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1. 海岸;海滨
The coast is an area of land that is next to the sea.

2. (车辆熄火后或不用动力)靠惯性滑行
If a vehicle coasts somewhere, it continues to move there with the motor switched off, or without being pushed or pedalled.

3. 毫不费力地做;(尤指)轻松获胜
If a person or a team is coasting, they are doing something easily, especially winning a competition.

4. 不够努力;应付
If you say that someone is coasting, you are emphasizing that they are not putting enough effort into what they are doing.

5. 没有被发现(或捉住)的危险;危险已过
If you say that the coast is clear, you mean that there is nobody around to see you or catch you.

You can use beach, coast, and shore to talk about the piece of land beside a stretch of water. The coast is the area of land that lies alongside the sea. You may be referring just to the land close to the sea, or to a wider area that extends further inland. A beach is a flat area of sand or pebbles next to the sea. The shore is the area of land along the edge of the sea, a lake, or a wide river.
beach, coast 和 shore 都可以用来指大片水域的岸边陆地。coast 是沿海陆地区域，既可以指紧靠海边的区域，也可以泛指沿海地区。beach 是指海边的沙滩或碎石滩。shore 是指海洋、湖泊或宽广的河流的岸边陆地。

1. the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it

e.g. his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill
the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope

Synonym: slideglide

2. the area within view

e.g. the coast is clear

3. a slope down which sleds may coast

e.g. when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course

4. the shore of a sea or ocean

Synonym: seashoreseacoastsea-coast