shoal

n. shallow浅滩。
△Mac.1.7.6:“But here,up-on this bank and shoal of time，” i.e.Only here,inthis human life only,which is like a narrow bank orshallow in the ocean of time. 仅仅在这人世上，在这时间大海的岸滩上。
△H.VIII.3.2.437 (436):“And sounded allthe depths and shoals of honour，”并且探测过荣誉的一切深渊和浅滩。

shoal[ʃəul]

n.浅滩，沙洲
‖ shoal patches (water)浅滩
shoaling effect浅滩效应