coast
coast
英[kəʊst]美[koʊst]
n.海滨；
v.惯性滑行，快速平稳地移动，毫不费力做，应付，沿海航行；
复数：coasts;
第三人称单数：coasts;
过去式：coasted;
过去分词：coasted;
现在分词：coasting;
例句
“Come on,the coast is clear!” he called to Miss Carter.She entered slowly,leaning warily round the side of the door.“好啦,没有危险了!”他对卡特小姐喊着,她慢慢地走了进来,小心翼翼地靠在门旁。
A coast guard boat put out through the waves.一艘海岸巡逻舰破浪驶离海岸。
The ship calls at each port on this coast to pick up passengers and mail.那艘轮船在沿海每个港口停下, 搭载乘客和接取邮件。
bluish-gray whiting of California coast加利福尼亚海岸蓝灰色的石首鱼
Let’s take the scenic route, along the coast.我们顺着沿海这条风景优美的路走吧。
small pilchards common off the pacific coast远离太平洋海岸水域的小沙丁鱼
The surge travelled southwards along the coast.浪涛沿着海岸向南涌去。
The ship sank off the south coast of the island.那艘船在岛的南岸沿海沉没。
There is only one port along this rocky coast.这个多岩石的海岸只有一个港口。
Coast guards radioed in the information.各海岸警卫队员用无线电发来了信息。
英语六级真题
The recent discovery of the giant Zohr gas field off the Egyptian coast will eventually have impact on pricing in the Mediterranean region and Europe, and there is significant development potential in many other places, notably Argentina.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文You can see that we're here to stay, said Vladimir Cheberdak, 57, chief of the Bellingshausen Station, as he sipped tea under a portrait of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, a high-ranking officer in the Imperial Russian Navy who explored the Antarctic coast in 1820.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文For students who have been coasting through college, and for American universities that have been demanding less work, offering more attractions and charging higher tuition, the party may soon be over.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文And while the Portuguese took part in the trade, ferrying nuts down the coast along with other goods, by 1620, when English explorer Richard Jobson made his way up the Gambia, the nuts were still peculiar to his eyes.
2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section CEuropeans did not know of them until the 1500s, when Portuguese ships arrived on the coast of what is now sierra Leone.
2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section CJust off the coast of Southern California sits Santa Cruz Island, where a magical creature called the island fox dwells .
2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section ANearly 700 miles long, the earthquake zone is located by the North American Plate off the coast of Pacific British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and Northern California.
2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section CThis could trigger a tsunami that would create havoc along the coast.
2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
海岸;海滨
The coast is an area of land that is next to the sea.
例句
Camp sites are usually situated along the coast, close to beaches.野营地一般都位于海滨，靠近沙滩。...the west coast of Scotland.苏格兰西海岸VERB
(车辆熄火后或不用动力)靠惯性滑行
If a vehicle coasts somewhere, it continues to move there with the motor switched off, or without being pushed or pedalled.
例句
I switched off the engine and coasted round the corner.我熄掉引擎，靠惯性转过弯去。They picked up momentum, then slipped into neutral and coasted quietly down the slope.他们加大油门，再切入空挡，随后没大响动地滑下山坡。VERB
毫不费力地做;(尤指)轻松获胜
If a person or a team is coasting, they are doing something easily, especially winning a competition.
例句
Ivan Lendl coasted to a 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Roger Rasheed...伊万·伦德尔以6:3，6:2和6:3的比分轻松战胜了罗杰·拉希德。The company was coasting on the enormous success of its early products.公司凭借早期产品的巨大成功而在市场上遥遥。VERB
不够努力;应付
If you say that someone is coasting, you are emphasizing that they are not putting enough effort into what they are doing.
例句
There was a time when Charles was coasting at school and I should have told him to buckle down.有一段时间查尔斯在学校不太用功，我当时应该让他加把劲的。PHRASE
没有被发现(或捉住)的危险;危险已过
If you say that the coast is clear, you mean that there is nobody around to see you or catch you.
例句
'You can come out now,' he called. 'The coast is clear. She's gone.'“你现在可以出来了。”他喊道，“没危险了，她已经走了。”英汉词典释义
n.
海岸
The south coast is the warmest part of the country.南海岸是这个国家*温暖的地区。vi.
(汽车或自行车)(尤指不用动力向山坡下)滑行，惯性滑行
（不用多少动力）快速平稳地移动
不费力地取得成功
（做事）不出力
vt.
沿海岸航行
英英词典释义
Noun
1. the shore of a sea or ocean
2. a slope down which sleds may coast;
"when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course"3. the area within view;
"the coast is clear"4. the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it;
"his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill""the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"Verb
1. move effortlessly; by force of gravity
行业词典
体育： 滑翔飞行；
土木工程： 海岸；
水利： 海岸；海滩及相邻接的狭窄陆上地带。；
测绘： 海岸；在海水面和陆地接触处，经波浪、潮汐、海流等作用下形成的滨海地带。；
航海科技： 岸；
