英 [ˈkəʊstə(r)] 美 [ˈkoʊstər]
n. 沿岸贸易船；杯托，小托盘；雪橇
复数coasters
coaster /ˈkəʊstə/
可数名词 A coaster is a small mat that you put underneath a glass or cup to protect the surface of a table. 杯垫
→see alsoroller coaster
a resident of a coastal area
someone who coasts
a covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or bottle)
近海船
沿海航船
沿海船
沿海商船
近海贸易货船
杯垫
在国内的中巴车市场，丰田的Coaster(柯斯达)绝对是元老级的产品，也是国内众多车企逆(抄)向(袭)研(山)发(寨)的蓝本。
已经刊载的车型有:奥迪A6,广本飞度,北方奔驰,丰田花冠(COROLLA),丰田柯斯达(COASTER),斯太尔王,别克君威,别克凯越,捷达,伊兰特(ELANTRA),
...丰田汽车在中国的车名有音译也有直译，皇冠(Crown)和陆地巡洋舰（Land Cruiser）就是直译，而克罗纳（Crona）和考斯特（Coaster）是音译。
杯垫（Coaster）：放在酒杯下面的装饰，在服务酒水时应先放杯垫，然后再将酒水或酒杯放在上面。
I've been on an emotional roller coaster since I've been here.
自从我到这里以来，情绪像坐上了过山车。
It's great to go on the roller coaster five times and not be sick.
能坐5次过山车而不吐真够棒的。
Steel roller coaster located at Tokyo Dome City Attractions park in Tokyo.
这架钢架构过山车位于东京巨蛋城内。
Stock prices took a roller-coaster ride this week -- down one day,up the next.
VOA : special.2009.08.21
Each week,the show took them - and viewers - on an emotional and mind-bending roller coaster ride, through a dizzying loop of supernatural forces, armed conspirators and,of course,romance."
VOA : standard.2010.05.25
She was meant to remember. She faced that possibility as she might the toy street from a high balcony, roller-coaster ride, feeding time among the beasts in a zoo, any death wish that can be consummated by some minimum gesture.
她生来就是为了回忆的，她面临着一种可能性,当她在一个高高的阳台看着玩具街时，当她坐过山车时，当她在动物园里喂野兽时，通过一个小小的手势。
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
"So while we're not really forecasting another meltdown, we're more in the correction camp, you certainly have to warn investors that it is a possibility, we could be in for maybe a slightly smaller version of the roller coaster that we went through in 2008."
VOA : standard.2010.05.21
It's just one of the roller coaster rides I've been on throughout my life.
Glass has ridden the private equity roller coaster since graduating from Stanford Business School in 1988.
So this past week in my house it's been like a roller coaster ride.