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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
coastguard
coast·guard [coastguard coastguards] BrE [ˈkəʊstɡɑːd] NAmE [ˈkoʊstɡɑːrd] noun
1. (usually the coastguard)singular an official organization (in the US a branch of the armed forces) whose job is to watch the sea near a coast in order to help ships and people in trouble, and to stop people from breaking the law
•The coastguard was alerted.
•They radioed Dover Coastguard.
•a coastguard station
2. countable (especially BrE) (US usually coast·guards·man BrE [ˈkəʊstɡɑːdzmən] ; NAmE [ˈkoʊstɡɑːrdzmən] pl. coast·guards·menBrE [ˈkəʊstɡɑːdzmən] ; NAmE [ˈkoʊstɡɑːrdzmən] )a member of this organization
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