shores
shores — 名詞
1. the ground where a wide river, sea, or lake ends and dry land begins — the visib
海岸；湖岸
海、湖或大河邊緣的陸地
the ground where a wide river, sea, or lake ends and dry land begins — the visible strip at the water's edge.
The rocky shores of Maine attract thousands of visitors every summer.
緬因州岩石嶙峋的海岸每年夏天吸引成千上萬的遊客。
collocation: rocky shores / sandy shores
Bilal walked along the shores of Lake Michigan at sunset.
Bilal 日落時分沿著密西根湖的湖岸散步。
pattern: the shores of [body of water]
Oil spills can damage the shores for many years after the accident.
漏油事件可能在事發多年後仍持續破壞海岸。
Small fishing boats line the shores of the bay each morning.
每天清晨，小漁船沿著海灣的岸邊一字排開。
Diya collected seashells on the sandy shores near her grandmother's house.
Diya 在她祖母家附近的沙灘上撿貝殼。
collocation: sandy shores
- rocky shores
- sandy shores
- eastern shores
- western shores
- shores of the lake
- along the shores
- on the shores
文法句型
the shores of [body of water]
along the shores
[adjective] shores
用法筆記
Often used in the plural form 'shores' even when referring to a single continuous stretch of land along water. The singular 'shore' is also common. This sense can be used for seas, oceans, lakes, and wide rivers.
常見錯誤
2. the solid ground considered in contrast to being at sea or on a boat.
陸地
相對於海洋或水面的陸地
the solid ground considered in contrast to being at sea or on a boat.
After weeks at sea, the crew was happy to set foot on dry shores.
在海上航行三週後，船員們終於能踏上乾燥的陸地，大家都很高興。
collocation: dry shores / set foot on shores
Renata prefers life on shore rather than living on a boat.
Renata 比較喜歡生活在陸地上，而不是住在船上。
pattern: on shore (no article, uncountable sense)
The sailors could see the lights of the town on shore through the fog.
船員們透過濃霧看見岸上小鎮的燈火。
When the storm hit, the fishing boats returned to shore as quickly as possible.
暴風雨來襲時，漁船儘快返回岸上。
pattern: return to shore
As a child, Minh played on shore while his father worked on a fishing boat.
Minh 小時候常在岸上玩耍，而他父親則在漁船上工作。
- on shore
- set foot on shore
- return to shore
- reach shore
- ashore
文法句型
on shore
ashore
set foot on shore
reach shore
用法筆記
In the singular, 'shore' (not 'shores') is more common when contrasting land with sea, especially in fixed phrases like 'on shore', 'ashore', 'reach shore'. The plural 'shores' can be used poetically or when referring to multiple locations.
常見錯誤
3. a beam, timber, or metal prop placed against or under a structure to hold it in
支柱
用於支撐結構的梁木或金屬桿
a beam, timber, or metal prop placed against or under a structure to hold it in position and prevent it from falling or sinking.
The miners placed wooden shores against the tunnel walls to prevent a cave-in.
礦工在隧道牆邊放置木製支柱，以防止坍塌。
collocation: wooden shores / place shores against
Heavy steel shores held up the ceiling of the old mine for decades.
厚重的鋼製支柱撐住老舊礦井的天花板長達數十年。
collocation: steel shores
Ryo checked each shore to make sure the foundation wall was properly supported.
Ryo 逐一檢查每根支柱，確保地基牆壁有妥善支撐。
A broken shore caused part of the excavation trench to collapse.
一根支柱斷裂，導致部分開挖的壕溝崩塌。
The construction crew installed temporary shores before digging the new basement.
建築工人在挖掘新地下室之前，先安裝了臨時支柱。
pattern: install shores
- wooden shores
- steel shores
- install shores
- remove shores
- place shores
- temporary shores
文法句型
[adjective] shore + verb
install shores
place shores against [object]
用法筆記
This is a technical term found mainly in construction, mining, and civil engineering contexts. The verb 'shore up' (see verb entry) is far more common in everyday language, while the noun 'shore' in this sense is rare outside professional settings.
常見錯誤
a country or continent that has a coastline, especially when thought of as a distant or unfamiliar place reached by sea.
（外國、遙遠的）海岸國度；異邦
Many young graduates travel to foreign shores to study at universities abroad.
The novel follows a family that leaves everything behind to seek a new life on distant shores.
Hugo dreamed of sailing to faraway shores and exploring unknown islands.
shores — 動詞
- shorespresent simple I / you / we / they
- shoreses3rd person singular
- shoresing-ing form
- shoresedpast simple
1. to make something stronger, more stable, or less likely to fail by adding physic
支撐；鞏固
用支柱撐住或採取行動加強
to make something stronger, more stable, or less likely to fail by adding physical support or by taking action to improve its condition — used both literally for buildings and walls, and figuratively for systems, economies, or relationships.
The government is trying to shore up the economy by cutting interest rates.
政府試圖透過降息來鞏固經濟。
figurative: shore up the economy / a system
Hugo used sandbags to shore up the riverbank before the flood arrived.
Hugo 在洪水來臨前用沙袋加固河岸。
literal: shore up a riverbank / wall
The company shored up its finances by selling several unprofitable branches.
該公司出售了幾個虧損的分支機構，以鞏固財務狀況。
pattern: shore up + finances / reputation / support
James shored up the leaning fence with two long steel beams.
James 用兩根長鋼樑撐住傾斜的籬笆。
Teachers are working extra hours to shore up the school's falling test scores.
老師們加班努力，試圖提升學校下滑的考試成績。
Before winter arrived, Eli shored up the old barn door with extra nails and a plank.
冬天來臨前，Eli 用更多的釘子和一塊木板加固了舊穀倉的門。
The charity is trying to shore up its funding before the end of the year.
該慈善機構正在努力在年底前鞏固其資金來源。
- shore up the economy
- shore up support
- shore up the wall
- shore up the system
- shore up confidence
- shore up defenses
- reinforce
more formal than 'shore up'; used for both physical and abstract strengthening
- strengthen
more general and common; applies to anything made stronger
- prop up
similar meaning but often implies temporary support to prevent collapse, sometimes with a negative connotation of artificial support
- buttress
formal and more specific to architecture or abstract arguments
文法句型
shore up + noun
shore up + noun + against + noun
用法筆記
Almost always used with the particle 'up' — 'shore up' behaves as a phrasal verb. The object can be a physical structure (wall, fence, building) or an abstract thing (economy, reputation, support, system). It is transitive, so it must be followed by an object.
常見錯誤
同根字
常見搭配
常用片語
- shore up
- set foot on shore
- on foreign shores
- reach shore
- distant shores
介系詞搭配
- along the shores
- on the shores
- off the shores
- to the shores
- from the shores