shallow

shallow
adjective
seicht [Wasser, Fluss]; flach [Schüssel, Teller, Wasser]; (fig.) seicht (abwertend) [Unterhaltung, Gerede]; flach (abwertend) [Person, Denker, Geist]; platt (abwertend) [Argument, Verallgemeinerung]
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['ʃæləu]
adjective
1) (not deep: shallow water; a shallow pit.) seicht
2) (not able to think seriously or feel deeply: a rather shallow personality.) oberflächlich
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- academic.ru/66367/shallowness">shallowness
- shallows
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shal·low
<-er, -est or more \shallow, most \shallow>
[ˈʃæləʊ, AM -oʊ]
adj
1. (not deep) seicht, flach
\shallow bath Bad nt mit wenig Wasser
\shallow ditch flacher Graben
the \shallow end der seichte Rand
\shallow grave flaches Grab
\shallow pan flache Pfanne
\shallow pool Planschbecken nt, Kinderbecken nt
\shallow roots Flachwurzeln pl
2. (light)
\shallow breathing flacher Atem
3. (superficial) oberflächlich
\shallow film/play seichter Film/seichtes Theaterstück
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['ʃləʊ]
1. adj
flach; water also seicht; soil dünn; (PHYSIOL) breathing flach; (fig) oberflächlich; talk, person, novel seicht, oberflächlich

in the shallow end of the pool — am flachen or niedrigen Ende des Beckens

his body was buried in a shallow grave — seine Leiche wurde verscharrt

2. n shallows
3. pl
seichte or flache Stelle (im Wasser), Untiefe f
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shallow [ˈʃæləʊ]
A adj (adv shallowly)
1. seicht, flach (Gewässer):
shallow breathing flache Atmung;
shallow lens OPT flache Linse;
shallow place → B
2. fig seicht, flach, (auch Person) oberflächlich
B s seichte Stelle, Untiefe f
C v/t & v/i (sich) verflachen
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adjective
seicht [Wasser, Fluss]; flach [Schüssel, Teller, Wasser]; (fig.) seicht (abwertend) [Unterhaltung, Gerede]; flach (abwertend) [Person, Denker, Geist]; platt (abwertend) [Argument, Verallgemeinerung]
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adj.
seicht adj.

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