這個拼法是2個不同的字· 2 words spelled “coaster”
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coaster · drinks mat
nounStill moving, but nobody is pushing. A bicycle rolling downhill with the feet off the pedals; a little tray sliding across a table from hand to hand. Motion without effort — that is what this coaster names.
From the word’s history
This coaster is the verb coast (to glide along without adding energy, to make a minimal effort) plus -er, the agent-noun ending.
這個 coaster 是動詞 coast（不再出力、靠慣性往前滑；做最小程度的努力）加上 -er，也就是「會做這件事的人或東西」。
Wiktionary, "coaster" (etymology 2)
coaster · coastal cargo ship
nounSomething that keeps to the shoreline. It moves, it works, it carries loads from place to place — but the land is always in sight on one side, and it never turns out into the open sea.
From the word’s history
This coaster is coast (the edge of the land where it meets the sea) plus -er, the ending that forms agent nouns — so, the one that goes along the coast.
這個 coaster 是 coast（陸地與海相接的邊，海岸）加上 -er（構成「做這件事的人或東西」的字尾），字面就是「沿著海岸跑的那個」。
Wiktionary, "coaster" (etymology 1)
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