coast
n. 海濱
v. 慣性滑行; 快速平穩地移動; 毫不費力做; 應付; 沿海航行
The coast is an area of land that is next to the sea.
Camp sites are usually situated along the coast, close to beaches.
野營地一般都位於海濱,靠近沙灘。
...the west coast of Scotland.
蘇格蘭西海岸
If a vehicle coasts somewhere, it continues to move there with the motor switched off, or without being pushed or pedalled.
I switched off the engine and coasted round the corner.
我熄掉引擎,靠慣性轉過彎去。
They picked up momentum, then slipped into neutral and coasted quietly down the slope.
他們加大油門,再切入空擋,隨後沒大響動地滑下山坡。
If a person or a team is coasting, they are doing something easily, especially winning a competition.
Ivan Lendl coasted to a 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Roger Rasheed...
伊萬·倫德爾以6:3,6:2和6:3的比分輕鬆戰勝了羅傑·拉希德。
The company was coasting on the enormous success of its early products.
公司憑藉早期產品的巨大成功而在市場上遙遙領先。
If you say that someone is coasting, you are emphasizing that they are not putting enough effort into what they are doing.
There was a time when Charles was coasting at school and I should have told him to buckle down.
有一段時間查爾斯在學校不太用功,我當時應該讓他加把勁的。
If you say that the coast is clear, you mean that there is nobody around to see you or catch you.
'You can come out now,' he called. 'The coast is clear. She's gone.'
“你現在可以出來了。”他喊道,“沒危險了,她已經走了。”
1. the shore of a sea or ocean
2. a slope down which sleds may coast;
3. the area within view;
4. the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it;
1. move effortlessly; by force of gravity
bank, beach, coast, shore, seaside
這些名詞均含有"岸"之意。
the coast is clear
平安無事,安全無險
A coast guard boat put out through the waves.
一艘海岸巡邏艦破浪駛離海岸.
We get heavy fogs on the coast in winter.
這裡的海邊冬季有濃霧.
The ship kept close to the coast.
那條船靠近海岸航行.
There is only one port along this rocky coast.
這個多岩石的海岸只有一個港口.
Crewmen aboard the tanker sighted a ship in distress off the coast of Senegal.
油船上的船員們在塞內加爾的近海發現了一艘失事的船.