淺[qiǎn] 基本解释：
新英汉大词典：
- 浅(淺)[qiǎn]
- 形容词- （从上到下或从外到里的距离小）shallow:
shallow dish;浅底盘
shallow [shoal] water;浅水
- （浅显） simple; easy:This lesson is very easy.这篇课文很浅。
- （浅薄） superficial:shallow; superficial;浮浅
shallow talk;肤浅的谈话
- （感情不深厚） not intimate; not close:not on familiar terms交情很浅
- （颜色淡） (of colour) light:pale yellow;浅黄
light blue;浅蓝
- （时间短） not long in time:have not been together long相处的日子还浅
以上内容来源于：《新汉英大辞典》
例句与用法：
This shallow ford made it possible for us to cross the river.
The ship has touched bottom the estuary must be shallower than we thought.
The small shallow boat is called a cockle.
Our ship grounded in shallow water/on a sandbank.
She has a rather shallow personality.
That dish is too shallow to serve soup in.
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