单词 | coast |
释义 | Word Frequency coast(kəʊst) noun 1. a. the line or zone where the land meets the sea or some other large expanse of water b. ▶ Related adjective: littoral(in combination) coastland 2. British the seaside 3. US a. a slope down which a sledge may slide b. the act or an instance of sliding down a slope 4. obsolete borderland or frontier 5. the coast is clear verb 6. to move or cause to move by momentum or force of gravity 7. (intransitive) to proceed without great effort to coast to victory 8. to sail along (a coast) Derived forms coastal (ˈcoastal) adjective coastally (ˈcoastally) adverb Word origin C13: from Old French coste coast, slope, from Latin costa side, rib |
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