also water-front, 1834, American English, from water (n.1) + front (n.). To cover the waterfront "deal with thoroughly" is attested from 1913; I Cover the Waterfront was a 1932 best-seller by San Diego newspaperman Max Miller.
雙語例句
1. They went for a stroll along the waterfront.
他們沿著濱水區漫步。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront.
江岸新建的倉庫鱗次櫛比.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
3. Chicago has a splendid waterfront.
芝加哥有一個很美的湖濱.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The ecologists say that is a very productive kind of waterfront.