单词 | nearshore |
释义 | nearshore[ neer-shawr, -shohr ] / ˈnɪərˌʃɔr, -ˌʃoʊr / adjectiveextending from or occurring along a shore. verb (used with or without object) (of a company or organization) to move offshored jobs or business activities from a distant country to a country that is much closer to the home territory:Recent plans to nearshore our distribution activities have been favorably received.Several Australian business owners have nearshored from China to Vanuatu.Compare reshore. Origin of nearshoreFirst recorded in 1895–1900; near + shore1 OTHER WORDS FROM nearshorenear·shor·ing, nounWords nearby nearshorenear miss, near money, near-point, near real-time, near rhyme, nearshore, nearside, nearsighted, nearsightedness, near-term, near thing Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Scientific definitions for nearshorenearshore [ nîr′shôr′ ] The region of land extending between the backshore, or shoreline, and the beginning of the offshore zone. Water depth in this area is usually less than 10 m (33 ft). The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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