dock

dock1
noun
  1. an enclosed area of water in a port for the loading, unloading, and repair of ships
    (装货、卸货和修理船只的)码头,船埠
    ■(docks)a group of such enclosed areas of water along with the wharves and buildings near them
    港区
    ■short for dry dock
    dry dock 的简称
    ■(N. Amer.)a group of piers where a ship or boat may moor for loading and unloading
    (北美)船坞
    ■(亦作 loading dock)a platform for loading lorries or goods trains
    (供卡车或货物列车装货使用的)月台
verb
  1. [no obj.](of a ship) come into an enclosed area of water in a harbour and tie up at a wharf, especially in order to load or unload passengers or cargo
    (尤指为了上下乘客或装卸货物)(船)靠码头;进港
    the ship docked at Southampton.
    船在南安普敦靠了码头。
    ■[with obj.]bring (a ship or boat) into such a place
    领(船)入港
    the yard where the boats were docked and maintained.
    将船引入并进行维修的场地。
    ■(of a spacecraft) join with a space station or another spacecraft in space
    (宇宙飞船)在太空与太空站(或另一艘飞船)对接
    ■attach (a piece of equipment) to another
    将(仪器)相接
    the user wants to dock a portable into a desktop computer.
    用户想将一台手提电脑与一台台式电脑相接。
常用词组
in dock
  1. (of a ship) moored in a dock
    (船)靠码头;进坞
    ■(Brit. informal)(of a person) not fully fit and out of action
    (英,非正式)(人)不太健康的;感到不适的
    he grazed my arm and put me in dock for a couple of days.
    他擦破了我的胳膊,让我几天都感到不适。
    ■(of a vehicle) in a garage for repairs
    (车辆)进车库维修的
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German docke, of unknown origin

dock2
noun
  1. (一般作 the dock)the enclosure in a criminal court where a defendant stands or sits
    (刑事法庭的)被告席,犯人栏
常用词组
in the dock
  1. (Brit.)(of a defendant) on trial in court
    (英)(被告)在法庭上受审
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: probably originally slang and related to Flemish dok 'chicken coop, rabbit hutch', of unknown origin

dock3
noun
  1. a coarse weed of temperate regions, with inconspicuous greenish or reddish flowers. The leaves are used to relieve nettle stings
    酸模属草类;酸模;草本植物
  2. Genus Rumex, family Polygonaceae
    酸模属,蓼科
语源
  1. Old English docce, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dialect dokke

dock4
verb
  1. [with obj.]deduct (something, especially an amount of money or a point in a game)
    扣(某物,尤指钱款或比赛中的得分)
    the agency enforce payments by docking money from the father's salary.
    该机构通过从父亲的工资中扣钱的方法来强行获得支付。
    [with two objs]he was docked a penalty point.
    他被罚掉1分。
    ■[often as noun docking]cut short (an animal's tail)
    剪短(动物的尾巴)
    most docking is done by breeders.
    截尾工作多由饲养者完成。
    ■cut short the tail of (an animal)
    剪短(动物的)尾巴
    the dog had been docked.
    这条狗的尾巴被剪短了。
noun
  1. the solid bony or fleshy part of an animal's tail, excluding the hair
    动物尾巴(除毛发外的)骨肉部分
    ■the stump left after a tail has been docked
    剪尾后留下的尾根
语源
  1. late Middle English: perhaps related to Frisian dok 'bunch, ball (of string etc.') and German Docke 'doll'. The original noun sense was 'the solid part of an animal's tail', whence the verb sense 'cut short (an animal's tail)', later generalized to 'reduce, deduct'
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