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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- coast [kost] [kəust]
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- 1. noun 海岸，沿岸；海滨（地区），海边
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2.
noun
[American English]
适宜滑雪的山坡（或斜坡）
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3.
noun
[antiquated]
边境、边界
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4.
noun
[American English]
（乘雪橇等下坡的）惯性滑行
- 5. vi. [American English] 乘雪橇滑行下坡
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6.
vi.
[American English]
[aeronautics]
（推进机停止后靠惯性）继续向下滑行
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7.
vi.
[American English]
（人）随波逐流；不作新的努力而继续一帆风顺
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8.
vi.
沿岸航行，在近海岸航行（尤指在同岸港口间的航行）
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9.
vt.
沿着…的海岸航行；在…的近海岸航行
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10.
vt.
[antiquated]
沿着…的边前进
Collins English-English Dictionary
- coast [kəυst]
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1.
n
the line or zone where the land meets the sea or some other large expanse of water
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2.
n
(in combination)
- coastland
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3.
n
[Brit]
the seaside
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4.
n
[US]
a slope down which a sledge may slide
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5.
n
the act or an instance of sliding down a slope
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6.
n
[obsolete]
borderland or frontier
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7.
vb
to move or cause to move by momentum or force of gravity
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8.
vi.
[intr]
to proceed without great effort
- to coast to victory
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9.
vi.
to sail along (a coast)
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10.
vi.
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French coste coast, slope, from Latin costa side, rib
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1.
n
the line or zone where the land meets the sea or some other large expanse of water
Examples
- The Argentina coast guard was astonished to find icebergs floating along the Atlantic coast.
- 阿根廷海岸警备队震惊地发现，冰山群正沿着大西洋海岸漂移。 → astonish
- I prefer living in the East coast rather than the West coast of the country.
- 相比较于西海岸，我更喜欢住在这个国家的东海岸。 → east
- Almost thirty-four-million people live in the West Coast states.
- 差不多有三千四百万人居住在西海岸诸州。 → west
- According to the weather balloon data, a big storm will reach the East coast next Monday.
- 根据气象气球收集的数据，下周一东海岸将有一场暴风雨。
- Savvy travelers have known that it is the playground of the South coast.
- 有点儿见识的游客都知道这是南部海岸的旅游胜地。
- We are going to the coast this holiday.
- 我们这个假期要去海边度假。 → coast
- He lives a couple of miles from the coast.
- 他住在离海岸几英里的地方。 → coast
- You always want to go to the coast, so this time we will go to the mountains instead.
- 你总是想去海边，咱们这次去爬山吧。
- It's best to downshift your transmission and then coast down any hills.
- 最好减慢传送装置，然后顺着山坡滑下去。 → coast
- The People's Republic of China is situated in the eastern part of the Asian continent on the western coast of the Pacific.
- 中华人民共和国位于亚洲东部、太平洋西岸。
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