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单词 mid-coast
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mid-coastn.adj.adv.

Brit. /ˈmɪdkəʊst/, U.S. /ˈmɪdˈkoʊst/
Forms: see mid adj. and coast n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., coast n.
Etymology: < mid adj. + coast n. With sense A. 1 compare coast n. 1b. With senses A. 2, B., and C. compare coast n. 4.
A. n.
1. Scottish. The mid-side of the body. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 824 Baith cannell bayne an schuldir blaid in twa, Throuch the myd cost.
2. The middle or central region of a stretch of coast.
ΚΠ
1993 Westcoast Logger Feb. 9/1 For those not familiar with the mid-Coast, Moses Inlet flows into Rivers Inlet.
1997 Beautiful Brit. Columbia Spring 19/1 Other of my favourite regions include..the lupine-choked estuaries of the midcoast.
B. adj.
Situated on the middle of a stretch of coast.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [adjective] > situated on
seasidec1275
sea-coasting1610
sea-coast1622
paralious1655
coasterly1709
longshore1776
shore-going1846
mid-coast1898
juxta-marine1899
1898 Harper's Mag. Mar. 634/1 Its operations extended from the mid-coast bays along the entire Atlantic border.
1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 July 55/1 (advt.) Mid-coast Maine. Classic two-bedroom post-and-beam house on pristine lake.
C. adv.
On the middle of a stretch of coast.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [adverb]
by seac1275
by the seac1275
on the sea1832
sublittorally1902
mid-coast1976
1976 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 11 Apr. 7/1 It was the last cannery midcoast to operate, all the others are either in Prince Rupert or the Vancouver area.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.adv.1488
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