B1adjective · common

shallow

shal·low

shallow · shallower · shallowest

неглибокий, мілкий, зовнішній, поверхневий

мелкий, поверхностный, неглубокий

seicht, oberflächlich, flach, untief

Having little depth; significantly less deep than wideHaving little depth; significantly less deep than wide.

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UK/ˈʃæləʊ/US/ˈʃæloʊ/

» This pond is shallow.

Цей ставок мілкий.

Цей ставок неглибокий.

Meaning

8 senses

Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
This crater is relatively shallow.
Sauté the onions in a shallow pan.
flach, seicht, untief
ме́лкийmélkij, неглубо́кийneglubókij
мілки́йmilkýj, неглибо́кийnehlybókyj, плитки́йplytkýj
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
Extending not far downward.
The water is shallow here.
seicht
ме́лкийmélkij
мілки́йmilkýj
Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
It was a glamorous but shallow lifestyle.
oberflächlich
пове́рхностныйpovérxnostnyj, ме́лкийmélkij
поверхне́вийpoverxnévyj, неглибо́кийnehlybókyj, зо́внішнійzóvnišnij
Lacking interest or substance; flat; one-dimensional.
The acting is good, but the characters are shallow.
oberflächlich
пове́рхностныйpovérxnostnyj
поверхо́вийpoverxóvyj, неглибо́кийnehlybókyj, побі́жнийpobížnyj
Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing.
shallow learning
not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply
Not far forward, close to the net.
Not steep; close to horizontal.
a shallow climb
a shallow descent
(obsolete)Not deep in tone.

Examples

139 sentences

This pond is shallow.
Цей ставок мілкий. — deniko
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This lake is shallow.
Це озеро мілке. — deniko
ruЭто озеро мелкое. — Selena777
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Tom is shallow.
Том поверхневий. — deniko
ruТом поверхностный. — lovermann
deTom ist oberflächlich. — Felixjp
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He leaped over the shallow ditch.
ruОн перепрыгнул через неглубокую канаву. — Selena777
deEr sprang über den flachen Graben. — xtofu80
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Tom is very shallow, isn't he?
deTom ist sehr oberflächlich, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 3

having little depth and significantly less deep than wide:

concerned mainly with superficial matters:

lacking interest or substance:

Русский

By meaning 2

having little depth and significantly less deep than wide:

concerned mainly with superficial matters:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

having little depth and significantly less deep than wide:

concerned mainly with superficial matters:

Origin

From Middle English schalowe (“not deep, shallow”); apparently related to Middle English s

From Middle English schalowe (“not deep, shallow”); apparently related to Middle English schalde, schold, scheld, schealde (“shallow”), from Old English sċeald (“shallow”), from Proto-Germanic *skal-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to parch, dry out”). Related to Low German Scholl (“shallow water”). See also shoal.

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