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littoral

/lit-er-uhl/US // ˈlɪt ər əl //UK // (ˈlɪtərəl) //

沿岸,海岸线,沿岸地区,近海

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean.
    • : of or relating to the biogeographic region between the sublittoral zone and the high-water line and sometimes including the supralittoral zone above the high-water line.
    • : of or relating to the region of freshwater lake beds from the sublittoral zone up to and including damp areas on shore.Compare intertidal.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a littoral region.

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Examples

  • ASW assets and crews have been diverted to reconnaissance missions in overland and littoral wars.

  • But the real winners here are not likely to be the largely suburban masses but a new, heavily urban littoral ruling class.

  • The new Divisions will find the Mudros littoral on arrival better prepared for their reception than it was a month ago.

  • Mexican national life has not developed much upon the littoral.

  • And fine as it is on the strong coast, it is beautiful on the weak littoral and the imperilled levels of a northern beach.

  • Nor would it be easy to imagine, from the point of view of defense, either a bay of littoral with greater natural advantages.

  • In general, the main strife may be said to have been waged between the provinces of the littoral and those of the Far West.