原文地址：☞ [2018-02-14] at the beach 对不对？

at the beach 对不对？

☞ [2017-09-21] 沙滩之子

on the beach 都很熟悉，昨天发现其实也有 at the beach 。

Corpus of Contemporary American English 里有：

• 3931 处 on the beach
• 1353 处 at the beach

躺在沙滩上，在沙滩上散步，用 lie/walk on the beach 很容易理解，那什么时候用 at the beach ？看看词典里的例子。

牛津高阶英汉双解词典（第 8 版）

day out
» We had a day out at the beach. 我们在海滩玩了一天。

朗文当代高级英语辞典（英英·英汉双解）（第 4 版）

ˈbeach chair noun
AmE
a folding chair with a seat and back made of cloth or plastic, which is used outdoors, especially at the beach 沙滩椅〔帆布或塑料制的摺叠躺椅，尤在海滩上使用〕;
permit
» We’ll have a picnic at the beach, weather permitting (=if the weather is good enough).天气允许的话，我们将在沙滩上野餐。

柯林斯 COBUILD 高阶英汉双解学习词典

carefree
» Chantal remembered carefree past summers at the beach. 钱特尔记起了从前在海滩上度过的无忧无虑的夏日时光。
meet
» Meet me down at the beach tomorrow, at 6am sharp. 明天早上6点整在海滩上跟我见面。
opening
» I glanced down at the beach as we passed an opening in the trees. 我们经过一块林中空地时，我往下扫了一眼海滩。
picnic
When people have a picnic, they eat a meal out of doors, usually in a field or a forest, or at the beach. 野餐；户外用餐

麦克米伦高阶英汉双解词典

deckchair
a light chair made of canvas (= strong cloth) on a wooden frame that you can fold up , used for sitting on outside in warm weather , especially at the beach （尤指在海滩上用的）帆布折叠躺椅
notion
» I’ ve a notion to spend the day at the beach. 我忽然想去海滩上过一天。
sleep
» Our house at the beach sleeps six comfortably. 我们在海滨的房子可舒舒服服地住6个人。
spend
» We spent the day at the beach. 我们在海滩度过了一天。

剑桥高阶英汉双解词典

summerhouse
US
a house at the beach or in the mountains that you live in for part or all of the summer （海滨或山中的）避暑别墅
the
» We spent all day at the beach.我们在海滩上呆了一整天。

Want to Read

Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage (Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics 4) Reissue Edition

by Penelope Brown (Author),‎ Stephen C. Levinson (Author),‎ John J. Gumperz (Foreword)

345 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; Reissue edition (February 27, 1987)
Language: English

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