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Inshore means near the shore, towards the shore, or to the shore. Inshore waters are the sea close to land. A boat comes inshore when it moves in from the open sea. Fishermen talk about inshore fishing: catching fish near the coast, not far out.
Inshore這個字 means意思是 near the shore靠近岸邊, towards the shore朝向岸邊, or to the shore或到岸邊。Inshore waters近岸海域 are是 the sea close to land靠近陸地的海。A boat一艘船 comes inshore駛向岸邊 when it moves in from the open sea當它從外海往內移動時。Fishermen漁民 talk about inshore fishing談到近岸捕魚: catching fish near the coast在海岸附近捕魚, not far out而不是到很遠的外海。
It can describe a thing (inshore winds, inshore waters) or tell you the direction (the boat drifted inshore).
It它 can describe a thing可以形容一個東西 (inshore winds近岸的風, inshore waters近岸海域) or或 tell you the direction告訴你方向 (the boat drifted inshore船漂向了岸邊)。
Though actually, this is a sea word, not a land word. If you are in a city away from the ocean, that is inland, not inshore. Offshore is the partner: away from the shore, out to sea — and in business, sometimes “in another country.” Coastal people and sailors use inshore more than city students do.
Though actually不過其實, this這 is是 a sea word一個跟海有關的字, not a land word不是跟陸地有關的字。If you如果你 are in a city人在一座城市裡 away from the ocean離海很遠, that那 is inland叫做inland(內陸), not inshore而不是inshore。Offshore Offshore(離岸)這個字 is the partner是它的對照組: away from the shore遠離岸邊, out to sea到外海 — and而 in business在商業用語裡, sometimes有時候 “in another country.”「指在另一個國家」。Coastal people and sailors海邊的人和水手 use inshore more than city students do比城市裡的學生更常用inshore這個字。
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
inshoreadj
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Close to (especially in sight of) a shore.
- My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
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Of a wind, blowing from the sea to the land.
inshoreadv
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Near the shore.
- The sunset's roses faint and fain decline. Inshore the still sea shimmers scale on scale, Like an enormous coat of magic mail — Sheet silver shot with tremulous opaline.
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Towards the shore.
- It is now believed that many species of sharks come inshore at night to feed and, therefore, that attacks made during the day are not related to the feeding process.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。