coast

參見：Coast

英語

發音

• (標準英音) 英語發音：kōst、國際音標^(幫助): /kəʊst/
• (通用美式) 英語發音：kōst、國際音標^(幫助): /koʊst/

• （通用美式）音頻：

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• 韻部：-əʊst

詞源 1

源自中古英語 coste (「肋骨；身體的一邊；建築物的一邊；立體圖形的面；海岸；海灣；海洋；凹；界限；土地；國家；地區；地方，地點；天的分區；方位；方向；用來表示方向的地點」) [以及其他形式]，源自古法語 coste (「肋；側；海岸」)（現代法語 côte (「肋骨；海岸；山丘」)），源自拉丁語 costa (「肋骨；邊」)，源自原始印歐語 *kost-。

名詞

coast (複數 coasts)

1. 岸，濱 （自14世紀）

   The rocky coast of Maine has few beaches.

   緬因州到處都是石頭的岸邊少有沙灘。

2. (棄用) 邊，面，邊緣 （15-18世紀）
   • 1730, Isaac Newton, Opticks, 4th ed., London: […] William Innys […], page 331:

     And the Coaſt towards which the lines KL and VX are drawn, may be call』d the Coaſt of unuſual Refraction.

3. (棄用) 地區，區劃 （14-17世紀）
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   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], 章號 II, 出自 The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd版, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition ii, section 3:

     P. Crescentius, in his lib. 1 de agric. cap. 5, is very copious in this subject, how a house should be wholesomely sited, in a good coast, good air, wind, etc.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

4. (棄用) 空中的區域 （14-17世紀）
   • 1590, 埃德蒙·斯宾塞, 「Book III, Canto III」, 出自 仙后（The Faerie Qveene . […]）, London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     the learned Merlin, well could tell, / Vnder what coast of heauen the man did dwell […]

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

上義詞

• (岸)： shore、shoreline

下義詞

• (岸)： oceanfront、seashore

衍生詞彙

• Bass Coast
• Cape Coast
• Cassowary Coast
• Central Coast
• Coast
• coastal
• coaster
• coastguard
• Coast Guard
• coast guarder
• coastland
• coastline
• coast live oak
• coast-to-coast, coast to coast
• coast waiter
• coastward
• coastwatcher
• coastwise
• East Coast
• Fraser Coast
• Gold Coast
• Ivory Coast
• left coast
• Mexican west coast rattlesnake
• Sunshine Coast
• Surf Coast
• West Coast

 

相關詞彙

• coast fox
• coast guard
• coast rat
• the coast is clear

 

詞源 2

源自中古英語 costeien (「在一個邊界上移動；沿着...走；陪同；穿越，穿過；鄰接於」) [以及其他形式]，源自盎格魯-諾曼語 [具體何詞?]、古法語 costoier (「靠在，與...鄰接」) […]（現代法語 côtoyer (「划過，經過；擦肩」)），源自拉丁語 costicāre，源自拉丁語 costa (「肋骨；邊」)，還見詞源 1。

動詞

coast (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 coasts，現在分詞 coasting，一般過去時及過去分詞 coasted)

1. (不及物) （指車等不依靠引擎動力）滑行

   When I ran out of gas, fortunately I managed to coast into a nearby gas station.

   我沒油了，還好我想辦法把車推到了附近的一家加油站。

   • 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, 「"The Aberdonian" in Wartime」, 出自 Railway Magazine，第 7 頁:

     We steamed easily across the first part of the Tay Bridge, and then after passing over the long spans in mid-stream we coasted smoothly down the 1 in 114 gradient, and around the sweeping curve through Esplanade Station.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 2020年9月23日, 「Network News: AWC employs coasting to minimise disruption」, 出自 Rail，第 26 頁:

     Avanti West Coast has introduced the use of coasting with its Pendolino fleet, in an effort to keep disruption during overhead line equipment failures to a minimum. [...] The Class 390s coasted for three miles without power between Harrow & Wealdstone and Wembley Central, running under damaged OLE.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

2. (不及物，航海) 沿岸航行
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3. (不及物) 不出力，不費力，不花心思
   • November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk

     Yet the truth is that City would probably have been coasting by that point if the referee, Michael Oliver, had not turned down three separate penalties, at least two of which could be accurately described as certainties.

4. (不及物，棄用) 接近，靠近
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5. (及物，棄用) 沿着...的海岸線移動
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6. (及物，棄用) 引導...沿着岸移動
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7. (美國，方言) 向坡下滑行；用雪橇滑行

延伸閱讀

• coast在英語維基百科上的資料。維基百科 ^en
• coast (disambiguation)在英語維基百科上的資料。維基百科 ^en

異序詞

• Ascot, Casto, Coats, Costa, Cotas, Sacto, ascot, catso, coats, costa, octas, scato-, scoat, tacos