英语词汇coast is clear的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	coast is clear
词源	coast is clear. When this expression was first recorded in 1531 it described a ship that had safely cleared the coast in En- gland. Later Shakespeare used the expression similarly in Henry VI, but the phrase’s nefarious connotation suggests that it may at one time have had some reference to smuggling as well.
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