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ˈdry dock noun [countableC]
TTWa place where a ship can be taken out of the water for repairs 干船坞
Examples from the Corpus
dry dock• It is now ready to be moved to a dry dock.• Although occasionally an older vessel may substitute for one in dry dock, many venerable craft have been pensioned off.• There were only a few weeks now before she went into dry dock.• Like they got rid of that dry dock down there.• He said that the dry dock was the bellwether.