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单词 foreshore
释义 foreshore
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: fore- + shore
1. : a strip of land margining a body of water (as a lake or stream)
 < camped on the wooded foreshore of the island >
 < the frozen gravel and clay thawed when exposed to the warm air, and soon innumerable small streams were running across the foreshoreGeographical Review >
2. : the part of a seashore between the low-water line usually at the seaward margin of a low-tide terrace and the upper limit of wave wash at high tide usually marked by a beach scarp or berm
 < under British law the foreshore is ordinarily vested in the Crown >
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