| 单词 | shore |
| 释义 | shore (ʃɔːʳ ) Word forms: shores , shoring , shored 1. countable noun B1+ The shores or the shore of a sea, lake, or wide river is the land along the edge of it. Someone who is on shore is on the land rather than on a ship. They walked down to the shore. ...elephants living on the shores of Lake Kariba. [+ of] I have spent less time on shore than most men. As soon as they were safely back to shore, he raced for the nearest phone. 2. plural noun [with supplement] When someone or something reaches the shores of a country or continent, they arrive in that country or continent. [literary] It is feared that a similar epidemic will soon reach the shores of Europe. This youngster is another destined to leave these shores. Phrasal verbs: shore up phrasal verb If you shore up something that is weak or about to fail, you do something in order to strengthen it or support it. The democracies of the West may find it hard to shore up their defences. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Collocations: approach the shore Merchant ships anchored several miles offshore, where passengers and cargo transshipped to shallow-draft vessels that approach the shore. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Glass eels become progressively pigmented as they approach the shore; these eels are termed elvers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The troops would be supported as they landed by twelve schooners, each mounting one or more heavy cannon, which could approach the shore closely. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They should have been moved away as soon as they were first spotted approaching the shore. The Sun They rained javelins down on any ship that approached the shore. Times, Sunday Times Motorboats that had been carved from vast tree trunks ferried families and cargo between the tiny thatched hamlets that dotted the shores and islands. Times, Sunday Times Nowadays, small lakes dot the shores of this salt flat. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The first communities broke ground at about that same time and now some 120 different communities dot the shores of the lake. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 From the southern shore of the lake a narrow peninsula, little more than a causeway, in places scarcely 100m wide, reaches out for 2km towards the middle of the lake. Times, Sunday Times We have just left a city and are heading west along an estuary's southern shore. Times, Sunday Times On the southern shore of the bay they built a whaling station. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A patrol path existed for border guards along the southern shore. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On the southern shore grow lots of blueberries and cranberries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He scrambles down a cliff on western shore and hides on a small ledge. Times, Sunday Times We drive 14 miles to the lake's western shore, where, two snaps in the can, we tackle clue two. Times, Sunday Times Island-hopping along the lough's western shore, we pull up at a small concrete jetty half hidden in the reeds. Times, Sunday Times We donned our waterproofs and walking boots, then took the 50p car ferry over to the western shore. The Sun Opened in 1809, it starts in a town set on an inlet's western shore - to which it runs parallel for 1½ miles. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 岸 Japanese: 岸 |
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