近海的英文：
offing

参考例句：

Fish teem in the Chinese waters
中国近海鱼产丰富。

The briny air gave a foretaste of the nearby sea.
咸空气是快近海的前兆。

The United States has a naval task force offshore, with two thousand marines aboard.
美国在近海驻有海军特遣部队，船上共两千名海军陆战队官兵。

Two neighbouring state claim sovereignty over the offshore island.
两个邻国声称对近海岛屿拥有主权。

His father had a small business in the city of Pisa. This city is in the north of Italy near the sea.
他的父亲在意大利北部近海的比萨开小铺。

It was the worst offshore oil spill in american history.
这是美国历史上最严重的近海石油泄漏事件。

The future of Taiwan and the smaller offshore islands remains a thorny problem, and only half submerged
台湾以及一些近海岛屿的前途仍然是棘手的问题，若明若暗。

The cornish coast was noted for off-shore rocks and its fine, white beaches
康沃尔海岸以其近海礁石和白色细沙海滩而闻名。

The government is allowing the areas of inshore coastal waters to be explored for oil and gas.
当局允许在近海海域勘探石油和天然气。

They piped oil into storage tanks from ships anchored offshore.
他们从近海处抛锚停泊的船只上以管道输送油于贮藏箱内。

offing是什么意思：
adv. 掉，下；离开；隔开；切断；停止；；休息；光，完，尽；全部地
prep. 从...离开；从...向下；在...的外面；偏离...；从...分岔；不再从事...；低于...
adj. 关着的；停止流通的；延期的；取消的；不工作的；处于...境况的；萧条的
v.（用于祈使句）走开，滚开；站开
n. 关掉

Is the water on or off?
自来水龙头开着还是关着？

The gilt is off.
幻想破灭了。

to nip off; to cut off; to break
掐断

take off clearance = clearance for take off
起飞许可

They panned off the sand and dirt.
他们用淘金盘淘去砂泥。