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.
双语例句
1. They went for a stroll along the waterfront.
他们沿着滨水区漫步。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront.
江岸新建的仓库鳞次栉比.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3. Chicago has a splendid waterfront.
芝加哥有一个很美的湖滨.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The ecologists say that is a very productive kind of waterfront.
