adj (1)淺的(not deep)：a～bowl/pan/pit 淺碗/鍋/坑;the～end of a swimming pool 游泳池中水淺的一端;That dish is too～to serve soup in. 那個(gè)盤子太淺不能盛湯。The boat ran aground in the～water. 那船在淺水中擱淺了。～breathing 淺呼吸;〖同〗knee-deep;〖反〗deep，bottomless;
(2)(指人)淺薄的，膚淺的((of a person) not showing a lot of careful thought)(derog)：a～writer/personality 淺薄的作家/人格;a～argument/view/talk/conversation/book 膚淺的議論/觀點(diǎn)/談話/交談/書;～ideas 膚淺的思想;〖同〗trivial，unimportant，surface，skin-deep;〖反〗profound，serious，substantial，important，sharp;
→′shallowly adv 膚淺地;′shallowness n 膚淺;′shallows n 淺水處，淺灘;
vi變淺(become shallow)[I]：The river/channel～s at this point. 河/海峽在這里變淺了。