English Dictionary

coast

IPA（発音記号）

/kəʊst/

動詞

自動詞 廃用 他動詞 アメリカ英語 方言

(intransitive) To glide along without adding energy; to allow a vehicle to continue moving forward after disengaging the engine or ceasing to apply motive power.

日本語の意味

エンジンの力を抜いて滑走する、動力を切った状態で車両が進む状態になること。 / 追加のエネルギーを加えずに、慣性や余熱で前進すること。

When the slope levels out, you can coast across the field without pedaling.

坂が平らになると、ペダルを漕がなくても惰性で野原を横切ることができる。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To glide along without adding energy; to allow a vehicle to continue moving forward after disengaging the engine or ceasing to apply motive power.

When I ran out of gas, fortunately I managed to coast into a nearby gas station.

意味（2）

(intransitive, nautical) To sail along a coast.

The Ancients coasted only in their Navigations.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To make a minimal effort; to continue to do something in a routine way, without initiative or effort.

Yet the truth is that City would probably have been coasting by that point if the referee, Michael Oliver, had not turned down three separate penalties, at least two of which could be accurately described as certainties.

意味（4）

(intransitive, obsolete) To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.

Anon she hears them chant it lustily, / And all in haste she coasteth to the cry.

意味（5）

(transitive, obsolete) To sail by or near; to follow the coastline of.

Nearchus, […] not knowing the compass, was fain to coast that shore.

意味（6）

(transitive, obsolete) To conduct along a coast or river bank.

The Indians […] coasted me a long the river.

意味（7）

(US, dialect) To slide downhill; to slide on a sled upon snow or ice.

coasts （ present singular third-person ）

coasting （ participle present ）

coasted （ participle past ）

coasted （ past ）