单词
coast
读音
koʊst
美式
英式
词根
"Coast" 的词源来自拉丁词根 "(c)ost-", 表示“边缘”。
释义
n. 海岸；滑行 v. 滑行；（交通工具）快速平稳地移动；得过且过，做事不费力；沿岸航行 v. (Coast) （英、美）科斯特（人名） [ 复数 coasts 第三人称单数 coasts 现在分词 coasting 过去式 coasted 过去分词 coasted ]
例句
They live on the south coast.
他们住在南海岸。
They live on the east coast.
他们住在东海岸。
That's a pretty stretch of coast.
那是一段美丽的海岸线。
They live on the south coast.
他们住在南海岸。
They live on the east coast.
他们住在东海岸。
That's a pretty stretch of coast.
那是一段美丽的海岸线。
强化记忆
你可以通过联想一个熟悉的东西或者场景来记住这个词，比如你可以联想到你在海边游玩的情景，把它关联到 "Coast" 与沿海或者湖畔的意思。这个词在历史上最早的文献记录可以追溯到14世纪，最初从拉丁语词 costa 演变出来，意为 "rib, side, wall"（肋骨、侧面、墙壁），随着时间的推移，人们将此词用于形容地理上的边缘，渐渐演变为我们现在所说的"海岸"或"湖岸"等。
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in a very meaningful way.And coast to coast,all of the lunch ladies told me the same thing:
The first line of protection was a moat 60 feet wide and 22 feet deep,stretching all four miles from coast to coast.Pipes from inside the city could fill it at the first sight of the enemy,
The power grids of the United States joined together,forming one interconnected machine stretching coast to coast.Today, the US power grid is the world's largest machine.
So I got in my car, and I drove three hours northalong the coast,and the roads grew emptier and narrower,
In the early 20th century,the United States had expanded from coast to coast,but many cities in the arid southwest still lacked reliable water sources.
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