“coastal”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

coastal

释义

coastal, a. and n.|ˈkəʊstəl|
[f. coast n. + -al¹.]
A. adj.
a. Of or pertaining to the coast.
b. Coastal Command, an R.A.F. command which first operated over the seas from coastal bases during the 1939–45 war.
1883Daily News 19 July 5/8 The coastal steam traffic is in the hands of a monopoly.1888Macm. Mag. June 104 An effective line of coastal defence.1940E. C. Shepherd Britain's Air Power 9 A Coastal Command machine... The more usual work of these aircraft is that of continuous patrol over all the sea approaches to Germany.Ibid. 12 The Coastal Command..the duties of the one are bounded by the coasts on either side of whatever piece of sea they have to patrol.
B. n. A coast-defence ship.
1912Jane Brit. Battle Fleet 350 ‘Coastals’ for local duties.1919Daily Tel. 9 Aug. 10/2 Of these airships and, afterwards, of the coastals, we had several subsequently.

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