groups, especially political
ones, agreeing to work together for a particular purpose 十尤指多个政治团体
的）联合.体，联盟：a coaZirion 〇/environmentai
and consumer groups环境保护和消费者团体的联盟3 [U] the act of two
or more groups joining together 联，合；，结 合；联盟：They didn’t rule out coalition
with the Social Democrat.他们不排除与社会民主党人结盟的可能性。
coal-man /'kaulmen;
NAmE 'koul-/ noun (pi. -men /-man/) a man whose
job is to deliver coal to people’s houses 送嬢工
coal mine (also pit).now/? a place
underground where coal is dug 政矿
coal miner noun a person whose job is digging coal in a coal mine A
coal scuttle (also scuttle)
noun a container with a
handle, used for "carrying coal and usually kept beside the FIREPLACE (琿常置于檗炉边的）煤斗，煤筐，煤桶
—picture
c> fireplace
coal tar noun [U] a thick black
sticky substance produced when gas is made from coal (制作煤气时产
生的）_煤焦油
coam-ing /'kaumii]； NAmE 'kou-/ noun'a raised border around a ship’s hatch that keeps the water out (船
的)舱口围板
coarse /ko:s;
NAmE ko:rs/ adj. (coars-er,
coars-est) 1 (of skin or cloth皮肤或布料）rough半且糙的；粗织的：coarse hands/Zinen 粗糖賴手；粗亚麻希.EH3smooth, soft
2
consisting of relatively large
pieces 粗的；..大颗紅的：
coarse
sanct/saZt/Ziaf/-粗沙 / 盐；粗糙的毛发 EEQ
fine
3
rude and offensive，especially about sex 粗鲁无礼 的，粗俗的（尤指涉及性的）HEIvulgar: coarse manners/kmghter 粗俗的举止 / 笑声► coarse.ly flt/v.: coarseZy
chopped onions.(= cut into large pieces)剁成大 块的洋葱◊ He Zaughed
coarseZy at her.他粗鲁土礼地嘲 笑她。coarse.ness /iow/i [U]
SYNONYMS同义词辨析
coast
beach ♦ seaside ♦ coastline ♦ shoreline ♦ sand ♦
seashore
These
are all words for the land beside or near to the sea, a river or a lake.以上各词均指海滨、河岸或湖畔。
coast the
land beside or near to the sea or ocean 岸、海滨：tovvn 〇/? the sowf/? .〇/ f/ig/ond 英格
.兰南感，卓的一座城市,◊ TVie coosf
root/ /s c/〇5«/ A/e to bad weather.由于i气恶劣，滨海公路暂时封闭。
It
is nearly always the coast, except when it is
uncountable.除用作不可数名词外，coast几乎总是与 定冠词连用：pretty sfrefdj o/
coost —是一—
美丽的海岸线。
beach an
area of sand, or small stones, beside the sea
0『3丨31<6指有沙或石的海滩、海滨或湖滨：5心的0^/^ /f/Ws
fo fhe heflch /〇广fhe ctoy.她带了孩子去海滩玩，
◊
sonc/y fceoches 沙滩
seaside (especially
BrE)
an area that is by the sea, especially one where people go for a day or a
holiday 尤指人们游玩、度假海边、悔锒：a trip to the seos/tfe 去海.滨旅行 It is always the seaside,
except when.it is used
before a noun.除用乎名询前：
夕卜，1 seaside总是与定冠词连用：a seaside resort*滨 胜地 The seaside is British English; in
American English seaside is only used before a
noun. * the seaside 为英.. 国英语，在美国英语中，seaside只用于名词前。
coastline the land along a
coast, especially when you are thinking of its shape or appearance 措蜂海地_， 允其是海岸线、海岸地形或轮廓：CM/om/fl’snvggec/
COfl5f//>7e加：利福尼.亚_岖的海岸线
shoreline the edge of the sea,
the ocean or a lake || 海滨（或湖滨）线、海岸（或湖岸）线：vw/fcec/ fl/ong伽roc/cy 5/Kw//ne.我们沿着岩石嶙嶙的海岸线散
步。
COASTLINE OR
SHORELINE?用 coastline 还是 shoreline ?
A
coastline is always the edge of
the $ea or oc^an, not a
369 coast
.coarse 'fish noun [pi coarse fish) (6r£) any fish, except
salmon and trout, that lives in rivers and
lakes rather than in the sea粗鱼，杂;i； r指肉质粗糙的淡水鱼，沭包
括鲑和鳟鱼〉
.coarse 'fishing noun [Uj
(Br£) the sport of catching coarse fish捕捉杂鱼活会：to go coarse办hfng去捕捉
杂鱼
coars-en /'koisn; NAmE 'koirsn/
verb 1 to become or make
sth’become thicker and/or rougher.(使）变厚，
变粗植：\ (V] ffer hair
graduaiiy coarsened as she grew dder•随着年齡的增长，她的头发遂渐变粗糙了。〇[VN] His/eatures had
been coarteneti by t/ie weat/ien 气候使 他涵.容貌变:得粗糖。2 to become or1
make sb become less polite and often offensive in the way they behave (使）孪得粗鲁无礼：[VN] TTie six 〖o/ig years in prison
had coarsened Wm.六年漫长的监狱生活使他变得粗鲁
无礼。[also
V]
Coast
/kaust;
NAmEkoust/
noun, vetb
m noun [C, U] the land beside
or near to the sea or ocean 海岸；海滨：a tomi on the south
coast o/£ngZaml 英格
^
^ ^ ® idiands bff the
Jrdand爱尔兰西海岸必岛购◊ a trip to t/ie
coast海滨方長
.游◊ We waWced a〖ong the coast/or)iive mi〖es•我们沿_ 海序步行了五英里。◊ the Wdsh coast威尔士海岸◊ a pretty stretch of coast 一段美丽的海岸钱◊ the coast'road
滨海道路 the
.coast is 'clear (informal) there is no danger of
being seen or caught 没备被发现（或抓住）
的危险：As soon as the coast
was dear he dfmbeci in through t/ie window.等到四下无人，他便从窗户爬了
进去。
mverb [V] 1 [usually +adv./prep.] (of a car or a bicycle 汽车或自行车)_to move, especially
down a hill, without using any power 尤指不用动力向山坡下）滑行，惯性
lake; coastline
is usually used to talk about an area that is.’tonger t'han a shore丨ine. * coastline 总是指海岸线，
而非湖岸线；coastline通常指比shoreline长的海岸地 区：the Turkish, coastline 士.耳其海岸线◊ the
sand a large area
of sand on a beach We Went
/or fl vra伙fl/ong the s训d我们去沙滩上备[了散步。◊ g
r«o/t w/沩m//es
o/goWe/i 有着绵延数英里金色沙
滩的度假胜地
the seashore the land along the edge of the sea
or ocean, usually where there is sand and rocks 通常指有 ...翁存的.■岸海滨：He liked to 丨ook for shells on t'he secw/jore.他#欢在海滨捡贝壳。
BEACH OR
SEASHORE?用 beach 还是 seashore ?
Beach
is usually
used to talk about.a sandy area::nexitd:.:... the sea
where people lie in the sun or play, for example when they are on holiday. Seashore
is used more to talk about the area by the sea in terms of things such as
waves, sea shells, rocks, etc., especially where people walk for pleasure. * beach ii常指海滩，人们度假时可以
躺着沐浴阳光或玩乐；seashore多指有海浪、贝壳、岩
有筹的海岸，it指人们散步消遣的海滨。
PATTERNS AND
COLLOCATIONS • along the coa.st/beach/coastline/sho.relin:e/seash()re'.:.:
4
on the coast/beach/coastlme/shofeline/sands/s^asHQre
5
at the
cpast/beach/seaside/seashore
6
by the
coast/seaside/seashore
7
a(n) rocky/rugged/unspoiled coast/beach/Coastlin# shoreline
8
the north/northern/south/southern, etc. coast/
coastline/shoreline
9
to go to the
coastybeach/seaside/seashore
10
a Goast/beach/^easide
resort
a stretch
of coast/beach/coastline/shoreline