- (usually the coastguard)[singular]
an official organization (in the US a branch of the armed forces) whose job is to watch the sea near a coast in order to help ships and people in trouble, and to stop people from breaking the law 海岸警卫队(在美国隶属于军队) The coastguard was alerted. 海岸警卫队已接到报警。 They radioed Dover Coastguard. 他们用无线电和多佛海岸警卫队联络。 a coastguard station 海岸警卫队驻地
- [countable] (especially British English) (US English usually coastguardsman )
a member of this organization Topics Transport by waterc2海岸警卫队队员