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单词 coastwise
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coastwiseadv.adj.

Brit. /ˈkəʊstwʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈkoʊstˌwaɪz/
Etymology: see -wise comb. form.
A. adv.
By way of the coast, along the coast.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [adverb] > along
coastwise1691
coastways1701
alongshore1707
downshore1719
upcoast1909
coastally1920
1691 London Gaz. No. 2658/1 Ships Trading Coastwise.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. ii. 523 Goods carried coastwise . View more context for this quotation
1818 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. 9 That part of the United States, which, coastwise, extends from Boston to the Bay of Chesapeake.
1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. xxii. 521 He would then sail, still coastwise, to Syracuse or to Cumæ.
B. adj.
Following the coast; carried on along the coast; as ‘a coastwise trade’.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [adjective] > along
alongshore1765
coastwise1817
1817 Deb. Congress (1854) XXX. 1008 This route..has appeared to be the most eligible for the ‘coastwise canal’.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. iv. 42 During our coastwise drift.
1885 Sat. Rev. 11 July 42 A number of small steamers make coastwise excursions.
1913 Boston Globe 16 Nov. 25/2 Coastwise steamers..have their..pilot house on the upper passenger deck.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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