Coast

(noun.) the area within view; 'the coast is clear'.

(noun.) a slope down which sleds may coast; 'when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course'.

(verb.) move effortlessly; by force of gravity.

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• We can go round by the coast, Mr. Franklin, said Betteredge; and get to the quicksand in that way with plenty of time to spare. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I myself caught one 370 miles from the coast of Africa, and have heard of others caught at greater distances. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• At that day fifty dollar gold pieces, not the issue of the government, were common on the Pacific coaSt. They were called slugs. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• This morning at breakfast he pointed out of the window and said: Do you see that there hill out there on that African coast? 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• From the coast inland, stretch, between flowered lanes and hedges, rolling pasture-lands of rich green made all the more vivid by th e deep reddish tint of the ploughed fields. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• At the Cape Verde Islands he made some interesting observations of a white calcareous stratum which ran for miles along the coast at a height of a) bout forty-five feet above the water. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• On the coast near Valencia. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• From the towering lighthouses of our coasts its beams are thrown seaward, and a beacon for the mariner shines beyond all other lights. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• I cannot quit the coasts of Europe without taking leave of my ever dear friend Mr. Hartley. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• He asked, what business we had out of our own islands, unless upon the score of trade, or treaty, or to defend the coasts with our fleet? 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• But Scottish waters, and the waters around other coasts of the British Islands, had been traversed by steamboats before this celebrated trip of the _Savannah_. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Venice took much of the coasts and islands of the empire, and a Latin, Baldwin of Flanders, was set up as emperor in Constantinople. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Moreover, many Greek cities were on islands and scattered along remote coasts. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• This is still being done on our sea coasts, but the salt obtained by evaporating the water is very crude and usually contains many impurities. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• It was forbidden to build any ship larger than a mere coasting boat. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The greater part, both of the exportation and coasting trade of America, is carried on by the capitals of merchants who reside in Great Britain. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• But it was too late, there was no room for it, and coasting onto the floor, it disappeared in a most mysterious manner. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• He took a big swallow of it and felt it coasting over his tongue in delicate anxsthesia. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• As lazy, fair-weather sailors, careless of the coming hour, we talked gaily of our coasting voyage, of our arrival at Athens. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The Mediterranean, as we have noted (chapter xvii) is a sea for galleys and coasting. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• When such restrictions are imposed upon the inland trade, the coasting trade, we may believe, cannot be left very free. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• We coasted past the sharp bows of a navy of great steamships and stopped at last at a government building on a stone pier. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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