shoal /ˈʃol/
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
Shoal, v. i. To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals.
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.
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Shoal n. A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass. “Great shoals of people.”
Beneath, a shoal of silver fishes glides. --Waller.
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.
Shoal, a. Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water.
Shoal, n.
1. A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow.
The depth of your pond should be six feet; and on the sides some shoals for the fish to lay their span. --Mortimer.
Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory,
And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor. --Shak.
2. A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.
The god himself with ready trident stands,
And opes the deep, and spreads the moving sands,
Then heaves them off the shoals. --Dryden.
shoal
n 1: a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
2: a stretch of shallow water [syn: shallow]
3: a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish
swam by" [syn: school]
v 1: make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal" [syn: shallow]
2: become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time" [syn: shallow]