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這個拼法是2個不同的字· 2 words spelled “shoal”

  1. 1
    shoal of fish魚群Picture one mass of small bodies moving as if it were a single animal: hundreds of fish so close together…
  2. 2
    shoal · sandbank in shallow water淺灘Picture the sea floor quietly rising until it is only a little way under the surface.
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shoal of fish

noun/verb

Picture one mass of small bodies moving as if it were a single animal: hundreds of fish so close together that they turn at the same moment. You count it as one thing, not as hundreds. That is the whole picture — many arriving and moving as one.

可以想成一團由許多小身體組成的東西，動起來卻像一隻動物：幾百條魚靠得極近，同一瞬間一起轉向。你會把牠當成「一個」來數，而不是幾百個。整個字就停在這幅畫面上——很多東西一起來、一起動，看起來像一團。換成人或信件，畫面完全不用改。

From the word’s history

From Old English sċeolu 'troop, multitude, school of fish'; the source calls it a doublet of school.

來自古英文 sċeolu，意思是「一隊人、一大群、魚群」。詞源資料說它和 school 是同源的雙式詞，所以兩個字都能指魚群，而「一群人」的用法本來就在這個字裡。

Wiktionary, "shoal" (etymology 2)

One branch

一起游的魚群

登入就可以看這一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

shoal of fish · noun

A large number of fish, or other sea creatures of the same kind, swimming close together as one group.

魚群

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shoal · sandbank in shallow water

noun

Picture the sea floor quietly rising until it is only a little way under the surface. Nothing shows on top; the water looks the same as everywhere else. The danger is exactly that the rise is hidden.

可以想成海底悄悄往上隆起，隆到離水面只剩一點點。水面上看不出任何異狀，那一塊水看起來和別處一樣。危險就在這裡：升起來的部分是藏著的。船照著平常的路開過去，才會突然卡住。

From the word’s history

From Middle English schold, Old English sċeald 'shallow'; the source says to compare shallow. A different root from the shoal that means a group of fish.

來自中古英文 schold、古英文 sċeald（淺的），詞源資料要讀者對照 shallow。這條線和「魚群」那個 shoal 來源不同，只是後來拼成同樣的字。

Wiktionary, "shoal" (etymology 1)

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

shoals

意思相近

schoolswarmbank of fishcrowdsfloodsthrongsmasses

意思相反

a handfula trickle

shoals

意思相近

sandbanksandbarshallowsbar

用法接近

reeftidechartrun aground

意思相反

deep waterchanneltrench

原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

shoaladj詞源 1/ʃəʊl/

  • 1

    archaicShallow.

    • shoal water
    • But that part of the coast being shoal and bare, / And rough with reefs which ran out many a mile, / His port lay on the other side o' the isle.

shoalnoun詞源 1/ʃəʊl/

  • 1

    A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.

    • 'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
    • The god himself with ready trident stands, / And opes the deep, and spreads the moving sands, / Then heaves them off the shoals.
  • 2

    A shallow in a body of water.

    • The depth of your pond should be six feet; and on the sides some shoals for the fish to sun themselves in and to lay their spawn.
    • Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, / And sounded all the depths and shoals of honour.

shoalverb詞源 1/ʃəʊl/

  • 1

    To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area.

  • 2

    To cause a shallowing; to come to a more shallow part of.

    • Noting the rate at which she shoals her water -[…]
  • 3

    To become shallow.

    • The colour of the water shows where it shoals.

shoalnoun詞源 2/ʃəʊl/

  • 1

    Any large number of persons or things.

    • Shoals of tourists
    • great shoals of people
  • 2

    A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together.

    • c. 1661, Edmund Waller, On St. James's Park Beneath, a shoal of silver fishes glides.
    • He came directly from the shoal which we had just before entered, and in which we had struck three of his companions, as if fired with revenge for their sufferings.

shoalverb詞源 2/ʃəʊl/

  • 1

    To collect in a shoal; to throng.

    • The fish shoaled about the place.

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