SHALLOW


Meaning of SHALLOW in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʃæloʊ ]

( shallower, shallowest)

1.

A shallow container, hole, or area of water measures only a short distance from the top to the bottom.

Put the milk in a shallow dish...

The water is quite shallow for some distance.

≠ deep

ADJ

2.

If you describe a person, piece of work, or idea as shallow , you disapprove of them because they do not show or involve any serious or careful thought.

I think he is shallow, vain and untrustworthy...

ADJ [ disapproval ]

3.

If your breathing is shallow , you take only a very small amount of air into your lungs at each breath.

She began to hear her own taut, shallow breathing.

≠ deep

ADJ

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