shallows
浅瀬
解説 Definition
shallows は shallow（浅い場所、浅瀬）の複数形で、浅瀬という意味です。川や海、湖などで水深が浅い場所を指す名詞として使われます。
The shallows are areas of a sea, river, or lake where the water is not deep, especially near a shore or bank. The plural form can describe several shallow places or a stretch of shallow water considered collectively.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
形容詞 shallow「浅い」を名詞化した shallow「浅い場所」の複数形で、-s を加えた shallows は海・川・湖にある複数の浅い区域、または広がりのある浅瀬を表します。語末の -s は /z/ と発音します。fish in the shallows、move through the shallows のように、岸辺で水底が近い場面を思い浮かべましょう。
Begin with shallow, meaning “not deep.” English can use it as a noun for a shallow place, and shallows is the regular plural, with the final -s pronounced /z/. Picture the water close to a beach where children can stand, small fish gather, or a boat must move carefully. Common patterns include fish in the shallows, play in the shallows, and move through the shallows. The plural often refers collectively to an extended area of shallow water, so it does not always require several clearly separated spots.
例文
Small fish swam in the shallows near the beach.
小さな魚が浜辺近くの浅瀬を泳いでいました。
The boat moved slowly through the shallows.
ボートは浅瀬をゆっくり進みました。
Children played safely in the warm shallows.
子どもたちは暖かい浅瀬で安全に遊びました。
shallows の類義語・関連語
shallows の語源・成り立ち Etymology
shallowsはshallow「浅い」の複数形で、shallowは古英語系の“深くない”を表す語にさかのぼります。水底まで手が届くような浅い場所をそのまま名詞化した形なので、“浅瀬”の意味になるのが自然です。関連語はshallow、shoal。
Shallows is the plural noun form of shallow. The adjective shallow is inherited from an Old English or closely related Germanic form meaning “not deep,” although details of its earliest development are not entirely certain. English later used the adjective as a noun for a place where water has little depth, and the plural shallows became common for shallow coastal, river, or lakeside areas. The ending -s is the regular plural marker.
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