- a pebbly or sandy shore, especially by the sea between high- and low-water marks（尤指高潮线和低潮线间的）海滩。
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1- run or haul up (a boat or ship) on to a beach使（船）搁浅; 拖（船）上岸：
at the water's edge a rowing boat was beached
一艘划艇在水边被拖上岸
no obj. crews would not beach for fear of damaging their crafts.水手们因害怕撞坏船而不愿靠岸。
1.1
- often as adj. beached cause (a whale or similar animal) to become stranded out of the water使（鲸等）搁浅。
1.2
- no obj.(of a whale or similar animal) become stranded out of the water（鲸等）搁浅。
1.3
- (of an angler) land (a fish) on a beach（垂钓者）钓（鱼）上岸。
1.4
- figurative leave (someone) at a loss〈喻〉让（某人）受损：
competitive procurement seems to have beached several firms.
竞争性采购似乎让几家公司都遭受损失了。
词源
mid 16th cent. (denoting shingle on the seashore)： perhaps related to Old English bæce, bece 'brook' （an element that survives in place names such as Wisbech and Sandbach）， assuming an intermediate sense 'pebbly river valley'.