coast

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n. 海岸, 滑坡 v. 沿海岸而行

发音

UK /kəʊst/
US /koʊst/

词形变化

coasts 复数 coasts coasted coasting coasts 三单 coasting 现在分词 coasted 过去式 coasted 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

海岸;滑坡

the area where the land meets the sea

动词

滑行;沿岸航行

if a car or bicycle coasts, it moves without any effort from you or any power from the engine

释义与例句

n. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake.

    海岸

    海皮

    海墘

    The rocky coast of Maine has few beaches.

  2. 2.

    The side or edge of something.

    废旧

    And the Coaſt towards which the lines KL and VX are drawn, may be call’d the Coaſt of unuſual Refraction.

  3. 3.

    A region of land; a district or country.

    废旧
  4. 4.

    A region of the air or heavens.

    废旧
v. B1
  1. 1.

    To glide along without adding energy; to allow a vehicle to continue moving forward after disengaging the engine or ceasing to apply motive power.

    不及物

    When I ran out of gas, fortunately I managed to coast into a nearby gas station.

  2. 2.

    To sail along a coast.

    不及物 航海 交通
  3. 3.

    To make a minimal effort; to continue to do something in a routine way, without initiative or effort.

    比喻 不及物
  4. 4.

    To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.

    不及物 废旧
  5. 5.

    To sail by or near; to follow the coastline of.

    废旧 及物
  6. 6.

    To conduct along a coast or river bank.

    废旧 及物
  7. 7.

    To slide downhill; to slide on a sled upon snow or ice.

    加拿大 美国 方言

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English coste (“rib; side of the body, flank; side of a building; face of a solid figure; coast, shore; bay, gulf; sea; concavity, hollow; boundary, limit; land; country; district, province, region; locality, place; division of the heavens; compass direction; direction; location with reference to direction, side”) [and other forms], from Old French coste (“rib; side of an object; coast”) (modern French côte (“rib; coast; hill, slope”)), from Latin costa (“rib; side, wall”). Doublet of costa. Compare typologically cape < Latin caput, ness (akin to nose), Bulgarian нос (nos, “nose; …; cape, promontory, foreland, gore”), Macedonian ’рт (’rt), Serbo-Croatian рт (“cape, promontory, headland”) < Proto-Slavic *rъtъ (whence Russian рот (rot)).

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