coast
美 [koʊst] 
英 [kəʊst]
- n.海岸；海滨
- v.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
- 网络海岸线；滑坡；沿岸
词形变化
复数：coasts 现在分词：coasting 过去式：coasted 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | [c][u] 海岸；海滨the land beside or near to the sea or ocean |
| a town on the south coast of England 英格兰南海岸的一座城镇 |
| islands off the west coast of Ireland 爱尔兰西海岸的岛屿 |
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| We walked along the coast for five miles. 我们沿着海岸步行了五英里。 |
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| a pretty stretch of coast 一段美丽的海岸线 |
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1. | [i] (+ adv./prep.) （尤指不用动力向山坡下）滑行，惯性滑行to move, especially down a hill, without using any power |
| The car coasted along until it stopped. 汽车随惯性而下直至滑行停止。 |
| She took her feet off the pedals and coasted downhill. 她把脚从自行车的踏板上抬开，沿山坡滑行而下。 |
2. | [i] (+ adv./prep.) （不用多少动力）快速平稳地移动to move quickly and smoothly, without using much power |
| The plane coasted down the runway. 飞机顺着跑道平稳滑行。 |
3. | [i] ~ (through/to sth) 不费力地取得成功to be successful at sth without having to try hard |
| He coasted through his final exams. 他毫不费劲地通过了期终考试。 |
4. | [i] ~ (along) （做事）不出力to put very little effort into sth |
| You're just coasting─it's time to work hard now. 你根本是在应付，现在该努力干了。 |
5. | [i] 沿海岸航行to stay close to land while sailing around the coast |
习惯用语
the coast is clear
没有被发现（或抓住）的危险there is no danger of being seen or caught
| As soon as the coast was clear he climbed in through the window. 等到四下无人，他便从窗户爬了进去。 |
英汉解释
n. | 2. 〈美〉(雪橇等的)滑下,下坡;【航】滑翔,惯性飞行 |
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英英解释
例句
Long before there was a country called Brazil, a tree with that name grew in abundance all along the northeastern coast of South America.
在巴西这个国家诞生之前很久，一种与其同名的树即繁茂地生长在南美东北海岸沿岸。
It was a hard day for the thousands of men cooped up in landing-crafts all round the coast.
成千上万的士兵被封闭在布满整个海岸一带的登陆艇内，这一天实在难熬。
He landed in the dark of night off the coast of Cuba and make his way to the mountains, and after much difficulty, found Garcia.
在夜色中他着陆于古巴海岸，艰难地走向山区，历经多方磨难后找到了加西亚。
Since then the ministry says it's been confirmed that the boat was hijacked by pirates and was being sailed to the Somali coast.
外交部表示，自那时起，他们已经证实这艘船被海盗劫持了，现在正朝着索马里海岸方向行驶。
He was traveling along the coast roads of California, when he met a lovely woman in a roadside cafe, and began to flirt with her.
在沿着加利福尼亚海岸公路旅行的途中，他在路边咖啡馆遇见了一位可爱的女子，并与她调起情来。
This was one of many photos off the coast of Koh Tao in Thailand, near Koh Phangan, where I trained. A fish just happened to steal the shot.
这张照片是我在泰国苏梅岛海岸靠近帕岸岛地方受训时许多照片里的一张，当时有一条鱼刚刚碰上我的偷拍。
It seems to be more prevalent on the West Coast, although it has been seen at Pike Nursery locations in the Atlanta market.
该品牌在美国西海岸最流行，但在亚特兰大市场的PikeNursery也能发现该公司的产品。
Some of that radioactivity could carry in the atmosphere to the west coast of the United States.
某些核辐射可能通过空气传播到美国西海岸。
Korean Coast Guard officers cite increasingly aggressive behavior by Chinese fishermen trying to avoid arrest.
韩国海警称中国渔民拒捕的行为越来越有恃无恐。
From the sun-drenched Spanish costas, to the wind-lashed Breton coast, Brits who have moved abroad are undoubtedly feeling the pinch.
从阳光四溢的西班牙海岸到风多的不列颠海岸，已经移居国外的英国人无疑都感受到的节约开支的必要性。
Triggered by an earthquake off the coast of Japan, it sent a five-foot surge into the harbor, causing up to 700, 000 dollars in damages.
这次海啸是由日本海岸的地震引起的，形成了五英尺的海浪向海港涌来，造成了高达700.000美元的损失。
If you were sending a U-boat in to pick up a fugitive spy, what would you think was the nearest sub could safely come to the coast?
如果让你派潜水艇接应一个逃亡间谍，你认为哪是最近最安全的接应点？
"The ships sitting off the [Australian] coast are a reflection [of that], " he said.
他表示：“（澳大利亚）海岸外等候的船舶就反映出了（这一点）。”
He took them to a ship , and later that day Buck and Curly stood and watched the coast get further and further away.
佩罗特带它们上了一艘船。那天晚些时候，巴克与柯莉站在船上，眼看着海岸线变得越来越远。
In New Jersey, the Oyster Creek nuclear plant, just a few miles from the coast, shut down as a precaution as Irene closed in.
在新泽西州，离海岸仅几英里的牡蛎溪核电厂在艾琳靠近时出于谨慎已经关停。
Historically, tide mills have been used, both in Europe and on the Atlantic coast of the USA.
历史上，欧洲和美国大西洋海岸均建有潮汐能工厂。
To us, it sounded like an adventure to spice things up after a week on the more popular Pacific coast of this Central American country.
不过，在这个中美洲国家较受游客欢迎的太平洋沿岸停留一周后，再漫游加勒比海沿岸地区，就像是一场刺激的冒险。
To make it a truly special collectible, we've included sand from the very coast the battle was waged upon(see center section, page8).
为了让它成为一个真实而特别的收藏品，我们特意从当年那片战斗进行的海岸上收集到了这些沙子（见中间部分，第8页）。
After his wife and kids evacuated to Japan's west coast, he moved into a room at the hospital, where he sleeps six nights a week.
在自己的妻子和孩子都撤离到日本西海岸后，他搬进了这家医院，每周在这里住六天。
It has only been a few weeks since Hurricane Katrina, one of the greatest natural disasters to hit the US mainland, hit the Gulf Coast.
自飓风卡特里娜以来仅有几周的时候，这是其中一个最大的自然灾害，袭击了美国大陆，袭击了海岸。
As soon as the coast was clear he climbed in through the window.
等到四下无人，他便从窗户爬了进去。
They are weekending on the coast.
他们正在海边度周末。
Later on I took him to Dover to see our heavy batteries glaring across the Channel at the coast of France-for us Germany.
后来，我带他到多佛去视察我们的重型炮台，这些炮台雄视着英吉利海峡那边的法国海岸--对我们来说是德国海岸。
With more than a century of data collected from these waters, they felt a kinship with the marine organisms of the Brittany coast.
由于在这片水域内收集资料达一个世纪之久，他们对布列塔尼地区的海洋生物有一种亲切感情。
The island is separated from the African coast by a channel which is only thirty miles in width in its widest part.
此岛和非洲大陆隔着一条宽处仅30英里的海峡。
It has also been agreed that three or four vessels should cruise on the west coast about the presumed epoch of my arrival.
而且说好了，大约当我到达西海岸时，将有三、四条船在那巡逻。
As they drove along the highway to the coast Bethune made notes on the work ahead of them.
当他们沿着公路开车到海岸去时，白求恩记下了他们眼前就要开展的工作。
The ship lay at anchor two miles off the rocky coast.
船在离岩岸两英里处抛锚停泊。
The authorities could not seriously police such a long coast border.
当局是不可能严密控制这么长的海岸线的。
Another thousand metres along the coast stood the fat silver containers at Whitegate.
顺海岸再过去1000米，在怀特盖特，矗立着一些巨大的银色储油罐。
Forests are now submerged around the coast of Britain.
英国海岸周围现在有水下森林。
I haven't been paying much attention to the polls out on the Coast.
我对太平洋沿岸各州的民意一直不够重视。
Traffic is building up along the road to the coast.
通往海边的路上车辆在不断增加。
The ship was cast away on the coast of Europe.
这艘船在欧洲海岸失事。
Severe winds have been battering the north coast.
狂风一直在北海岸肆虐。
Taft embarked in September 1909 upon a 13, 000-mile speaking tour from Boston to the West Coast to assuage the popular discontent.
为了缓和公众的不满，塔夫脱于1909年9月开始了从波士顿到西海岸长达一万三千英里的演说。
You can take a boat trip along the coast.
你可以乘船沿海岸旅游一趟。
The vikings used to harry the English coast.
北欧海盗常常侵袭英国沿海地区。
The sea indents the coast.
海水将海岸冲击得凹凸不平。
Already before 1, 500 B. C. both Sidon and Tyre had settlements upon the African coast.
在公元前1500年以前，西顿和提尔在非洲海岸上都已经开辟了居留地。
Cook charted the coast of New Zealand in 1768.
库克于1768年绘制了新西兰的海岸图。
On June 19 a great storm blew up on the Normandy Coast and raged for 4 days.
六月十九日，一场迅猛的暴风在诺曼底沿海一带刮了起来，一连猖獗了四天。
The Spanish oil company Repsol says it has found a huge quantity of natural gas off the coast of Venezuela.
西班牙石油公司Repsol宣布其在委内瑞拉海岸发现巨大储量天然气。
A shower or two near the coast in the Top End. Isolated showers near Alice Springs and a late gusty storm in the southwest.
顶部尽头海滨附近将有一两场雨。爱丽丝普林斯附近将有局部阵雨，西南部将有暴风。
Prints of the gleaming white Cape Coast Castle made it look like a European palace; there was no hint at its real role.
印刷品上闪闪发光的海岸角奴隶城堡看起来就像是座欧洲宫殿。上面没有丝毫的暗示透露其真实身份。
We decided to head to the coast for a bit of rest and relaxation after our second festival of 2010.
在2010年第二次音乐会结束后，我们决定前往海边稍做休息。
He said that the money was meant for establishing a branch of his business in Abidjan - Ivory Coast.
他说这些钱是他在科特迪瓦的阿比让的一项工程的预留款。
All day long the sound of helicopters filled the air as they ferried up and down the northeast coast. At ground levels progress was slower.
在东北部海岸，直升机的声音一整天在空中回荡，在地面上的进展非常缓慢。
Over the next few days the aim is to extend the zone eastwards until it covers the whole of the coast to the capital, Tripoli.
在接下来的几天里，目标是将禁飞区向东延伸直达首都的黎波里，覆盖整个海岸地区。
The Pentagon has said an aircraft, not a missile, was the probable cause of a condensation trail off the coast of California on Monday.
五角大楼报道：星期一，可能是一个飞行器――不是导弹――在加利福尼亚近海岸引起了一道凝结尾迹。
He realised there was no use Silicon Valley trying to compete with the East Coast.
他意识到，硅谷没必要与东海岸竞争。
The Coast Guard said it had sent investigators to confirm whether crude oil had begun to wash up on parts of the Louisiana shoreline.
美海岸警卫队表示，他们已派出调查者验证原油是否已经开始触及路易斯安那州海岸线
The contamination is already spreading up the East Coast, so be watchful anywhere the Gulf waters may have contact with you.
污染已经扩展到东海岸，所以请戒备海湾任何地区可能接触到你的海水。
The white rock strata lying obliquely on the coast looks like the backbone of a dragon and extends from the coast into the sea.
眼前斜卧在海岸的白色岩层貌似龙脊，由海岸延伸入水。
For the last summer she had been away visiting with relatives in one of the towns on the coast.
去年夏季，她一直在沿海一个小城走亲戚。
The last whale hunters in the United States, native Alaskans ply slushy waters off the state's coast in a walrus-skin boat.
美国最后的猎鲸人，阿拉斯加原住民身着海象皮大衣，沿海岸线泥泞的水域，弓腰，候鲸。
It is needless to add that this forest, as well as the coast already surveyed, was destitute of any sign of human life.
不用说，这片森林和他们已经视察过的海岸一样，都是人迹没有到过的地方。
ON A humid stretch of Pacific coast in one of the poorest parts of the Americas, somebody seems to have misplaced a chunk of Manhattan.
在太平洋湿润而延伸的海岸线上，作为美洲最贫困的地区之一，仿佛是某人错把曼哈顿的一块放在了这里。
However, the water was Jinian put the years, the tenderness with which we washed out for a piece of golden coast.
可是，流水却积年累月，用它的柔情替我们冲刷出了一片片金黄海岸。
It was one of those events that was hailed in newspaper headlines from coast to coast.
这件事成了从东海岸到西海岸各家报纸大字标题刊登的重要新闻之一。
Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, all on the Pacific coast, are more open economies trying to forge closer ties.
为了打造更加紧密的关系，太平洋沿岸的智利、哥伦比亚、墨西哥和秘鲁都增大了开放型经济的力度。
It's hard to imagine that until the late nineteenth century, there was no daily, year-round ship service along Norway's western coast.
很难想像，直到19世纪，挪威的西海岸都没有全年不断、每天一班的轮渡服务。
