shallow
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 水浅的地方，浅滩
- adj.
- 浅的，肤浅的
- v.
- (使)变浅
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 schalowe “not deep, shallow”
- 源自 ←原始日耳曼语 *skal-
- 源自 ←原始印欧语 *(s)kelh₁- “to parch, dry out”
原始词根
原始印欧语 *(s)kelh₁-
词源说明
From Middle English schalowe (“not deep, shallow”); apparently related to Middle English schalde, schold, scheld, schealde (“shallow”), from Old English sċeald (“shallow”), from Proto-Germanic *skal-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to parch, dry out”). Related to Low German Scholl (“shallow water”). See also shoal.
释义（英文）
形容词 Adjective
- Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
- Extending not far downward.
- Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
- Lacking interest or substance; flat; one-dimensional.
- Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing.
- (obsolete) Not deep in tone.
- (tennis) Not far forward, close to the net.
- (of an angle) Not steep; close to horizontal.