Coasting

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coast

(a.) Sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along a coast.

(n.) A sailing along a coast, or from port to port; a carrying on a coasting trade.

(n.) Sliding down hill; sliding on a sled upon snow or ice.

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• It was forbidden to build any ship larger than a mere coasting boat. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The greater part, both of the exportation and coasting trade of America, is carried on by the capitals of merchants who reside in Great Britain. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• But it was too late, there was no room for it, and coasting onto the floor, it disappeared in a most mysterious manner. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• He took a big swallow of it and felt it coasting over his tongue in delicate anxsthesia. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• As lazy, fair-weather sailors, careless of the coming hour, we talked gaily of our coasting voyage, of our arrival at Athens. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The Mediterranean, as we have noted (chapter xvii) is a sea for galleys and coasting. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• When such restrictions are imposed upon the inland trade, the coasting trade, we may believe, cannot be left very free. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It comprehends both the inland and the coasting trade. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The Portuguese, for example, were developing an Atlantic coasting trade. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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