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Coast Guard
noun
- U.S. Military. a military service under the Department of Transportation, which in peacetime enforces maritime laws, saves lives and property at sea, and maintains aids to navigation, and which in wartime may be placed under the Navy Department to augment the navy.
- (lowercase) any similar organization for aiding navigation, preventing smuggling, etc.
- (lowercase) Also called coastguardsman. a member of any such organization.
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of Coast Guard1
Example Sentences
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will handle the crash investigation, assisted by the Coast Guard.
Others affected, he said, include Marines, Coast Guard service members and Border Patrol agents.
The Irish Coast Guard received a call at about 22:55 BST with a rescue helicopter from the UK's HM Coastguard sent to help, as well as a fixed wing aircraft.
The Irish Coast Guard said the missing man is believed to have gone overboard from a UK registered yacht 16 nautical miles south of Dunmore East in the Irish Sea.
This was not an isolated incident: Sri Lankan authorities have seized illegally harvested shark fins on at least 25 separate occasions since January 2021, according to press releases from the Sri Lankan Coast Guard.
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