berth
berth
noun
[with obj.]
give someone/thing a wide berth
noun
- a ship's allotted place at a wharf or dock
（船在码头的）泊位 - a fixed bed or bunk on a ship, train, or other means of transport
（船、火车等的）铺位，床位 - (informal)(often in a sporting context) a situation or position in an organization or event
(非正式)（常用于体育运动语境中，指人在组织机构或活动、事件中的）处境，所处的地位
he looked at home in an unfamiliar right-back berth.
他在不熟悉的右后位位置上似乎颇能应付自如。
[with obj.]
- moor (a ship) in its allotted place
（船）在指定的泊位系缆停泊
■[noobj.](of a ship) dock
（船）靠码头；入船坞 - (of a passenger ship) provide a sleeping place for (someone)
（客船）为…提供铺位
give someone/thing a wide berth
- steer a ship well clear of something while passing it
使船远离某物航行
■stay away from someone or something
避开某人（或某事物）
- early 17th cent. (in the sense 'adequate sea room'): probably from a nautical use of bear + -th
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