beach

noun

/biːtʃ/

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an area of sand or small stones (called shingle), next to the sea or a lake海滩；沙滩；海滨；湖滨
- on the beach tourists sunbathing on the beach在海滩上沐浴着阳光的游客
- to the beach He decided to go to the beach for a swim.他决定去海滩游泳。
- at the beach She often spent summer days at the beach.她经常在海滩度过夏天。
- a sandy beach沙滩
- a pebble/shingle beach卵石/卵石海滩
- a beach bar海滨酒吧
- We rented an airy apartment at a beach resort. 我们在一个海滨度假胜地租了一套通风的公寓。
Synonyms coast
coast
- beach
- seaside
- shore
- coastline
- sand
- seashore
These are all words for the land beside or near to the sea, a river or a lake.
- coast the land next to or near to the sea or ocean:
  a town on the south coast of Georgia佐治亚州南海岸的一个城镇
  The coast road is closed due to bad weather.由于天气恶劣，滨海公路暂时封闭。
  It is nearly always the coast, except when it is uncountable: That’s a pretty stretch of coast.
- beach an area of sand, or small stones, next to the sea or a lake:
  She took the kids to the beach for the day.她带了孩子去海滩玩一天。
  sandy beaches沙滩
- seaside (especially British English) an area that is by the sea, especially one where people go for a day or a holiday:尤指人们游玩、度假的海边、海滨：
  a trip to the seaside去海滨旅行
  It is always the seaside, except when it is used before a noun: a seaside resort. The seaside is British English; in American English seaside is only used before a noun. Instead of go to the seaside you can say go to the ocean/beach/shore.
- shore (especially North American English) an area that is by the ocean or a lake, especially one where people go for a day or a vacation:
  Let's go to the shore.我们去海边吧。
  The reef runs along the island's north shore.珊瑚礁沿着该岛的北岸延伸。
- coastline the land along a coast, especially when you are thinking of its shape or appearance:
  California’s rugged coastline加利福尼亚崎岖的海岸线
- sand a large area of sand on a beach:
  We went for a walk along the sand.我们去沙滩上散了散步。
  a resort with miles of golden sands有着绵延数英里金色沙滩的度假胜地
- the seashore the land along the edge of the sea or ocean, usually where there is sand and rocks:
  He liked to look for shells on the seashore.他喜欢在海滨捡贝壳。
beach or seashore?用 beach 还是 seashore？Beach is usually used to talk about a sandy area next to the sea where people lie in the sun or play, for example when they are on holiday.Seashore is used more to talk about the area by the sea in terms of things such as waves, sea shells, rocks, etc, especially where people walk for pleasure.Patterns
- along the coast/beach/shore/coastline/seashore
- on the coast/beach/shore/coastline/sands/seashore
- at the coast/beach/seaside/shore/seashore
- by the coast/seaside/shore/seashore
- a(n) rocky/unspoiled coast/beach/shore/coastline
- to go to the coast/beach/seaside/shore/seashore
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- beach
- cliff
- coast
- dune
- headland
- inlet
- promontory
- sea
- shore
- tide
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- beach
- coast
- harbour
- pier
- sandbank
- sea
- shoreline
- surf
- tide
- wave
Culture the seasidethe seasideIn the 18th century British people started going to the seaside (= places by the sea) for pleasure and for their health. Seaside towns such as Brighton, Lyme Regis and Scarborough became fashionable with the upper class. Bathing in the sea became popular and bathing machines were invented for people to get changed in. Later, towns like Blackpool and Margate, which were close to industrial areas or to London, developed into large seaside resorts to which workers went for a day out or for their holiday. Long piers were built stretching out to sea and soon had a wide range of amusements built on them. Promenades (= wide paths) were built along the shore for people to walk along. Rows of beach huts and chalets (= buildings where people could get changed or sit and have tea) took the place of bathing machines, and deckchairs were for hire on the beach. There were ice-cream sellers, whelk stalls, stalls selling buckets and spades for children to build sandcastles, and Punch and Judy shows. In the early 1900s it became popular to send seaside postcards to friends. Children bought seaside rock (= a long sweet with the name of the place printed through it).Most British people still like to go to the sea for a day out or for a weekend. Resorts like Blackpool continue to be popular, but others are no longer well maintained and rather quiet. British people now prefer to go on holiday to beach resorts in, for example, Spain, Greece or the Caribbean because the weather is more likely to be hot.Americans talk of going to the ocean or the beach, rather than the seaside. Some places, especially on the East coast, have very popular beaches and people travel long distances to go there. Florida is especially popular and at spring break (= a holiday in the spring for high school and college students) it is full of students. It is common for there to be a boardwalk (= a path made of wooden boards) on the beach.Beach activities include swimming, surfing (= riding on top of the waves on a long board) and windsurfing, also called sailboarding (= standing on a board with a sail on it). Many people go to the beach but never go into the water. They spend their time playing games like volleyball (= hitting a large ball backwards and forwards over a net) and Frisbee (= throwing a flat plastic disc). Other people go to the beach to get a tan (= a darker skin from being in the sun) and spend all their time sunbathing (= lying down in the sun). Many people worry about getting skin cancer if they get burnt by the sun and so put on suncream or sunblock to protect their skin. A day at the beach often also involves a picnic or, especially in the US, a barbecue (= meat cooked over an open fire).
Extra Examples
- He walked along the beach.他沿着海滩散步。
- She took the kids to the beach for the day.她带了孩子去海滩玩一天。
- She lay on the beach and read her book.她躺在海滩上看书。
- We could see tourists sunbathing on the beach.我们看到游客在海滩上沐日光浴。
- They met at the beach.他们在海滩相遇。
- They sat on a grassy hill overlooking the beach.他们坐在青草坡上俯瞰海滩。
- There are miles of beautiful sandy beaches.那里有绵延数英里的美丽沙滩。
- The resort has a beautiful golden beach stretching for miles.这个度假胜地有一个绵延数英里的美丽的金色海滩。
- The island group has over 230 miles of pristine tropical beaches.这群岛屿有 230 多英里的原生态热带海滩。
- To the south is West Bay, a small port with a shingle beach.南面是西湾，一个有着鹅卵石海滩的小港口。
- She met him in a beach bar.她在海滩酒吧遇见了他。
Topics Holidaysa1, Geographya1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- beautiful
- fine
- lovely
- …
verb + beach
- overlook
beach + verb
- stretch
beach + noun
- towel
- umbrella
- house
- …
preposition
- along a/the beach
- at a/the beach
- on a/the beach
- …
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Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting shingle on the seashore): perhaps related to Old English bæce, bece ‘brook’ (an element that survives in place names such as Wisbech and Sandbach), assuming an intermediate sense ‘pebbly river valley’.

beach

verb

/biːtʃ/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they beach	/biːtʃ/ /biːtʃ/
he / she / it beaches	/ˈbiːtʃɪz/ /ˈbiːtʃɪz/
past simple beached	/biːtʃt/ /biːtʃt/
past participle beached	/biːtʃt/ /biːtʃt/
-ing form beaching	/ˈbiːtʃɪŋ/ /ˈbiːtʃɪŋ/

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[transitive] beach something to bring a boat out of the water and onto a beach（使）上岸；把…拖上岸
- He beached the boat and lifted the boy onto the shore.他把小船拖上岸，把男孩抱到海岸上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Beach is used with these nouns as the object:
boat
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(also be beached)
[intransitive, transitive] (of a whale or similar animal) to become stuck on land and unable to get back into the water（使）上岸；把…拖上岸
- a beached whale 搁浅在海滩上的鲸
- We don't know what causes whales to beach.我们不知道是什么导致鲸鱼海滩。

Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting shingle on the seashore): perhaps related to Old English bæce, bece ‘brook’ (an element that survives in place names such as Wisbech and Sandbach), assuming an intermediate sense ‘pebbly river valley’.