詞匯精選:shore的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
n.
(海洋、湖泊等大水域的)岸,濱 [U,C]
例句:
She knew she was near the shore because the light was high up on the cliffs.
知道離岸很近了,因為在峭壁上燈火高照。
例句:
The breakers came tumbling onto the shore.
浪濤滾滾而來拍打著岸邊。
(shores) 國家(尤指瀕海國家)
例句:
It is feared that a similar epidemic will soon reach the shores of Europe.
人們擔(dān)心類似的流行病很快會傳到歐洲。
例句:
This youngster is another destined to leave these shores.
這個年輕人是又一個注定要離開這個國家的人。
v.
用撐柱支撐
例句:
More than one million dollars are needed to shore the bridge.
加固這座橋需要一百多萬美元。
例句:
The canal bank has been shored up with timbers.
運河的堤岸己經(jīng)用木頭撐。
支撐,穩(wěn)住
例句:
She used this evidence to shore up her argument.
她用該證據(jù)來支持自己的論點。
二、詞義辨析:
bank,beach,coast,shore,seaside
這些名詞均含有“岸”之意。 bank多指有一定坡度的河岸、湖岸或堤岸。 beach指傾斜度小,被海、湖或河水沖刷而有沙或卵石積存的地方。 coast地理學(xué)上的名詞,專指被視為邊界的沿海陸地的盡頭。 shore指緊靠大湖泊或海洋的陸地邊緣或靠海的休養(yǎng)地。 seaside尤指療養(yǎng)地、游覽地區(qū)的海邊。
三、相關(guān)短語:
shore up
v. 1. 把…扶起來 2. 支持,支撐 3. 鞏固,加強
shore bird
岸禽類
shore leave
海員的上岸許可或上岸假期
shore patrol
n. 海岸巡邏隊
四、參考例句:
The breakers came tumbling onto the shore.
浪濤滾滾而來拍打著岸邊。
She paced the shore all night.
她在岸邊徘徊了整整一夜。
They anchored their ship off the shore.
他們在濱外拋錨泊船。
The shore was margined with foam.
岸邊都是泡沫。
The hotel stand on the shore of lake constancy.
這家飯店坐落于康斯坦斯湖邊。
She used this evidence to shore up her argument.
她用該證據(jù)來支持自己的論點。
They caught a large turtle on the shore.
他們在海灘上捉到了一只大海龜。
In the storm, many seamen wished they were on shore.
在暴風(fēng)雨中,許多海員想,要是他們在陸地上就好了。
The shore batteries fired at the pirate boat.
海岸炮兵向海盜船開火。
The Mediterranean Sea bathes the shore of Italy.
地中海環(huán)抱著意大利的海岸.
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