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 .
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Shoal \
Shoal \,
n .
1 .
A place where the water of a sea ,
lake ,
river ,
pond ,
etc .,
is shallow ;
a shallow .
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The depth of your pond should be six feet ;
and on the sides some shoals for the fish to lay their span . --
Mortimer .
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Wolsey ,
that once trod the ways of glory ,
And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor .
--
Shak .
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2 .
A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal .
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The god himself with ready trident stands ,
And opes the deep ,
and spreads the moving sands ,
Then heaves them off the shoals . --
Dryden .
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Shoal \
Shoal \,
v .
i .
To become shallow ;
as ,
the color of the water shows where it shoals .
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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 .
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Beneath ,
a shoal of silver fishes glides . --
Waller .
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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 .
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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 .
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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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