longshoreman
environment specialized
parallel with or at an angle to the coast: 沿岸的
Such waves pile water up and initiate longshore currents.这样的波浪会把水推到一起，引发沿岸流。
See alsolongshore drift
In the story, the lives of longshore dockmen are dominated by powerful mobsters.
Longshore clerks used to handwrite container numbers.
The gentle down-wave drift of water can lead to the accumulation of water along the coast and so help to generate rip and longshore currents.
A ridge of sand and gravel stretches out along the coastline, deposited by longshore drift.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Terms for location & direction used at sea
abaft
adrift
afloat
aft
aground
amidships
ashore
astern
cast
cast someone adriftidiom
deck
fore
inshore
keep afloat
offshore
onshore
out
overboard
shore