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inshore + noun
作定语意为“近海岸的”；描述风时意为“从海面向陆地吹的”，如 an inshore wind。
inshore waters
近海水域
近海岸的；沿海的
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近海岸的；沿海的
situated at or near the shore
inshore waters
近海水域
靠近海岸(尤指在视线范围内)
Close to (especially in sight of) a shore.
(指风)从海上吹向陆地
Of a wind, blowing from the sea to the land.
Small boats usually stay in the inshore waters during the summer.
夏天，小船通常停留在近岸水域。
An inshore wind carried the sailboat gently back toward the harbor.
一阵吹向岸边的风轻柔地把帆船带回了港口。
After swimming out too far, she turned and headed inshore.
她游得太远之后，转过身来朝岸边游去。
作定语意为“近海岸的”；描述风时意为“从海面向陆地吹的”，如 an inshore wind。
inshore waters
近海水域
作表语，表示位置靠近海岸，相当于 close to the shore。
The fishing boats are inshore.
渔船在近岸处。
副词，表示向海岸方向移动，反义词为 offshore。
The boat moved inshore.
船向岸边驶去。
Not this
The inshore of the lake is shallow.
Use this
The inshore area of the lake is shallow.
“inshore”是形容词或副词，不是名词，不能直接作主语或宾语。名词短语应加“area”等中心词，如“inshore area”（近岸区域）。
Not this
The boat went to inshore.
Use this
The boat went inshore.
“inshore”作副词表示“向岸边”，前面不加介词“to”。地点副词（如here、there、inshore）直接跟在动词后，不需要“to”。
Not this
The oil rig is located inshore, far from the coast.
Use this
The oil rig is located offshore, far from the coast.
“inshore”意为“靠近海岸的/向岸的”，与“far from the coast”矛盾；表示“离岸、远离海岸”应用“offshore”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
近海水域
The boat is designed for use in inshore waters.
这艘船是为在近海水域使用而设计的。
近海捕鱼
Many local families depend on inshore fishing for a living.
许多当地家庭以近海捕鱼为生。
向岸风
The inshore wind carried the fishing boats back to the harbour.
向岸风把渔船吹回了港口。
近岸海流
Swimmers should beware of strong inshore currents.
游泳者应警惕强烈的近岸海流。
近岸礁石
The yacht was driven onto an inshore reef by the storm.
游艇被暴风雨吹到近岸礁石上。
驶向岸边
The skipper ordered the crew to head inshore before the tide turned.
船长命令船员在潮水转变前驶向岸边。
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把 in 和 shore 拆开联想：船在海岸（shore）‘内’侧，即 inshore（近岸的）；风从海向岸吹，即向陆方向。
语域：mixed 常见场景：marine navigation、weather forecasts、coastal geography、fishing industry 这个词通常用于海洋、气象或地理等较正式或专业的语境，日常生活中较少出现。在航海或科研文献中偏正式，在新闻或一般描述中则更偏中性，因此语域混合。请根据实际搭配和场合选用。
These words all rhyme with the final /ʃɔː/ sound in inshore: shore, more, score, snore, store, chore. Watch out for lookalikes: inshore can be confused with insure/ensure, which are pronounced /ɪnˈʃʊə(r)/ or /ɪnˈʃʊr/, and shore can be confused with shire /ʃaɪə(r)/ — neither rhymes with inshore.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.