| 单词 | the coast |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe coast c. the coast is familiarly applied in different regions to specific littoral districts, in India esp. to the Coromandel coast, and thence (in 19th cent.) to the Madras Presidency; also applied to the Pacific coast of North America; the West Coast (and thence the province of Westland) of the South Island of New Zealand; the West Coast of Africa; (similarly) spec. one or other bank of the Mississippi near its mouth. Also attributive. ΚΠ 1793 H. Boyd Wks. 78 The belles of the Coast. 1800 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 227 I have only 1892 Coast and 1200 Bombay sepoys. 1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana 174 The Coast may be said to begin at Pointe Coupée. From this to La Fourche, two thirds of the banks are perfectly cleared. 1835 J. H. Ingraham South-West II. 24 (note) The banks of the Mississippi are termed ‘the coast’ as far up the river as Baton Rouge. 1866 Daily Morning Chron. (Washington, D.C.) 5 Feb. 1/1 Oregon is the land of pretty girls and big red apples..there are enough around to supply the whole coast. 1868 Putnam's Mag. May 594/2 The left bank, or ‘coast’, of the river, as it is called in Louisiana. 1879 F. T. Pollok Sport Brit. Burmah I. 26 Is it any wonder, then, that the Coast Army has lost its ancient renown? 1881 H. W. Nesfield Chequered Career vii. 72 That was nothing out of the way at that time ‘on the coast’. 1888 L. D. Powles Land of Pink Pearl 280 He was then for a time ‘on the coast’, as it is called, a polite form of saying a man has been in the slave trade on the West Coast of Africa. 1908 J. G. Findlay Humbugs & Homilies 258 Who talks as tall as a Coast Cockatoo. 1926 Princess Marie Louise Lett. from Gold Coast 3 We English when we talk about the ‘Coast’ mean only the Gold Coast, whereas it actually includes Gambia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Those living there, however, are generally spoken of as ‘Coasters’. 1930 Publishers' Weekly 8 Feb. 708/1 I like the Coast because it comprises California, Oregon, Washington and the contiguous States. 1936 G. Greene Journey without Maps i. ii. 25 There was the Coast... People said, ‘Eldridge. Of course, he's an old Coaster.’.. There was no other Coast but the West Coast. 1939 ‘M. Innes’ Stop Press iv. i. 419 The coast—that's what they call Hollywood. 1946 ‘M. Innes’ From London Far iii. vi. 214 I leave for the Coast six tomorrow morning... A message from Johannesburg sends a man shooting off to the shores of the Pacific. 1949 B. Dowling Canterbury 11 Beyond the western foothills lost The huge and desolate ranges of the Coast. 1958 Times 13 Aug. 12/4 It has been the life's work of many merchant converters in Manchester to produce speciality African prints for the people..‘on the Coast’. < as lemmas |
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