c. 1400, schalowe "not deep," probably from or related to Old English sceald (see shoal (n.)). Of breathing, attested from 1875; of thought or feeling, "superficial," first recorded 1580s. The noun, usually shallows, is first recorded 1570s, from the adjective.
例文
1. The shallow sea bed yields up an abuundance of food.
浅海ベッドは豊富な食べ物を提供している。
2.With one exce-ption his novels are shallow and lifeless things.
彼の小説はすべて薄っぺらで重苦しいもので、1冊だけ除外されている。/
3.Lowered sea levels exposed the shallow continental shelf beneath the Bering Sea.
海面降下により、海底部の浅い大陸棚が露出した。
4.She began to hear her own taut, shallow breathing.
彼女は自分の急で弱い呼吸を聞き始めた。
5.The evening news is often criticized for being shallow .