(1)海,湖等大片水域的岸(濱)(land along the edge of the sea or large stretch of water)[C,U]:lighthouses along the Eastern~沿東海岸的燈塔; spend weekends at the~在海濱度周末; walk along the~沿著海岸走;go to the~for the summer 去海濱度夏;swim from the ship to the~從船向岸邊游去; The sailors sighted~. 水手們看見了海岸. a~line/dwellings 海岸線/海濱建筑;〖同〗coast,beach,seacoast,seashore;
(2)國家(motherland)[C]:my native~我的祖國;immigrants who came to these~s 來到這些國家的移民; foreign~s 外國; within these~s 在這些國家內(nèi);
in shore 進岸: The ship is in~. 輪船靠岸了。
off shore 離岸: The ship stopped a little way off~. 輪船停泊在離岸不遠(yuǎn)的地方。about a mile off/from the~在離岸約一英里處;
on shore 在岸上:The swimmers(sailors)came/went on~. 游泳者(海員們)上了岸。
【辨異】shore1 與 bank、coast、beach 和 seaside 的區(qū)別見BANK。