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单词 shoal
释义
shoal
noun
uk
/ʃəʊl/us
/ʃoʊl/

shoalnoun(FISH)

[C,+ sing/pl verb]
alargenumberoffishswimmingas agroup:
鱼群
We couldseeshoals oftinyfishdartingaround.我们可以看见一群群小鱼儿窜来窜去。
Piranhas oftenfeedinshoals.水虎鱼常常是成群地觅食。
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Animal groupings
  • bevy
  • biomass
  • brood
  • colony
  • colony collapse
  • colony collapse disorder
  • drove
  • flight
  • flock
  • gaggle
  • herd
  • hive
  • menagerie
  • murder
  • pack
  • pod
  • school
  • skein
  • swarm
  • team
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shoalnoun(PEOPLE/THINGS)

[Cusually plural]informal
alargenumberof things orpeople:
大批，大群（东西或人）
In thesummer,touristsvisitthecityinshoals.夏天，大批大批的游客到这个城市游览。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Groups and collections of things
  • agglomeration
  • Aladdin's cave
  • anthology
  • assemblage
  • bank
  • bob
  • cache
  • empty set
  • ensemble
  • family
  • feast
  • generation
  • glory box
  • package
  • permutation
  • pool
  • selection
  • sheaf
  • sheaves
  • starter pack
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Groups of people

shoalnoun(RAISED AREA)

[C]geologyspecialized
araisedareaofsandorrocksunder thesurfaceof thewater
浅滩，沙洲
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Geography: banks & embankments
  • bank
  • bluff
  • dune
  • embankment
  • hummock
  • levee
  • mound
  • riverbank
  • riverine
  • riverside
  • sandbank
  • sandbar
  • snow bank
  • terraced
(Definition ofshoalfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

shoal| American Dictionary

shoal
noun[C]
us
/ʃoʊl/

shoalnoun[C](LAND)

araisedbankofsandorrocksunder thesurfaceof thewater

shoalnoun[C](FISH)

alargegroupoffishswimmingtogether:
shoals ofmackerel
(Definition ofshoalfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The high frequency of infected males in shoals suggests that most infected males remained in shoals during the breeding season.
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As the stock declines, it typically forms fewer shoals, albeit comparable in size to those which obtained previously, but distributed over a reduced area.
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Rather, their enterprise, like that of the other sciences, runs aground on the shoals of epistemology.
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514 formed in open-marine, wave-swept environments, often associated with grainstone shoals, and occur mainly in bioherms set within a stratigraphic position consistent with accommodation increase and sea-level rise.
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However, in the present study we focused on individual responses and interactions associated with avoidance behaviour, and studies on shoaling behaviour and parasites in fish require future work.
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Furthermore, anchovy, like other small pelagic fish, form tight shoals in defence against predation.
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There is no evidence that dolphins have any serious effect on fish shoals or on fishing gear.
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A short time later he appeared on television applauding the fact that he had received shoals of supporting letters from all over the country.
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Applications for the imposition of this limit used to arrive in shoals.
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The agricultural labourer has flocked to the standard in shoals.
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Fishing limits do not follow shoals of fish.
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Therefore, use should be made by fishing craft, particularly the larger ones, of echo sounding for the purpose of finding fishing shoals.
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There are dense shoals of them in the waters round our shores.
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When they strike great shoals of fish, there is a glut and prices begin to fall.
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Markets and the incidence of shoals break up the continuity of the year's work.
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