coastward
/kohst-werd/US // ˈkoʊst wərd //
向海,向海岸,向岸,向海岸线
Definitions
adv.副词 adverb
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- : Also coastwards. toward the coast: We left the sinking ship in lifeboats and rowed coastward.
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : directed toward the coast: a coastward migration.
Examples
Beneath you as you drive, the grand Columbia rolls coastward between sheer walls of basalt, while trophy waterfalls provide leg-stretching intervals.
"Fresh water come down dere," he cried, after a while, staring coastward.
Rather a dull valley lay below, backed by the slope of the coastward downs.
In her pain and fright, she had wandered coastward for several miles.
Coastward, -s, toward the coast; Coast′wise, along the coast.
We had other things to do than fight Wasukuma, and therefore on the 21st we resumed the coastward march.
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