shallow

adjective · noun · verbB1

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

shallowermore shallow

Superlative

shallowestmost shallow

1.
Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
This crater is relatively shallow.
Sauté the onions in a shallow pan.
2.
Extending not far downward.
The water is shallow here.
3.
Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
It was a glamorous but shallow lifestyle.
4.
Lacking interest or substance; flat; one-dimensional.
The acting is good, but the characters are shallow.
5.
Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing.
shallow learning
Đồng nghĩa: skin-deep
6.
(obsolete)Not deep in tone.
7.
(tennis) Not far forward, close to the net.
8.
(of an angle) Not steep; close to horizontal.
a shallow climb
a shallow descent
a shallow bank angle

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

shallows

1.
A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water.
The ship ran aground in an unexpected shallow.
2.
A fish, the rudd.
3.
(historical)A costermonger's barrow.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

shallows

V_ing/Gerund

shallowing

V_ed/pp

shallowed

1.
(ambitransitive)To make or become less deep.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

skin-deep

Trái nghĩa

deep

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English schalowe (not deep, shallow); apparently related to schalde, schold, scheld, schealde (shallow), from sċeald, from Proto-Germanic *skal-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (to parch, dry out). Related to Scholl. See also shoal.