1. in dry dock : 失业;
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不及物动词
名词
1. 码头;船坞
A dock is an enclosed area in a harbour where ships go to be loaded, unloaded, and repaired.
2. (领)(船)入港;(使)(船)靠码头
When a ship docks or is docked, it is brought into a dock.
3. (使)(两飞行器)在太空对接
When one spacecraft docks or is docked with another, the two crafts join together in space.
4. (供运货汽车或铁路货车装卸货物的)月台
A dock is a platform for loading vehicles or trains.
5. (尤指私人拥有的)船只停泊区
A dock is a small structure at the edge of water where boats can tie up, especially one that is privately owned.
6. (法庭上的)被告席
In a law court, the dock is where the person accused of a crime stands or sits.
7. 扣除(工资);减掉(竞赛中选手的分数)
If you dock someone's wages or money, you take some of the money away. If you dock someone points in a contest, you take away some of the points that they have.
8. 酸模(常见于英、美等北方国家,叶子可用于治疗荨麻刺伤)
A dock is a plant with large leaves which grows wild in Britain, the United States, and some other northern countries. Dock leaves are supposed to heal nettle stings.
9. see also: dry dock
1. a short or shortened tail of certain animals
2. the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
3. landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired
may have gates to let water in or out
e.g. the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late
Synonym: dockagedocking facility
4. an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
5. a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
Synonym: loading dock
6. a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles
provides access to ships and boats
7. any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
Synonym: sorrelsour grass