(常用复数)浅水区;浅滩;(水域中)水不深的地方。也可引申指“表层、肤浅之处”(较少用)。
/ˈʃæloʊz/
The children played safely in the shallows near the shore.
孩子们在岸边的浅水区安全地玩耍。
As the storm approached, the ship’s captain steered away from the shallows to avoid running aground.
暴风雨逼近时,船长把船驶离浅滩,以免搁浅。
“shallows”来自形容词 shallow(浅的),词根可追溯到古英语中表示“浅、低”的相关形式;加上复数 -s 后常用来指一片“浅水区域/浅滩”,属于名词化的用法。