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n. 海岸;滑坡;
vi. （汽車或自行車）（尤指不用動力向山坡下）滑行;（做事）不出力;不費力地取得成功;（不用多少動力）快速平穩地移動;
vt. 沿海岸航行;
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Achinese agents stirred up trouble for the Dutch on the west coast.
亞齊代理人在西海岸對荷蘭人興風作浪。
The sledge coasted down the slope.
雪橇沿著山坡向下滑行。
They live in a town along the coast.
他們住在一個沿海的城市里。
Let's take the scenic route, along the coast.
讓我們沿著海岸,走一條風景秀麗的路。
We coasted South America on our trip last year.
去年旅行我們是沿著南美洲航行的。
?? 聯想助記
【串】他boast(吹牛)請大家去coast(海岸)去吃roasst(烤)魚
【記】※ coast -海岸,cost-花費:沿海岸城市的生活花費大
※ coat-外套,s-似“美女”:美女穿上大衣來海岸吹風
※ co-CoCo,a-一,st-拼音“石頭”:CoCo在海岸撿到一顆石頭
? 同義詞
?? 牛津釋義
coast
n
1 land bordering the sea 海岸
The ship was wrecked on the Kent coast. 該船在肯特海岸遇難.
islands off the Scottish coast 蘇格蘭沿海的島嶼
a village on the south coast, eg of England 南海岸的村子（如英格蘭南海岸）
spend a day by the coast, ie the seaside 在海濱度一日
[attrib 作定語]
a coast road, ie one that follows the line of the coast 沿海岸線的道路. =>illus 見插圖.
2 (idm 習語) the ,coast is `clear (infml 口) there is no danger of being seen or caught 沒有被發現或被捉住的危險
They waited until the coast was clear before loading the stolen goods into the van. 他們待四下無人時就把贓物裝進貨車. coast, NOTE ON USAGE 用法
Coast and shore both indicate land lying beside large areas of water. *coast和shore均指鄰接大片水域的陸地. Shore suggests the limits of a lake or sea, or a narrow strip of land next to the water *shore指湖或海的邊緣或水邊的狹長的陸地
They camped on the shore of Lake Bala. 他們在巴拉湖畔宿營.
The survivors swam to the shore. 幸存者游上了岸. The land at the edge of a river or stream is a bank. 江河或溪流邊上的陸地叫做bank. *Coast can refer to a wider area of land or a long stretch of land next to the sea or ocean *coast可指鄰接海或洋的較寬闊的或狹長的地域
We live at/on the coast. 我們住在海濱.
the Atlantic coast of South America 南美洲的大西洋海岸. The beach is usually the sloping part of the shore often covered by the sea at high tide *beach通常指shore的傾斜部分, 往往在漲潮時被潮水漫過
The beach was crowded with sunbathers. 沙灘上擠滿了作日光浴的人們. The seaside is a coastal area where people go on holiday *seaside是指人們前往度假的沿海地區
Brighton is a famous seaside resort. 布賴頓是著名的海濱勝地.
We're spending August at the seaside. 我們八月份要在海濱度過.
coast v
1 [I, Ipr, Ip]
(a) move, esp downhill (in a car, on a bicycle, etc), without using power （不使用動力, 尤指向山下）移動, 滑行（乘汽車、 騎自行車等）
coast down a hill (ie in neutral gear) to save petrol 滑行下山以省汽油（如使用空擋）
coasting along on a bicycle, ie without pedalling 騎在自行車上滑行（不用腳蹬）.
(b) (fig 比喻) make progress without much effort 不很費力而取得進展
The Socialists are coasting to victory (ie winning easily) in the election. 社會黨人在選舉中會輕易獲勝.
2 [I] sail (from port to port) along a coast 沿著海岸（從一港口到另一港口）航行.
?? 考研助記
渴死它（諧音）： 海岸的海水不能喝，渴死它 coat(外套)+s(美女):美女穿著外套來 海岸吹風
?? 擴展釋義
*[k?ust]n. 海岸, 滑坡vt. 沿海岸而行vi. 沿海岸而行【電】 海岸
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Please make an effort to arrive early.
請爭取早點來。
Until when?
借到什么時候？
Excuse me, are you American?
你是美國人嗎？