English-Thai Dictionary

shallow

ADJ ตื้น  ไม่ ลึก  ตื้นๆ  shoal superficial deep tuan

 

shallow

ADJ ไม่ ลึกซึ้ง  ผิวเผิน  superficial simple silly profound philosophic mai-luek-suang

 

shallow

N ที่ ตื้น  ti-tuan

 

shallowbrained

A ตื้นๆ  shallow pated

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHALLOW

a. 1. Not deep; having little depth; shoal; as shallow water; a shallow stream; a shallow brook.
2. Not deep; not entering far into the earth; as a shallow furrow; a shallow trench.
3. Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply into abstruse subjects; superficial; as a shallow mind or understanding; shallow skill.
Deep vers'd in books, and shallow in himself. Milton.

 

SHALLOW

n.A shoal; a shelf; a flat; a sand-bank; any place where the water is not deep. A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but upon shallows of gravel. Bacon.
Dash'd on the shallows of the moving sand. Dryden.

 

SHALLOW

v.t.To make shallow. [Little used. ]

 

SHALLOW-BRAINED

a.Weak in the intellect; foolish; empty headed.

 

SHALLOWLY

adv. 1. With little depth.
2. Superficially; simply; without depth of thought or judgement; not wisely.

 

SHALLOWNESS

n. 1. Want of depth; small depth; as the shallowness of water, of a river, of a stream.
2. Superficialness of intellect; want of power to enter deeply into subjects; emptiness; stillness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SHALLOW

Shal "low, a. [Compar. Shallower; superl. Shallowest.] Etym: [OE. schalowe, probably originally, sloping or shelving; cf. Icel. skjalgr wry, squinting, AS. sceolh, D. & G. scheel, OHG. schelah. Cf. Shelve to slope, Shoal shallow. ]

 

1. Not deep; having little depth; shoal. "Shallow brooks, and rivers wide. " Milton.

 

2. Not deep in tone. [R.] The sound perfecter and not so shallow and jarring. Bacon.

 

3. Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning. The king was neither so shallow, nor so ill advertised, as not to perceive the intention of the French king. Bacon. Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself. Milton.

 

SHALLOW

SHALLOW Shal "low, n.

 

1. A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf. A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but upon shallows of gravel. Bacon. Dashed on the shallows of the moving sand. Dryden.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The rudd. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

SHALLOW

SHALLOW Shal "low, v. t.

 

Defn: To make shallow. Sir T. Browne.

 

SHALLOW

SHALLOW Shal "low, v. i.

 

Defn: To become shallow, as water.

 

SHALLOW-BODIED

SHALLOW-BODIED Shal "low-bod `ied, a. (Naut. )

 

Defn: Having a moderate depth of hold; -- said of a vessel.

 

SHALLOW-BRAINED

SHALLOW-BRAINED Shal "low-brained `, a.

 

Defn: Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. South.

 

SHALLOW-HEARTED

SHALLOW-HEARTED Shal "low-heart `ed, a.

 

Defn: Incapable of deep feeling. Tennyson.

 

SHALLOWLY

SHALLOWLY Shal "low *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a shallow manner.

 

SHALLOWNESS

SHALLOWNESS Shal "low *ness, n.

 

Defn: Quality or state of being shallow.

 

SHALLOW-PATED

SHALLOW-PATED Shal "low-pat `ed, a.

 

Defn: Shallow-brained.

 

SHALLOW-WAISTED

SHALLOW-WAISTED Shal "low-waist `ed, a. (Naut. )

 

Defn: Having a flush deck, or with only a moderate depression amidships; -- said of a vessel.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

shallow

shal low |ˈSHalō ˈʃæloʊ | ▶adjective of little depth: serve the noodles in a shallow bowl | being fairly shallow, the water was warm. • situated at no great depth: the shallow bed of the North Sea. • varying only slightly from a specified or understood line or direction, esp. the horizontal: a shallow roof. • not exhibiting, requiring, or capable of serious thought: a shallow analysis of contemporary society. • (of breathing ) taking in little air. ▶noun (shallows ) an area of the sea, a lake, or a river where the water is not very deep. ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of the sea, a lake, or a river ) become less deep over time or in a particular place: the boat ground to a halt where the water shallowed. DERIVATIVES shal low ly adverb, shal low ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: obscurely related to shoal 2 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

shallow

shal |low |ˈʃaləʊ | ▶adjective 1 of little depth: serve the noodles in a shallow bowl | being fairly shallow, the water was warm. • situated at no great depth: the shallow bed of the North Sea. • varying only slightly from a specified or understood line or direction, especially the horizontal: a shallow roof. • (of breathing ) taking in little air. 2 not exhibiting, requiring, or capable of serious thought: a shallow analysis of contemporary society. ▶noun (shallows ) an area of the sea, a lake, or a river where the water is not very deep. ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of the sea, a lake, or a river ) become less deep over time or in a particular place: the boat ground to a halt where the water shallowed. DERIVATIVES shallowly adverb, shallowness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: obscurely related to shoal 2 .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

shallow

shallow adjective a shallow analysis of contemporary society: superficial, facile, simplistic, oversimplified; flimsy, insubstantial, lightweight, empty, trivial, trifling; surface, skin-deep, two-dimensional; frivolous, foolish, silly, Mickey Mouse. ANTONYMS profound.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

shallow

shallow adjective a shallow analysis of contemporary society: superficial, facile, glib, simplistic, oversimplified, schematic, slight, flimsy, insubstantial, lightweight, empty, trivial, trifling; surface, skin-deep; frivolous, foolish, silly, unintelligent, unthinking, unscholarly, ignorant. ANTONYMS profound, serious; in-depth.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

shallow

shal low /ʃǽloʊ /〖語源は 「浅瀬 (shoal 1 )」〗形容詞 ～er ; ～est 1 〈皿 穴 川などが 〉浅い (↔deep )▸ a shallow dish 浅い皿 .2 ｟非難して ｠〈人 仕事 考えが 〉浅はかな , 薄っぺらな ▸ a shallow argument 奥行きのない議論 .3 〈呼吸が 〉浅い (↔deep ).名詞 〖～s 〗浅瀬 .動詞 自動詞 浅くなる .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞