一、详细释义:


n.

(海洋、湖泊等大水域的)岸,滨 [U,C]


例句:

She knew she was near the shore because the light was high up on the cliffs.

知道离岸很近了,因为在峭壁上灯火高照。


例句:

The breakers came tumbling onto the shore.

浪涛滚滚而来拍打著岸边。


(shores) 国家(尤指濒海国家)


例句:

It is feared that a similar epidemic will soon reach the shores of Europe.

人们担心类似的流行病很快会传到欧洲。


例句:

This youngster is another destined to leave these shores.

这个年轻人是又一个注定要离开这个国家的人。


v.

用撑柱支撑


例句:

More than one million dollars are needed to shore the bridge.

加固这座桥需要一百多万美元。


例句:

The canal bank has been shored up with timbers.

运河的堤岸己经用木头撑。


支撑,稳住


例句:

She used this evidence to shore up her argument.

她用该证据来支持自己的论点。


二、词义辨析:


bank,beach,coast,shore,seaside

这些名词均含有“岸”之意。 bank多指有一定坡度的河岸、湖岸或堤岸。 beach指倾斜度小,被海、湖或河水冲刷而有沙或卵石积存的地方。 coast地理学上的名词,专指被视为边界的沿海陆地的尽头。 shore指紧靠大湖泊或海洋的陆地边缘或靠海的休养地。 seaside尤指疗养地、游览地区的海边。


三、相关短语:


shore up

v. 1. 把…扶起来 2. 支持,支撑 3. 巩固,加强


shore bird

岸禽类


shore leave

海员的上岸许可或上岸假期


shore patrol

n. 海岸巡逻队


四、参考例句:


The breakers came tumbling onto the shore.

浪涛滚滚而来拍打著岸边。


She paced the shore all night.

她在岸边徘徊了整整一夜。


They anchored their ship off the shore.

他们在滨外抛锚泊船。


The shore was margined with foam.

岸边都是泡沫。


The hotel stand on the shore of lake constancy.

这家饭店坐落于康斯坦斯湖边。


She used this evidence to shore up her argument.

她用该证据来支持自己的论点。


They caught a large turtle on the shore.

他们在海滩上捉到了一只大海龟。


In the storm, many seamen wished they were on shore.

在暴风雨中,许多海员想,要是他们在陆地上就好了。


The shore batteries fired at the pirate boat.

海岸炮兵向海盗船开火。


The Mediterranean Sea bathes the shore of Italy.

地中海环抱着意大利的海岸.