beach

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT A beach is an area of sand or stones beside the ocean. 海灘
...a beautiful sandy beach. …一片美麗的沙灘。
2. V-T/V-I If something such as a boat beaches, or if it is beached, it is pulled or forced out of the water and onto land. 使上岸; 上岸
We beached the canoe, running it right up the bank. 我們把獨木舟拖上了海灘，直朝堤岸拖去。
The boat beached on a mud flat. 船在泥沼上擱淺了。

The campsite is in a beautiful location next to the beach.
I took my two-year-old nephew down to the beach with his bucket and spade .
We took off our shoes and socks and walked barefoot along the beach.
The island has several small stony beaches which are usually deserted .
A few kilometres from the crowded beaches of Spain's Mediterranean coast , many once-thriving villages stand deserted and in ruins .