单词 | pacific coast |
释义 | > as lemmasPacific coast 2. Of, relating to, or adjoining the Pacific Ocean, as Pacific coast, Pacific seaboard, etc. Also: of or relating to that part of North America which adjoins this ocean.For use in fixed compounds see Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [adjective] > Pacific Ocean Pacific1772 Oceanian1822 1772 H. H. Brackenbridge Poem on Rising Glory Amer. 20 The day when Britain's sons shall spread Dominion..Far from th'Atlantic to Pacific shores. 1815 W. Herbert Helga v. 107 Where some lone and barren strand Hears the Pacific waters roll. 1836 G. Back Narr. Arctic Land Exped. 481 The country nearer the Pacific coast. 1889 Wealth & Resources of Oregon & Washington (Union Pacific Railway Co.) 3 The resources and industries of the Pacific Northwest are so varied..as to not only suggest but enforce its consideration in sections. 1949 Los Angeles Times 6 Nov. 1/8 The overall increase for Pacific States is 5,251,000 or 53·9%. 1963 Pix 2 Mar. 38 Peters said that he first encountered the Limbo on his Pacific cruise. 1991 J. Mander In Absence of Sacred iv. xix. 346 It was in Micronesia in 1946..that the U.S. began its massive Pacific nuclear testing program. < as lemmas |
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