大陆海岸 meaning in English

continental coast

In contrast , winds blowing across the ocean toward the coast of a continent , as in the northwestern united state during winter months , have less effect on the coastal ocean
相反，从（越过）海洋吹向大陆海岸的风（如美国西北部冬季的风），对沿岸海洋的影响较小。
But as i had no instruments to take an observation to know what latitude we were in , and did not exactly know , or at least remember what latitude they were in ; i knew not where to look for them , or when to stand off to sea towards them ; otherwise i might now easily have found some of these islands
过去我曾到这一带的海岸来过一次，知道加那利群岛和佛得角群岛离大陆海岸不远。但船上没有仪器，无法测量我们所在地点的纬度，而且，我也已不记得这些群岛确切的纬度了，因此也无法找到这些群岛，也不知道什么时候该离开海岸，驶向海岛。