1[countableC, uncountableU]DN the land along the edge of a large area of water such as an ocean or lake 岸,滨
We could see a boat about a mile from shore.
我们看见离岸边大约一英里的地方有一艘船。
Only a few survivors reached the shore.
仅有几个生还者到达岸边。
She began to swim to shore.
她开始朝岸边游去。
on the shores of something
a holiday resort on the shores of the Adriatic
在亚得里亚海岸边的一处度假胜地
on shore
We had a couple of hours on shore (=not on a ship).
我们在岸上逗留了几个小时。
off shore
The island is about three miles off shore (=away from the coast).
这个岛离岸大约三英里远。
rocky/sandy shore 岩岸/沙岸
2these/British/our etc shoreswrittenCOUNTRY/NATION a country that has a border on the sea 这个国家/英国/我们的国家等〔指沿海的国家〕
Millions of immigrants flocked to these shores in the 19th century.
无数移民在 19 世纪蜂拥到这个国家。
growing fears that English football players will be lured away to foreign shores
对英国足球运动员被吸引到外国去的与日俱增的担心
Examples from the Corpus
these/British/our etc shores• The battle was lost, though, when many in high places yielded to pressures from beyondthese shores.• Meanwhile, beyond our shores, the world's industrialpractices and capacitiesadvanced.• The reason the world and his wife head for these shores is they know that their chances of deportation are virtually non-existent.• More than six centuries ago they had left these shores for Hamgyong Province in the North in search of a better life.• In fact, nobody had made paved roads in Britain since the Romans left our shores.• What would happen to us if 10,000 of them showed up on our shores?• Even after the Renaissance and the rebirth of learning had reached these shoresears were still having a roughride.• His job was to show the captains of industry who came to these shores how to relax.