| 单词 | littoral |
| 释义 | littoral (once / 10924 pages) adjn Anything littoral has to do with a coast or shore. A littoral state has a coast, so Florida, California, and North Carolina are littoral states, to name a few. If you live far away from any water, then you probably won't hear the word littoral much because it refers to things related to shores and coasts. A house overlooking the ocean is littoral. A business is littoral if it sells things to people hanging out on the beach. You can also use littoral as a noun to mean the area near a coast or shore — if you grew up near the water, you grew up in a littoral. WORD FAMILYlittoral: littorals, sublittoral USAGE EXAMPLESThe littoral fleet is designed to operate close to shore with steerable jet propulsion. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) The first four ships will be used for testing developing technologies and systems being installed on the littoral combat ships. Washington Times(Sep 29, 2016) The Navy insists the costly littoral combat ship program is going to be fine after a bumpy start. Seattle Times(Sep 29, 2016) 1adj of or relating to a coastal or shore region 2n the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean Syn|Hyper litoral, littoral zone, sands coast, sea-coast, seacoast, seashore the shore of a sea or ocean |
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