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名詞

coasting (countable and uncountable, plural coastings)

1. The act of sailing along a coast, or from port to port.
   • 1772, A Select Collection of Letters of the Late Reverend George Whitefield, page 390:

     Glory be to God, all sublunary coastings will soon be over. Yet a little while, and we shall get into an eternal harbour.

   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 125:

     She had been lying quietly in the harbour and making little coasting trips ever since we arrived in her twelve months before.

2. The act of disengaging the gears of a moving vehicle and rolling along without the use of engine power.
   • 2020 September 23, “Network News: AWC employs coasting to minimise disruption”, in Rail, page 26:

     Avanti West Coast has introduced the use of coasting with its Pendolino fleet, in an effort to keep disruption during overhead line equipment failures to a minimum. [...] The Class 390s coasted for three miles without power between Harrow & Wealdstone and Wembley Central, running under damaged OLE.

3. (medicine) A progression of symptoms after treatment, before gradual improvement begins.
4. Drinking nolo drinks so as to imbibe less alcohol while still enjoying tippling. [2020s]
   • 2025 December 31, Zoe Wood, “Drinkers turn to low-alcohol beverages so they can 'coast' through season”, in The Guardian, page 3:

     Christmas and New Year's Eve celebrations often used to result in a hangover, but with moderation now the order of the day the new drinks industry buzzword is "coasting". This involves choosing a white wine, lager or even a cocktail that is about half the strength of the traditional version — meaning you can have the same number of drinks without feeling the worse for wear. Vanessa Pearson, Ocado Retail's trading manager for beers, wines and spirits, credits "coasting" for a "huge increase in customer interest in mid-strength wine". In 2025 its sales of these types of wines soared 4,000% as the new category gained ground. "Mid-strength" drinks occupy the middle ground between no and low-alcohol (nolo) and standard options, and such beers and ciders are about 2-3% alcohol by volume, wines 3-9% and spirits 15-20%. The advent of coasting chimes with data showing Britons are drinking less alcohol than before. The average UK adult consumed 10.2 alcoholic drinks a week in 2024, according to the latest figures from the drinks industry data company IWSR. This is the lowest figure since data collection began in 1990 and down from a high of 14 weekly drinks two decades ago. However, total abstention is not on the rise despite the decline in consumption, which suggests more cautious drinking habits.

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• Costigan, agnostic, angio-CTs, coatings, cotingas