adj (1)浅的(not deep)：a～bowl/pan/pit 浅碗/锅/坑;the～end of a swimming pool 游泳池中水浅的一端;That dish is too～to serve soup in. 那个盘子太浅不能盛汤。The boat ran aground in the～water. 那船在浅水中搁浅了。～breathing 浅呼吸;〖同〗knee-deep;〖反〗deep，bottomless;

(2)(指人)浅薄的，肤浅的((of a person) not showing a lot of careful thought)(derog)：a～writer/personality 浅薄的作家/人格;a～argument/view/talk/conversation/book 肤浅的议论/观点/谈话/交谈/书;～ideas 肤浅的思想;〖同〗trivial，unimportant，surface，skin-deep;〖反〗profound，serious，substantial，important，sharp;

→′shallowly adv 肤浅地;′shallowness n 肤浅;′shallows n 浅水处，浅滩;

vi变浅(become shallow)[I]：The river/channel～s at this point. 河/海峡在这里变浅了。