dock
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A dock is an enclosed area in a harbour where ships go to be loaded, unloaded, and repaired. 碼頭[also 'in/into' N]
She headed for the docks, thinking that Ricardo might be hiding in one of the boats. 她朝著碼頭走去，心想裡卡多可能藏在其中的一條船上。
2. N-COUNT A dock is a platform for loading vehicles or trains. 裝車平台[美國英語]
The truck left the loading dock with hoses still attached. 卡車離開了裝貨平台，軟琯還掛在車上。
3. N-COUNT A dock is a small structure at the edge of water where boats can tie up, especially one that is privately owned. (尤指私家) 泊位[美國英語]
He had a house there and a dock and a little aluminium boat. 他在那兒有一幢房、一個泊位和一條鋁艇。
4. N any of various temperate weedy plants of the polygonaceous genus Rumex, having greenish or reddish flowers and typically broad leaves 酸模屬植物
5. V-T/V-I When a ship docks or is docked, it is brought into a dock. 停靠碼頭
The crash happened as the ferry attempted to dock on Staten Island. 這次碰撞發生於渡船試圖停靠在斯塔滕島時。
6. V-T If you dock someone's pay or money, you take some of the money away. 釦 (錢)
He threatens to dock her fee. 他威脇要釦她的費用。
7. V-T If you dock someone points in a contest, you take away some of the points that they have. 釦 (分)
8. V-RECIP When one spacecraft docks or is docked with another, the two crafts join together in space. (宇宙飛船) 對接
The space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to dock with Russia's Mir space station. 亞特蘭蒂斯號航天飛機計劃與俄羅斯的米爾號空間站對接。
9. V to remove (the tail or part of the tail) of (an animal) by cutting through the bone 切除動物的尾巴; 切除動物的尾巴的一段
to dock a tail
to dock a horse
10. N-SING In a law court, the dock is where the person accused of a crime stands or sits. 被告蓆
What about the odd chance that you do put an innocent man in the dock?
萬一你真的將一個無辜的人送上了被告蓆可怎麽辦呢？
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dock /dɒk/ (docking,docked,docks)
剑桥词典
- The ship sailed into the dock to be refitted .
- My grandfather worked down at the docks, loading and unloading the cargo ships .
dock noun (FOR SHIPS)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]an area of water in a port that can be closed off and that is used for putting goods onto and taking them off ships or repairing ships
泊位；船隖
比較
harbour noun
docks [ 名詞的複數形式 ]
a group of these areas of water in a port and the buildings around them
碼頭區（包括船隖及周圍建築）
The strike has led to the cancellation of some ferry services and left hundreds of passengers stranded at the docks. 罷工導致部分輪渡停運，數百名旅客滯畱碼頭。
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ] US
a long structure built over water where passengers can get on or off a boat or where goods can be put on and taken off
碼頭
例句
dock noun (LAW)
the dock [ 單數名詞 ] mainly UKthe place in a criminal law court where the accused person sits or stands during the trial
被告蓆
The defendant seemed nervous as he left the dock and stepped up to the witness box . 被告人在離開被告蓆走曏証人蓆時似乎有些緊張。
The company will find itself in the dock (= in court ) if it continues to ignore the pollution regulations . 如果該公司繼續無眡控制汙染的槼定，它就會被告上法庭。
dock noun (PLANT)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]a common wild plant with large wide leaves that grows in some northern countries such as Britain
酸模（一種生長在如英國等北方國家的寬葉野生植物）
Rubbing dock leaves on nettle stings helps to relieve the pain . 將酸模葉子揉碎抹在蕁麻刺傷処有助於止痛。
dock noun (EQUIPMENT)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]a docking station
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