ Shoal\, n. [ AS. scolu, sceolu, a company, multitude, crowd, akin to OS. skola; probably originally, a division, and akin to Icel. skilja to part, divide. See { Skill}, and cf. { School}. of fishes.] A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass. " Great shoals of people." -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] Beneath, a shoal of silver fishes glides. -- Waller. [ 1913 Webster]
Shoal \ Shoal\, v. t. To cause to become more shallow; to come to a more shallow part of; as, a ship shoals her water by advancing into that which is less deep. -- Marryat. [ 1913 Webster]
Shoal \ Shoal\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Shoaled}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Shoaling}.] To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place. -- Chapman. [ 1913 Webster] 98 Moby Thesaurus words for " shoal": a mass of, a world of, ankle- deep, army, bank, bar, barrier, bevy, bunch, cloud, clutter, colony, coral heads, coral reef, covey, cursory, depthless, drift, drive, drove, epidermal, flat, flight, flock, flocks, ford, gam, gang, hail, herd, hive, hook, host, ironbound coast, jam, jejune, kennel, knee- deep, large amount, ledges, lee shore, legion, light, litter, lots, many, masses of, mob, muchness, multitude, nest, not deep, numbers, on the surface, pack, pitfall, plurality, pod, pride, quantities, quicksands, quite a few, reef, rockbound coast, rocks, rout, ruck, sandbank, sandbar, sands, school, scores, shallow, shallow- rooted, shallows, shelf, shoal water, shoals, skin- deep, skulk, slight, sloth, spit, superficial, surface, swarm, thin, throng, tidal flats, tidy sum, trip, trivial, troop, undercurrent, undertow, unprofound, wetlands, worlds of
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