coastとは

発音

• (General American) enPR: kōst, IPA^(key): /koʊst/
• (Received 発音) enPR: kōst, IPA^(key): /kəʊst/
• 韻: -əʊst

名詞

coast (複数形 coasts)

1. (obsolete) The side or edge of something. [15th-18th c.]

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Sir Isaac Newton to this entry?)

2. The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake. [from 14th c.]

   The rocky coast of Maine has few beaches.

3. (obsolete) A region of land; a district or country. [14th-17th c.]
   • 1526, Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew 2:

     Then Herod perceavynge that he was moocked off the wyse men, was excedynge wroth, and sent forth and slue all the chyldren that were in bethleem, and in all the costes thereof […]

   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, または 3):

     , II.ii.3:

     P. Crescentius, in his lib. 1 de agric. cap. 5, is very copious in this subject, how a house should be wholesomely sited, in a good coast, good air, wind, etc.

4. (obsolete) A region of the air or heavens. [14th-17th c.]
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iii:

     the learned Merlin, well could tell, / Vnder what coast of heauen the man did dwell […]

上位語

• (edge of land meeting an ocean, sea, gulf, または bay): shore, shoreline

下位語

• (edge of land meeting an ocean, sea, gulf, または bay): oceanfront, seashore

派生語

関連する語

動詞

coast (三人称単数 現在形 coasts, 現在分詞 coasting, 過去形および過去分詞形 coasted)

1. (intransitive) To glide along without adding energy; to allow a vehicle to continue moving forward after disengaging the engine or ceasing to apply motive power.

   When I ran out of gas, fortunately I managed to coast into a nearby gas station.

2. (intransitive, nautical) To sail along a coast.
   • Arbuthnot

     The ancients coasted only in their navigation.

3. Applied to human behavior, to make a minimal effort, to continue to do something in a routine way. This implies lack of initiative and effort.
   • November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk

     Yet the truth is that City would probably have been coasting by that point if the referee, Michael Oliver, had not turned down three separate penalties, at least two of which could be accurately described as certainties.

4. (obsolete) To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.
   • Shakespeare

     Anon she hears them chant it lustily, / And all in haste she coasteth to the cry.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Hakluyt to this entry?)

5. (obsolete) To sail by or near; to follow the coastline of.
   • Sir Thomas Browne

     Nearchus, […] not knowing the compass, was fain to coast that shore.

6. (obsolete) To conduct along a coast or river bank.
   • Hakluyt

     The Indians […] coasted me along the river.

7. (US, dialectal) To slide downhill; to slide on a sled upon snow or ice.

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