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coast 音標拼音: [k'ost] n. 海岸,海濱,沿海地區
v. 滑行,滑翔 海岸,海濱,沿海地區滑行,滑翔 coast n 1: the shore of a sea or ocean [ synonym: { seashore}, { coast}, { seacoast}, { sea- coast}] 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" [ synonym: { slide}, { glide}, { coast}] v 1: move effortlessly; by force of gravityCoast \ Coast\ ( k[= o] st), n. [ OF. coste, F. c[^ o] te, rib, hill, shore, coast, L. costa rib, side. Cf. { Accost}, v. t., { Cutlet}.] 1. The side of a thing. [ Obs.] -- Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; frontier border. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] From the river, the river Euphrates, even to the uttermost sea, shall your coast be. -- Deut. xi. 24. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The seashore, or land near it. [ 1913 Webster] He sees in English ships the Holland coast. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] We the Arabian coast do know At distance, when the species blow. -- Waller. [ 1913 Webster] { The coast is clear}, the danger is over; no enemy in sight. -- Dryden. Fig.: There are no obstacles. " Seeing that the coast was clear, Zelmane dismissed Musidorus." -- Sir P. Sidney. { Coast guard}. ( a) A body of men originally employed along the coast to prevent smuggling; now, under the control of the admiralty, drilled as a naval reserve. [ Eng.] ( b) The force employed in life- saving stations along the seacoast. [ U. S.] { Coast rat} ( Zool.), a South African mammal ({ Bathyergus suillus}), about the size of a rabbit, remarkable for its extensive burrows; -- called also { sand mole}. { Coast waiter}, a customhouse officer who superintends the landing or shipping of goods for the coast trade. [ Eng.] [ 1913 Webster]
Coast \ Coast\ ( k[= o] st), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Coasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Coasting}.] [ OE. costien, costeien, costen, OF. costier, costoier, F. c[^ o] toyer, fr. Of. coste coast, F. c[^ o] te. See { Coast}, n.] 1. To draw or keep near; to approach. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Anon she hears them chant it lustily, And all in haste she coasteth to the cry. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To sail by or near the shore. [ 1913 Webster] The ancients coasted only in their navigation. -- Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To sail from port to port in the same country. [ 1913 Webster] 4. [ Cf. OF. coste, F. c[^ o] te, hill, hillside.] To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice. [ Local, U. S.] [ 1913 Webster]
Coast \ Coast\, v. t. 1. To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of. [ Obs.] -- Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To sail by or near; to follow the coast line of. [ 1913 Webster] Nearchus, . . . not knowing the compass, was fain to coast that shore. -- Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To conduct along a coast or river bank. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] The Indians . . . coasted me along the river. -- Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster] 188 Moby Thesaurus words for " coast": abide, avalanche, bank, be a sideliner, be effortless, be painless, be still, beach, beam, berm, board, boat, border, bordure, brim, brink, broadside, brow, canoe, carry sail, cheek, chop, circumnavigate, coastland, coastline, cross, cruise, delay, do nothing, drift, edge, embankment, featheredge, flange, flank, flit, flow, fly, foreshore, frame, freeze, fringe, give no trouble, glide, glissade, glissando, go by ship, go easily, go like clockwork, go on shipboard, go to sea, hand, handedness, hang fire, haunch, hem, hibernate, hip, hug the shore, ice- skate, idle, ironbound coast, jowl, keep quiet, labellum, labium, labrum, landslide, landslip, laterality, ledge, lido, lie dormant, lie still, limb, limbus, lip, list, littoral, make a passage, many- sidedness, marge, margin, mark time, motorboat, multilaterality, navigate, not breathe, not budge, not stir, plage, planking, playa, ply, present no difficulties, profile, quarter, ragged edge, range the coast, remain, remain motionless, repose, rest, rim, riverside, riviera, rockbound coast, roll, roller- skate, row, run, run smoothly, sail, sail coast- wise, sail round, sail the sea, sands, scull, sea margin, seabank, seabeach, seaboard, seacliff, seacoast, seafare, seashore, seaside, selvage, shingle, shore, shoreline, side, sideline, sideslip, siding, sit back, sit it out, skate, skateboard, ski, skid, skim, skirt, skirt the shore, sled, sleigh, slidder, slide, slide down, slip, slippage, slither, snowslide, snowslip, stagnate, stand, stand fast, stand firm, stand still, stay, stay in soundings, stay put, steam, steamboat, stick, stick fast, strand, submerged coast, subsidence, sweep, take a voyage, take it easy, tarry, temple, tidewater, toboggan, traverse, tread water, unilaterality, vegetate, verge, voyage, wait and see, watch and wait, waterfront, waterside, work well, yacht |
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