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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

coastward

/kohst-werd/US // ˈkoʊst wərd //

向海,向海岸,向岸,向海岸线

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : Also coastwards. toward the coast: We left the sinking ship in lifeboats and rowed coastward.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 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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