shallow

shallow
1. n часто pl мелкое место, мелководье, мель; отмель

the shallow of the river — брод

shallow philosophism — мелкое философствование

shallow footing — фундамент мелкого заложения

shallow acceptor — мелкий акцепторный уровень

shallow tunnel — туннель мелкого заложения

shallow donor — мелкий донорный уровень

2. a мелкий, мелководный; неглубокий

shallow stream — мелкий ручей

shallow sea — мелководное море

shallow tray — плоский поднос

shallow hole — неглубокая яма

shallow dredging — неглубокая выемка

shallow water zone — мелководная зона

shallow hardening — неглубокая закалка

shallow mixer — миксер с мелкой ванной

shallow water wave — мелководная волна

3. a поверхностный, ограниченный; пустой

shallow analysis — поверхностный анализ

shallow thought — мелкая мысль

shallow person — ограниченный человек

shallow generalizations — непродуманные обобщения

shallow policy — недальновидная политика

shallow breast — поверхностное дыхание

shallow breath — поверхностное дыхание

shallow breathing — поверхностное дыхание

shallow diffusion — поверхностная диффузия

shallow earthquake — поверхностное землетрясение

4. v мелеть
5. v уменьшать глубину

shallow hardenability — прокаливаемость на малую глубину

shallow sands — нефтеносные породы на небольшой глубине

shallow gas — газ, поступающий с небольших глубин

shallow blowout — выброс с небольшой глубины

Синонимический ряд:
1. having little depth (adj.) fordable; having little depth; lacking depth; non-navigable; not deep enough; slight; surface; wading
2. superficial (adj.) cursory; depthless; one-dimensional; shoal; sketchy; skin-deep; superficial; uncritical
3. trite (adj.) frivolous; inconsequential; insignificant; insubstantial; not profound; silly; trifling; trite; trivial; unintelligent
4. shoal (noun) shoal
Антонимический ряд:
profound

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  • Shallow — Shal low, a. [Compar. {Shallower}; superl. {Shallowest}.] [OE. schalowe, probably originally, sloping or shelving; cf. Icel. skj[=a]lgr wry, squinting, AS. sceolh, D. & G. scheel, OHG. schelah. Cf. {Shelve} to slope, {Shoal} shallow.] 1. Not… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shallow — [shal′ō] adj. [ME shalow < OE * scealw < IE base * (s)kel , to dry out > SHOAL2, Gr skellein] 1. not deep [a shallow lake] 2. lacking depth of character, intellect, or meaning; superficial 3. slight; weak [shallow breathing] …   English World dictionary

  • Shallow — Shal low, v. t. To make shallow. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Shallow — Shal low, v. i. To become shallow, as water. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shallow — [adj1] not deep cursory, depthless, empty, flat, hollow, inconsiderable, sand bar, shelf, shoal, slight, superficial, surface, trifling, trivial, unsound; concepts 737,777 Ant. deep shallow [adj2] unintelligent, ignorant cursory, empty, empty… …   New thesaurus

  • shallow — ► ADJECTIVE 1) of little depth. 2) not showing, requiring, or capable of serious thought. ► NOUN (shallows) ▪ a shallow area of water. DERIVATIVES shallowly adverb shallowness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • Shallow — Shal low, n. 1. A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf. [1913 Webster] A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but upon shallows of gravel. Bacon. [1913 Webster] Dashed on the shallows of the moving… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shallow — index barren, cursory, fatuous, frivolous, puerile, superficial, trivial, volatile Burton s Legal Thesaurus …   Law dictionary

  • shallow — (adj.) c.1400, schalowe not deep, probably from O.E. sceald (see SHOAL (Cf. shoal)). Of breathing, attested from 1875; of thought or feeling, superficial, first recorded 1580s. The noun, usually shallows, is first recorded 1570s, from the… …   Etymology dictionary

  • shallow — adj *superficial, cursory, uncritical Analogous words: slim, slight, slender, *thin: trivial, trifling, *petty, paltry: empty, hollow, idle, *vain …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • shallow — 01. The sign said, Warning: [Shallow] water Do Not Dive. 02. The children were wading around in the warm [shallow] water of the bay, trying to catch fish. 03. The body of an unknown man has been found in a [shallow] grave in a forested area on… …   Grammatical examples in English


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