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单词 dock
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noun dɒkdɑk

  • 1An 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

    the boat nosed up to a dock
    mass noun the tanker was coming into dock
    as modifier dock workers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He made his way to the city and found his way to the dock area.
    • Workmen at the docks were unloading the crates from the tugboats and cruises.
    • Union dock workers clashed with police at South Carolina port.
    • It was unaffected by the dock worker issue because its major port of entry for Japanese parts is in Mexico.
    • With ships arriving faster than dock workers can handle them, the ports can't keep ahead of the rising tide of Pacific Rim cargo.
    • I was working part-time at the docks, unloading the ship's cargo boxes and supplies.
    • India's export performance is under threat from workforce instability that has led to strikes by port and dock workers.
    • The two outer forks were retractable space docks for repairing larger ships.
    • Once China lost control of its repair docks at Port Arthur, nothing could be done to put its damaged foreign-built ships back in service.
    • Extensive reclamation of the land behind the existing Fisheries Complex in line with the port dock has already taken place.
    • There were several ships in space dock, being repaired and refitted, but he was watching one in particular.
    • The plan included the deepening of the port of Walvis Bay, the construction of a container terminal and the dock at the Port of Luderitz.
    • Boat owners can always call ahead to a marina and check on their latest price if they're cruising in an area with several fuel docks.
    • She sat on the wooden railing of the Port City docks, as sailors and merchants loaded and unloaded their ships full of goods.
    • On the waterfront, it overlooked the ferry dock with the barrier reef and Tahiti visible on the horizon.
    • The dock workers could smuggle nationalist leaders into ships as stowaways.
    • Since Julian was first to get to the ships' dock area, he had his choice of which one to take.
    • The ageing loading and unloading facilities of the docks fail to satisfy the requirements of modern logistics.
    • There, slowly sailing towards them was a large ship coming from the docks of Port Refuge.
    • Feeling a bit more relaxed, the two left the dock area and headed out the door.
    Synonyms
    harbour, marina, waterfront, port, anchorage
    wharf, quay, pier, jetty, landing stage
    dockyard, boatyard
    archaic hithe
    rare moorage, harbourage
    1. 1.1docks A group of docks along with wharves and associated buildings.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • At one point 16,000 dockers organised mobile pickets and closed the docks along the Thames.
      • The investment firm has recently been linked to a bid for Associated British Ports - owner of docks in Swansea, Plymouth and Hull.
      • From the docks along the Eastern Seaway to the towering spires along the Western Peaks, the great city slowly rose from its slumber.
      • In Sete, the conflicts are apparent along the ancient docks.
      • He walked along the docks, and up ahead of him there was a man hidden in the shadows.
      • The docks were the main target, but many of the bombs fell on surrounding residential areas.
      • The docks were of great social as well as economic significance to Belfast.
      • If the owner of the marina ever decides to provide electricity to the docks, you can get one of those lifts that bring the whole boat out of the water.
      • The report recommends a maximum height of 12 storeys in underdeveloped areas such as around Heuston Station, Spencer Dock and the south docks.
      • Working at the docks on the river was the job selected to help me ‘get by’ during my first summer off from college.
      • During the 1926 General Strike I remember standing in Commercial Street as troops went by in armoured cars to go to the docks.
      • Blaise walked along the docks, holding his breath as the unfamiliar scent of fish reached his nose, making him gag.
      • There has been high interest in the site but its future remains shrouded in controversy as numerous competing plans exist for the last site along the old docks.
      • Charles also ordered that navy rations stored in the docks in the East End should be given to those who had fled the city.
      • At the centre of the docks is Ivory House, a converted warehouse that was transformed 23 years ago into 37 flats.
      • The Ramirez Penthouse was located down by the docks.
      • Meanwhile, down at the docks, some sailors have finished drinking at the Blue Whale and are spilling out.
      • He's in a shack on the eastern docks in Newport City.
      • At about 2.30 am, his body was pulled from the water by the lifeboat crew down by the docks, near the jetty.
    2. 1.2
      short for dry dock
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We drive through the long tunnel until we reach the dry docks.
    3. 1.3North American A jetty or pier where a ship may moor.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They all did the required swimming test then headed over to the boat dock.
      • I stood near the wooden dock, though my feet were still on grass.
      • I did indeed sit on the dock of a bay, watching the tide roll away.
      • They reached the dock and the dirt road disappeared and became a wooden walkway.
      • It's walking back around the hull to the landing dock.
      • He made his way to a boat dock and pulled himself up onto it.
      • Geoff was waiting for him on the rickety wooden dock that stretched out into the river.
    4. 1.4 A platform for loading lorries or goods trains.
      （供卡车或货物列车装货使用的）月台
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If it gets dropped, or left on a loading dock, it will suffer.
      • As the convoy arrived at the dock, the lorry doors opened and the exhausted, terrified lambs poured out, trying desperately to stay upright and avoid trampling each other.
      • The concrete was 6 inches thick in the parking terrace and 8 inches to 10 inches thick in the loading docks to accommodate the heavy trucks.
      • ‘We were already delivering products to the loading dock,’ he says.
      • In 1916 the steel and concrete ore dock was erected.
      • Each window is dimensionally similar to a loading dock.
      • The small man in the ill-fitting suit suddenly grows large and becomes some no-neck union rep on a loading dock exhorting the working stiffs to the cause.
      • All through the plant, everything moves towards that shipping dock.
      • There wasn't really anything to look at but the loading dock to the train station.
      • At two of its other distribution centers, dual-sorting systems - two parallel conveyor belts from the floor to the loading dock - pack trucks twice as fast as single conveyors can.
      • They forget there's an entire warehouse back there with 20 employees and loading docks.
      • It was the square building with the concrete loading dock, sitting all alone in the parking lot.
      • The numerous loading docks, which run along the entire perimeter of the building, allow the transfer of materials to the various stores within.
      • After that first year of college I was humping freight on loading docks for a summer job, and on breaks us kids would shoot the bull with the truck drivers.
      • Three separate tractor-trailer loading docks on two different levels can accommodate 36 trailers simultaneously.
      • They already had been supporting other unions by refusing to back their trucks up to supermarket loading docks.
      • We're sitting on a little loading dock at the edge of train tracks.
      • Garages and loading docks in buildings are a major source of carbon monoxide.
      • Not surprisingly, procedures and security systems for loading docks, mail rooms and alternative entrance ways into high-rise buildings have become a major focus.
      • We've been skating those metal loading docks lately.

  • 2A device in which a laptop, smartphone, or other mobile device may be placed for charging, providing access to a power supply and to peripheral devices or auxiliary features; a docking station.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I have a dock next to my bed where my phone gets plugged - I also have another one at my computer desk.
    • The tablet and phone connect easily and quickly - the tablet fires up as soon as you connect them - and the phone sits safely inside the dock without any fear of falling out.
    • The Athens PC contains a dock for a tablet PC or a notebook to synchronize with the host PC.
    • This year, Apple has chosen to begin accessorising its iPhones once again, offering new docks and cases for the new phones.
    • As I set that up for her, I noticed that the rear of the dock had both a VGA connector and a DVI-D connector.
    • inside the house, the phone stays on the dock.
    • The benefit here is that the dock charges the phone at the same time.
    • Have an iPod dock and just recently purchased a new Android phone?
    • The dock is like a tilted U, and the keyboard slides into its curve.
    • The M7100 ships with a docking cradle that doubles as both an in-unit battery charger and a data-transfer dock.
    • The 40GB version also includes a dock.
    • A button marked SHARE lets you flag photos for specific actions when you connect it to a computer or to a printer dock.
    • There are two USB sockets for charging, which will come in handy if you're using a phone that won't fit on the dock.
    • People were playing music through their iPads or on phones through an iPod dock.
    • The 15Gb model doesn't come with a remote or dock, while the 40Gb will be over-expensive (and expansive) for most people.
    • The dock requires the laptop to be closed in order to insert it.
    • I often have to put my phone on the dock 3-4 times before it'll go into dock mode.
    • The camera comes without too many extras, though a rechargeable battery and charging dock were welcome additions to the package.
    • You put four AA batteries in it and then plug the H320 into its dock and the AAs recharge the H320's battery.
    • Sometimes you gotta give your phone a rest, and that's where phone docks come in.
    • Other people pop their phone onto a dock as soon as they return home.
verb dɒkdɑk
[no object]

  • 1(of a ship) come into a dock and tie up at a wharf.

    the ship docked at Southampton

    船在南安普敦靠了码头。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The ferry docked at Portsmouth on Monday evening at around 9pm.
    • Once they had safely docked, John began making arrangements to restock the Marianne.
    • She'd once heard, the cargo and mail ship docked every two weeks at Majdi.
    • When we arrive there, we will dock, unload our cargo, and change ships.
    • US ports now demanded 96 hours notice before any ship docks and a full list of crew in advance.
    • The next morning the ship docked at the main port of Indian Island.
    • Ships, of course, need a place to dock, and passengers need to be processed.
    • A cargo ship docked and discharged heavy trucks of the kind used to carry tanks or other heavy armour.
    • Some sailors saw the pirates dock illegally at our harbor and sent out a warning they were in the area.
    • The ferry finally docked on the shore, and we disembarked.
    • Each of the three quarry companies owned frontage on the river where ships docked to load brownstone.
    • You begin the campaign on a ship docked at Pearl Harbor.
    • There are too many rocks to allow boats to dock safely, he says.
    • That has pretty much been the case since the first slave ship docked in the country back in 1619.
    • When the boat docked at the pier in South Pattaya near sunset, there was no ceremony to greet them.
    • The bars scraped along the concrete landing ramps as the ferry docks.
    • New on the scene to help house Mississippi's homeless, a 490,000 passenger cruise ship docking next door in Mobile, Alabama.
    • No one really wanted to remain on-board ship when they had finally docked after spending months at sea.
    • Adjacent to the town was the main port where the bulk of the fishing and cargo ships docked.
    • Aircraft carriers docked at the naval pier and marines regularly practised amphibious assaults on the north shore of the bay.
    • Wives of seamen could only visit their husbands when his ship docked at its home port.
    • I hadn't been on a ship since then and now seeing a ship about to dock made me sick.
    • Cale's voice breaks over the com ‘Cargo ship, docking now’.
    Synonyms
    moor, berth, land, beach, anchor, drop anchor, put in, tie up
    1. 1.1with object Bring (a ship or boat) into a dock.
      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。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • They quickly ran down and into the beach area, where a boat was docked.
      • In the game, you're the captain of one of the cruise ships, and you have to try and dock your massive vessel in various ports.
      • The abandoned ships were docked, forgotten in the fascination that was brewing around them.
      • After ten days or so, the land had all but ceased to exist - I didn't care if we ever docked the boat.
      • They will have to pay almost half a million pounds a year in harbour charges for docking their ferries at the new terminal at Hatston.
      • This is especially true if you dock your boat in a marina.
      • He reached his destination, the southern most port city in Camaeron and docked his boat.
      • The Quays welcomed two Galway Hooker sailing boats and a flotilla of sailing vessels were docked at Albert Basin.
      • Over 15,500 boats were docked at these marinas.
      • One half of it is where the town is located, where all the people are situated and where the fishermen dock their boats.
      • We drove out to where he docks his boat, in a little harbor northeast of St. John's.
      • They learn how to fish, including how to bait the hook, tie knots and rig tackle, even back up a trailer and dock a boat.
      • On deck, Freyen was looking at the manoeuvres to dock the vessel with a serious look on his face.
      • A large yacht is docked by the mansion, moving up and down with the breeze.
      • He docked his boat at a sub-divisional town at dawn.
      • After docking the boat and then checking in with the boat master, Rys and her crew headed into town.
      • Luxury yachts are docked in the harbour, and giant cruise ships are anchored swimming distance from the beach.
      • After a few minutes of rowing she docked the boat at a small wharf.
      • Be sure to row to the tiny island in the middle of the lake, dock your boat and go inside the island's church to ring the bells.
      • He is exhausted and as he docks the boat, he falls over and lies with the mast on him.
    2. 1.2 (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
      most spaceships docked at the orbital transit station
      the module was scheduled for docking in March
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A cargo ship successfully docked with the international space station yesterday, delivering supplies and equipment for its US and Russian crew.
      • At times you really believe you are piloting your ship and are about to dock with a space station.
      • The Atlantis successfully docked with the space station on Wednesday and Sellers and the crew joined those aboard the orbiting outpost for dinner to mark the occasion.
      • The space shuttle will dock at the International Space Station.
      • This shuttle would not even be docking with the International Space Station.
      • In the meantime, the shuttle has docked with the International Space Station.
      • The two ships would dock in orbit, and propellants would transfer into the lunar craft.
      • The unmanned cargo ship Progress docked with the International Space Station today.
      • The first shuttle to dock with the space station in more than two years is leaving it a cleaner place as the two crafts prepare to disengage.
      • If for any reason an emergency arises, the crew members have a Russian-made Soyuz vehicle docked to the space station to bring them back to Earth.
      • Around 2.5 tonnes of supplies were due to dock with the space station last night.
      • American space shuttles docked with the Mir space station nine times.
      • From there you've got to learn to handle your ship and get to grips with the most difficult part - docking with the space station.
      • He was Commander of Atlantis as it docked with the Russian space station Mir.
      • She will dock with the International Space Station, bringing vital spare parts and supplies to the current residents.
      • While the Marines had been preparing to leave, a Russian space shuttle had docked at the space station.
      • They are scheduled to return to earth in October aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule now docked with the space station.
      • After that both radar systems broke down which meant that we knew for certain the commander would have to dock with the Space Station manually.
      • Two days later, the craft will match the orbit of the international space station, enabling it to dock safely.
      • As the NASA shuttle orbiting the Earth docked with the Mir space station, the hacker disrupted the computer systems monitoring the medical conditions of the crew.
    3. 1.3 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连接。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Light-emitting diodes indicate that the system has been docked successfully.
      • They lowered the module back into place and successfully docked it onto the Raptors hull.

Phrases

  • in dock

    • 1(of a ship) moored in a dock.

      （船）靠码头；进坞

      Example sentencesExamples
      • When the captain had read Maxwell's letter he told him that the ship had been in dock for four years and he could not afford to sail her.
      • She had been sitting in dock now for four months and was finally about to embark on her maiden voyage.
      • The submarines spend 70 days at sea followed by 25 days in dock for overhaul.
      • As much as he would prefer to be ashore tonight, he could still enjoy the peace of a ship in dock.
      • ‘Besides, you said you'd think about it,’ Len said confidently as they were walking back to the ship that was in dock.
      • If the ship has been in dock for a week, a different pricing structure pertains.
      • We don't know from the ship's log whether that ship was sailing that night, although normally on a Sunday night, the ship is in dock and doesn't sail.
      • The sub-ether drive on my ship is damaged, so it's going to have to stay in dock for approximately three days for repairs.
      • Both research vessels will be in dock over the weekend and the crew and scientific teams will be giving tours of the vessels.
      • It was segregated once when it was in dock as the people there feared that it would explode.
      1. 1.1British 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。

        Example sentencesExamples
        • Unluckily I managed to spend that five weeks in dock, a very boring time as they kept me in bed all the time.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German docke, of unknown origin.

  • In a criminal courtroom dock is the official term for the enclosure where a defendant stands or sits. It was not always so orderly: originally a dock was crammed full of the thieves and petty criminals whose trial was scheduled for the day. The word may well be identical with Flemish dok ‘chicken coop, rabbit hutch’, and first appears in the late 16th century. The Late Middle English dock meaning ‘area of water for the loading, unloading, or repair of ships’ has a parallel in Dutch dok and early German forms, but its earlier history is lost. The plant dock, effective against nettle stings, is the oldest of the group, being recorded in Old English.

Rhymes

ad hoc, amok, Bangkok, baroque, belle époque, bloc, block, bock, brock, chock, chock-a-block, clock, doc, floc, flock, frock, hock, hough, interlock, jock, knock, langue d'oc, lock, Locke, Médoc, mock, nock, o'clock, pock, post hoc, roc, rock, schlock, shock, smock, sock, Spock, stock, wok, yapok

dock2

verb dɒkdɑk
[with object]

  • 1Deduct (something, especially an amount of money or a point in a game)

    扣除，扣减（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 objects he was docked a penalty point

    他被罚掉1分。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The inspector ended up making her visit extremely short, and we were hardly docked any points.
    • If staff forget their swipe card they are sent home to retrieve it - and the pay is docked for the amount of time they spend going home to get it.
    • At the start of the third game the referee informed her that she had been docked another point for dissent and bad language.
    • If they are a minute late, they are docked an hour's pay.
    • His sporting empire collapsed and Chesterfield were docked nine league points for financial irregularities.
    • The scheme is operated by the employer, who docks the money each week and passes it to the charities.
    • The union has already raised concerns that some workers have had the costs of their safety equipment docked from wages.
    • Previously, they had docked their wages by 50 per cent.
    • Clubs in England's Nationwide League who take that action are now docked points.
    • Although angry that the Government will dock the wages of those who take part, teaching unions have committed to keeping schools open.
    • After that event at school, his parents had grounded him for a month, and docked his allowance until Christmas.
    • Working-class people sometimes face the choice between standing in line to vote and being docked an hour's pay.
    • Buddhism receives donations for its temples which are automatically docked from the wages of civil servants.
    • In the interim they were drinking all the time, running up a tab that would be docked from their wages.
    • I used to work in a restaurant as a teenager and I would have been docked a week's wages had I tried to use that many prawns on a starter.
    • If they won't do their Constitutional duty, shouldn't we dock their pay?
    • Money docked for work-to-rule days was later refunded.
    • They have to wait until the end of the day or their pay is docked.
    • Two points are deducted if pupils are persistently disruptive and three points are docked for the most serious offences, including bullying, truancy or swearing at staff.
    • They had lost their first match by a point and then they were docked two points and so they were going into our game at minus two after one round.
    Synonyms
    deduct, subtract, remove, debit, discount, take off, take away
    informal knock off, minus
    reduce, cut, cut back, decrease, lessen, diminish

  • 2Cut short (an animal's tail)

    剪短（动物的尾巴）

    their tails were docked
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Unfortunately his tail has had to be docked to prevent further damage but he is still a very attractive and adorable boy.
    • Such dogs were exempt from taxes, and their owners docked the dogs' tails to document their occupation.
    • The Princess Royal shocked delegates at the British Veterinary Association's annual conference in Harrogate in 1992 by defending docking the tails of working dogs.
    • The docking of working animals' tails will only be allowed where there is a risk of tail injury.
    • Aside from the schipperke's thick ruff, the most striking feature of the breed is its tail - or lack thereof, since the tail is typically docked.
    • The law would also ban tail docking except where an owner can prove that a working animals' tail needs to be docked in order to minimize the risk of injury to the animal.
    • It's something that's been done for hundreds of years and in some cases no one can actually remember why certain breeds of dogs have their tails docked.
    • Here I might be in trouble with the law again, for my dear little Jack Russell terrier Polly has had her tail docked.
    • The Society launched a campaign in support of the Bill, which would ban the docking of dogs' tails unless the tail is damaged or diseased.
    • The court heard how he then went on to illegally dock these puppies tails by tying a rag round their tails to stop the blood supply.
    • I don't think dogs' tails (or farm animals' tails, for that matter) should be docked and I'm comfortable with a bill that makes this law.
    • So small-minded is this government that it is unable even to organise the bill to restrict docking of dogs' tails.
    • Fighting dogs' tails were docked to give their opponents one less body part to grab.
    • He also claimed he did not know that docking the puppies' tails was illegal, said Mr Orsborn.
    • I would not have bought either had their tails been docked, and I consider the procedure totally unwarranted except in the odd occasion.
    • The move follows pressure from animal rights groups and many vets who claim it is barbaric to dock tails for cosmetic reasons.
    • If the longhair's tail is docked at all, only a vertebrae or two are removed.
    • If the tail must be docked, the breed standard dictates that no more than one third of the tail may be removed.
    • Breeders of dogs whose tails are docked for cosmetic purposes say a ban would detract from the visual attraction of certain types.
    • Hopefully it'll clear up and he'll get full use of his tail back, but there is a possibility that he may have to have his tail docked at the point where it is injured.
    Synonyms
    cut off, cut short, shorten, crop, lop, prune, truncate
    remove, amputate, detach, disconnect, sever, hack off, chop off, take off
    rare dissever
noun dɒkdɑk

  • 1The 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

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Jason grabbed the towels and spread them at the dog's tail and dock.
    1. 1.1 The stump left after a tail has been docked.
      剪尾后留下的尾根

Origin

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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noun dɒkdɑk

  • The enclosure in a criminal court where a defendant stands or sits.

    （刑事法庭的）被告席，犯人栏

    the nine others in the dock face a combination of charges
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There was increased security in court following an incident yesterday in which a prisoner jumped from the dock at the court and tried to attack the judge.
    • A man who attacked a prison officer while in a court dock has been jailed for three months.
    • Addressing the court from the dock, he said: ‘I am truly sorry for the pain I have caused.’
    • The first time he gave an indication of his relief was to smile at the police officer who was standing beside the dock as she was to allow him to move free from the court.
    • The 10-inch-long knife was found taped to the dock in number 17 court, which is used for remand prisoners brought up from cells in the basement.
    • A thief had to empty his pockets out in the court dock to prove he was skint.
    • His mother was allowed to sit by his side in a dock at Manchester Crown Court where he denies attempted murder.
    • In June, a 10-inch kitchen knife was found taped under the dock of court 17, which handles cases involving serious crime.
    • The new initiative comes just months after a defendant leapt over the dock at Southend court and made a dash for freedom.
    • Another image on her studio workbench was of a very young man with his eyes downcast, sitting in a dock next to a court officer.
    • He was flanked by two police officers and a court security officer as he stood in the glass-enclosed dock at Harrogate Magistrates Court.
    • In the dock, the two accused sat perfectly still.
    • Since they were too small to see over the dock of the court, a special platform had to built.
    • Reporters hung about the docks, waiting for released convicts to land.
    • She hobbled into the dock at Manchester Crown Court and admitted being overpaid nearly £28,000 in benefits.
    • The pair were led up into the glass-panelled dock of a packed Court 4 flanked by three uniformed security guards.
    • At 10.24 am he was brought without handcuffs into court and through the prisoners' docks.
    • Allies of convenience that are well known to be guilty of egregious acts are now hauled into the dock as war criminals as soon as we have the chance.
    • A man vaulted a court dock and fled into a town centre after hearing he would be spending Christmas behind bars.
    • A teenage burglar who leapt from the dock at York Magistrates Court has been locked up for three-and-a-half years.

Origin

Late 16th century: probably originally slang and related to Flemish dok 'chicken coop, rabbit hutch', of unknown origin.

dock4

noun dɒkdɑk

  • 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

    Genus Rumex, family Polygonaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I was out with this dangerous looking implement this afternoon, cutting down nettles, rosebay and docks nearly as tall as I am.
    • Pesticides, similarly, were unknown: docks, nettles and thistles were scythed away by hand just as they came into seed.
    • This is rarer and is usually caused by weeds such as nettles and docks, late flowering plants and fungal spores.
    • In the allotments, paths overgrown with nettles and docks are littered with squashed cans and chocolate wrappers between walls of rusting corrugated iron topped with barbed wire.
    • Vegetables were not cultivated, but came in the form of wild carrots, turnip and garlic, along with salad leaves such as sorrel, nettle and dock.

Origin

Old English docce, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dialect dokke.

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dock1

noundɑkdäk

  • 1North American A structure extending alongshore or out from the shore into a body of water, to which boats may be moored.

    the gangplank was lowered to the dock
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There were a couple of boats tied to the dock, and just a little further was a boathouse.
    • It's right on the shore, with a boat dock offering small boats for guests.
    • Evline said this as she watched the boat come into dock.
    • He built his own boat dock down in the lagoon for his 30-foot SeaRay powerboat.
    • My lines of wooden docks housed small boats and jet-skis that bobbed in the water and tugged at the tethers.
    • Every year, several claims are filed for guests who couldn't even manage the short step between the dock and boat.
    • Commercial, pleasure and charter boats share the dock and Calhoun deserves a lot of credit for keeping everyone happy.
    • Our town is built near the water and my family and I even have our own dock and boat.
    • I saw gas dripping out of the fill cap when the boat was at the dock.
    • It was tied to the really long, thin, dock trailing from the shore at the back of the Gambill residence.
    • We have a ‘new to us’ boat at the dock and, being 10 years old, there's an extensive project list.
    • She sat on the old boat dock soaking up the sunshine, after almost a week of rain she was ready for some sun.
    • They lose more money if they decide to buy oil later as the price rises; otherwise they must let the boats sit at dock.
    • Sitting on a dock where his boat has been moored since Thursday night, he sided with the employees in the labour dispute.
    • It's a clear, freshwater lake and there is no shore power on the dock.
    • It looked like an old beach house with its own spooky run-down dock and boat house to boot.
    • This is an extremely important point and should be stressed to everyone who might be susceptible to motion sickness before the boat leaves the dock.
    • The question of whether boats damage a marina's docks during a storm or whether the docks destroy the boats when they fail is no academic exercise.
    • A tiny, ancient dock bobs in the water, though there are no boats moored to it.
    • They were given a heroes welcome when they rowed in to the boat park dock after their race.
    1. 1.1 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
      Example sentencesExamples
      • On the waterfront, it overlooked the ferry dock with the barrier reef and Tahiti visible on the horizon.
      • Extensive reclamation of the land behind the existing Fisheries Complex in line with the port dock has already taken place.
      • The ageing loading and unloading facilities of the docks fail to satisfy the requirements of modern logistics.
      • It was unaffected by the dock worker issue because its major port of entry for Japanese parts is in Mexico.
      • With ships arriving faster than dock workers can handle them, the ports can't keep ahead of the rising tide of Pacific Rim cargo.
      • There, slowly sailing towards them was a large ship coming from the docks of Port Refuge.
      • I was working part-time at the docks, unloading the ship's cargo boxes and supplies.
      • Union dock workers clashed with police at South Carolina port.
      • He made his way to the city and found his way to the dock area.
      • India's export performance is under threat from workforce instability that has led to strikes by port and dock workers.
      • The two outer forks were retractable space docks for repairing larger ships.
      • Boat owners can always call ahead to a marina and check on their latest price if they're cruising in an area with several fuel docks.
      • Since Julian was first to get to the ships' dock area, he had his choice of which one to take.
      • Feeling a bit more relaxed, the two left the dock area and headed out the door.
      • She sat on the wooden railing of the Port City docks, as sailors and merchants loaded and unloaded their ships full of goods.
      • Once China lost control of its repair docks at Port Arthur, nothing could be done to put its damaged foreign-built ships back in service.
      • Workmen at the docks were unloading the crates from the tugboats and cruises.
      • The dock workers could smuggle nationalist leaders into ships as stowaways.
      • There were several ships in space dock, being repaired and refitted, but he was watching one in particular.
      • The plan included the deepening of the port of Walvis Bay, the construction of a container terminal and the dock at the Port of Luderitz.
      Synonyms
      harbour, marina, waterfront, port, anchorage
    2. 1.2docks A group of enclosed areas of water along with the wharves and buildings near them.
      港区
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The investment firm has recently been linked to a bid for Associated British Ports - owner of docks in Swansea, Plymouth and Hull.
      • The report recommends a maximum height of 12 storeys in underdeveloped areas such as around Heuston Station, Spencer Dock and the south docks.
      • At one point 16,000 dockers organised mobile pickets and closed the docks along the Thames.
      • If the owner of the marina ever decides to provide electricity to the docks, you can get one of those lifts that bring the whole boat out of the water.
      • The docks were of great social as well as economic significance to Belfast.
      • He walked along the docks, and up ahead of him there was a man hidden in the shadows.
      • The docks were the main target, but many of the bombs fell on surrounding residential areas.
      • He's in a shack on the eastern docks in Newport City.
      • Blaise walked along the docks, holding his breath as the unfamiliar scent of fish reached his nose, making him gag.
      • During the 1926 General Strike I remember standing in Commercial Street as troops went by in armoured cars to go to the docks.
      • In Sete, the conflicts are apparent along the ancient docks.
      • At the centre of the docks is Ivory House, a converted warehouse that was transformed 23 years ago into 37 flats.
      • Meanwhile, down at the docks, some sailors have finished drinking at the Blue Whale and are spilling out.
      • Working at the docks on the river was the job selected to help me ‘get by’ during my first summer off from college.
      • There has been high interest in the site but its future remains shrouded in controversy as numerous competing plans exist for the last site along the old docks.
      • Charles also ordered that navy rations stored in the docks in the East End should be given to those who had fled the city.
      • At about 2.30 am, his body was pulled from the water by the lifeboat crew down by the docks, near the jetty.
      • The Ramirez Penthouse was located down by the docks.
      • From the docks along the Eastern Seaway to the towering spires along the Western Peaks, the great city slowly rose from its slumber.
    3. 1.3
      short for dry dock
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We drive through the long tunnel until we reach the dry docks.
    4. 1.4 A platform for loading or unloading trucks or freight trains.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Each window is dimensionally similar to a loading dock.
      • They forget there's an entire warehouse back there with 20 employees and loading docks.
      • The concrete was 6 inches thick in the parking terrace and 8 inches to 10 inches thick in the loading docks to accommodate the heavy trucks.
      • Three separate tractor-trailer loading docks on two different levels can accommodate 36 trailers simultaneously.
      • After that first year of college I was humping freight on loading docks for a summer job, and on breaks us kids would shoot the bull with the truck drivers.
      • The numerous loading docks, which run along the entire perimeter of the building, allow the transfer of materials to the various stores within.
      • Garages and loading docks in buildings are a major source of carbon monoxide.
      • We're sitting on a little loading dock at the edge of train tracks.
      • In 1916 the steel and concrete ore dock was erected.
      • If it gets dropped, or left on a loading dock, it will suffer.
      • ‘We were already delivering products to the loading dock,’ he says.
      • The small man in the ill-fitting suit suddenly grows large and becomes some no-neck union rep on a loading dock exhorting the working stiffs to the cause.
      • We've been skating those metal loading docks lately.
      • Not surprisingly, procedures and security systems for loading docks, mail rooms and alternative entrance ways into high-rise buildings have become a major focus.
      • It was the square building with the concrete loading dock, sitting all alone in the parking lot.
      • At two of its other distribution centers, dual-sorting systems - two parallel conveyor belts from the floor to the loading dock - pack trucks twice as fast as single conveyors can.
      • All through the plant, everything moves towards that shipping dock.
      • There wasn't really anything to look at but the loading dock to the train station.
      • They already had been supporting other unions by refusing to back their trucks up to supermarket loading docks.
      • As the convoy arrived at the dock, the lorry doors opened and the exhausted, terrified lambs poured out, trying desperately to stay upright and avoid trampling each other.

  • 2A device in which a laptop computer, smartphone, or other mobile device may be placed for charging, providing access to a power supply and to peripheral devices or auxiliary features; a docking station.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Have an iPod dock and just recently purchased a new Android phone?
    • As I set that up for her, I noticed that the rear of the dock had both a VGA connector and a DVI-D connector.
    • The benefit here is that the dock charges the phone at the same time.
    • The Athens PC contains a dock for a tablet PC or a notebook to synchronize with the host PC.
    • A button marked SHARE lets you flag photos for specific actions when you connect it to a computer or to a printer dock.
    • inside the house, the phone stays on the dock.
    • Other people pop their phone onto a dock as soon as they return home.
    • The camera comes without too many extras, though a rechargeable battery and charging dock were welcome additions to the package.
    • The 40GB version also includes a dock.
    • The tablet and phone connect easily and quickly - the tablet fires up as soon as you connect them - and the phone sits safely inside the dock without any fear of falling out.
    • Sometimes you gotta give your phone a rest, and that's where phone docks come in.
    • The dock requires the laptop to be closed in order to insert it.
    • This year, Apple has chosen to begin accessorising its iPhones once again, offering new docks and cases for the new phones.
    • I have a dock next to my bed where my phone gets plugged - I also have another one at my computer desk.
    • The dock is like a tilted U, and the keyboard slides into its curve.
    • People were playing music through their iPads or on phones through an iPod dock.
    • The 15Gb model doesn't come with a remote or dock, while the 40Gb will be over-expensive (and expansive) for most people.
    • I often have to put my phone on the dock 3-4 times before it'll go into dock mode.
    • The M7100 ships with a docking cradle that doubles as both an in-unit battery charger and a data-transfer dock.
    • There are two USB sockets for charging, which will come in handy if you're using a phone that won't fit on the dock.
    • You put four AA batteries in it and then plug the H320 into its dock and the AAs recharge the H320's battery.
verbdɑkdäk
[no object]

  • 1(of a ship) tie up at a dock, 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 San Francisco
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Cale's voice breaks over the com ‘Cargo ship, docking now’.
    • That has pretty much been the case since the first slave ship docked in the country back in 1619.
    • Aircraft carriers docked at the naval pier and marines regularly practised amphibious assaults on the north shore of the bay.
    • The bars scraped along the concrete landing ramps as the ferry docks.
    • Adjacent to the town was the main port where the bulk of the fishing and cargo ships docked.
    • I hadn't been on a ship since then and now seeing a ship about to dock made me sick.
    • You begin the campaign on a ship docked at Pearl Harbor.
    • She'd once heard, the cargo and mail ship docked every two weeks at Majdi.
    • When the boat docked at the pier in South Pattaya near sunset, there was no ceremony to greet them.
    • The ferry docked at Portsmouth on Monday evening at around 9pm.
    • New on the scene to help house Mississippi's homeless, a 490,000 passenger cruise ship docking next door in Mobile, Alabama.
    • When we arrive there, we will dock, unload our cargo, and change ships.
    • The next morning the ship docked at the main port of Indian Island.
    • Some sailors saw the pirates dock illegally at our harbor and sent out a warning they were in the area.
    • The ferry finally docked on the shore, and we disembarked.
    • Each of the three quarry companies owned frontage on the river where ships docked to load brownstone.
    • A cargo ship docked and discharged heavy trucks of the kind used to carry tanks or other heavy armour.
    • Ships, of course, need a place to dock, and passengers need to be processed.
    • US ports now demanded 96 hours notice before any ship docks and a full list of crew in advance.
    • No one really wanted to remain on-board ship when they had finally docked after spending months at sea.
    • There are too many rocks to allow boats to dock safely, he says.
    • Wives of seamen could only visit their husbands when his ship docked at its home port.
    • Once they had safely docked, John began making arrangements to restock the Marianne.
    Synonyms
    moor, berth, land, beach, anchor, drop anchor, put in, tie up
    1. 1.1with object Bring (a ship or boat) into a dock.
      领（船）入港
      the riverbank where the fur traders docked their boats
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Be sure to row to the tiny island in the middle of the lake, dock your boat and go inside the island's church to ring the bells.
      • After docking the boat and then checking in with the boat master, Rys and her crew headed into town.
      • He docked his boat at a sub-divisional town at dawn.
      • In the game, you're the captain of one of the cruise ships, and you have to try and dock your massive vessel in various ports.
      • On deck, Freyen was looking at the manoeuvres to dock the vessel with a serious look on his face.
      • The abandoned ships were docked, forgotten in the fascination that was brewing around them.
      • This is especially true if you dock your boat in a marina.
      • After a few minutes of rowing she docked the boat at a small wharf.
      • We drove out to where he docks his boat, in a little harbor northeast of St. John's.
      • One half of it is where the town is located, where all the people are situated and where the fishermen dock their boats.
      • A large yacht is docked by the mansion, moving up and down with the breeze.
      • They will have to pay almost half a million pounds a year in harbour charges for docking their ferries at the new terminal at Hatston.
      • They learn how to fish, including how to bait the hook, tie knots and rig tackle, even back up a trailer and dock a boat.
      • They quickly ran down and into the beach area, where a boat was docked.
      • He is exhausted and as he docks the boat, he falls over and lies with the mast on him.
      • Over 15,500 boats were docked at these marinas.
      • The Quays welcomed two Galway Hooker sailing boats and a flotilla of sailing vessels were docked at Albert Basin.
      • Luxury yachts are docked in the harbour, and giant cruise ships are anchored swimming distance from the beach.
      • He reached his destination, the southern most port city in Camaeron and docked his boat.
      • After ten days or so, the land had all but ceased to exist - I didn't care if we ever docked the boat.
    2. 1.2 (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
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She will dock with the International Space Station, bringing vital spare parts and supplies to the current residents.
      • While the Marines had been preparing to leave, a Russian space shuttle had docked at the space station.
      • At times you really believe you are piloting your ship and are about to dock with a space station.
      • The Atlantis successfully docked with the space station on Wednesday and Sellers and the crew joined those aboard the orbiting outpost for dinner to mark the occasion.
      • Around 2.5 tonnes of supplies were due to dock with the space station last night.
      • From there you've got to learn to handle your ship and get to grips with the most difficult part - docking with the space station.
      • Two days later, the craft will match the orbit of the international space station, enabling it to dock safely.
      • The first shuttle to dock with the space station in more than two years is leaving it a cleaner place as the two crafts prepare to disengage.
      • The unmanned cargo ship Progress docked with the International Space Station today.
      • If for any reason an emergency arises, the crew members have a Russian-made Soyuz vehicle docked to the space station to bring them back to Earth.
      • They are scheduled to return to earth in October aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule now docked with the space station.
      • After that both radar systems broke down which meant that we knew for certain the commander would have to dock with the Space Station manually.
      • The space shuttle will dock at the International Space Station.
      • The two ships would dock in orbit, and propellants would transfer into the lunar craft.
      • In the meantime, the shuttle has docked with the International Space Station.
      • He was Commander of Atlantis as it docked with the Russian space station Mir.
      • American space shuttles docked with the Mir space station nine times.
      • As the NASA shuttle orbiting the Earth docked with the Mir space station, the hacker disrupted the computer systems monitoring the medical conditions of the crew.
      • This shuttle would not even be docking with the International Space Station.
      • A cargo ship successfully docked with the international space station yesterday, delivering supplies and equipment for its US and Russian crew.
    3. 1.3 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连接。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • They lowered the module back into place and successfully docked it onto the Raptors hull.
      • Light-emitting diodes indicate that the system has been docked successfully.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German docke, of unknown origin.

dock2

verbdäkdɑk
[with object]usually be docked

  • 1Deduct (something, especially an amount of money)

    扣除，扣减（某物，尤指钱款或比赛中的得分）

    their wages are docked for public displays of affection
    with two objects he will be docked an hour's pay
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The scheme is operated by the employer, who docks the money each week and passes it to the charities.
    • Previously, they had docked their wages by 50 per cent.
    • At the start of the third game the referee informed her that she had been docked another point for dissent and bad language.
    • The inspector ended up making her visit extremely short, and we were hardly docked any points.
    • The union has already raised concerns that some workers have had the costs of their safety equipment docked from wages.
    • I used to work in a restaurant as a teenager and I would have been docked a week's wages had I tried to use that many prawns on a starter.
    • If they won't do their Constitutional duty, shouldn't we dock their pay?
    • His sporting empire collapsed and Chesterfield were docked nine league points for financial irregularities.
    • In the interim they were drinking all the time, running up a tab that would be docked from their wages.
    • Buddhism receives donations for its temples which are automatically docked from the wages of civil servants.
    • After that event at school, his parents had grounded him for a month, and docked his allowance until Christmas.
    • If they are a minute late, they are docked an hour's pay.
    • Two points are deducted if pupils are persistently disruptive and three points are docked for the most serious offences, including bullying, truancy or swearing at staff.
    • Working-class people sometimes face the choice between standing in line to vote and being docked an hour's pay.
    • Money docked for work-to-rule days was later refunded.
    • Clubs in England's Nationwide League who take that action are now docked points.
    • They had lost their first match by a point and then they were docked two points and so they were going into our game at minus two after one round.
    • Although angry that the Government will dock the wages of those who take part, teaching unions have committed to keeping schools open.
    • They have to wait until the end of the day or their pay is docked.
    • If staff forget their swipe card they are sent home to retrieve it - and the pay is docked for the amount of time they spend going home to get it.
    Synonyms
    deduct, subtract, remove, debit, discount, take off, take away
    reduce, cut, cut back, decrease, lessen, diminish
    1. 1.1 Cut short (an animal's tail)
      剪短（动物的尾巴）
      fifteen of the dogs had had their tails docked
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Unfortunately his tail has had to be docked to prevent further damage but he is still a very attractive and adorable boy.
      • Here I might be in trouble with the law again, for my dear little Jack Russell terrier Polly has had her tail docked.
      • The move follows pressure from animal rights groups and many vets who claim it is barbaric to dock tails for cosmetic reasons.
      • He also claimed he did not know that docking the puppies' tails was illegal, said Mr Orsborn.
      • Hopefully it'll clear up and he'll get full use of his tail back, but there is a possibility that he may have to have his tail docked at the point where it is injured.
      • So small-minded is this government that it is unable even to organise the bill to restrict docking of dogs' tails.
      • The court heard how he then went on to illegally dock these puppies tails by tying a rag round their tails to stop the blood supply.
      • The Society launched a campaign in support of the Bill, which would ban the docking of dogs' tails unless the tail is damaged or diseased.
      • I don't think dogs' tails (or farm animals' tails, for that matter) should be docked and I'm comfortable with a bill that makes this law.
      • Aside from the schipperke's thick ruff, the most striking feature of the breed is its tail - or lack thereof, since the tail is typically docked.
      • I would not have bought either had their tails been docked, and I consider the procedure totally unwarranted except in the odd occasion.
      • Breeders of dogs whose tails are docked for cosmetic purposes say a ban would detract from the visual attraction of certain types.
      • Fighting dogs' tails were docked to give their opponents one less body part to grab.
      • If the tail must be docked, the breed standard dictates that no more than one third of the tail may be removed.
      • The law would also ban tail docking except where an owner can prove that a working animals' tail needs to be docked in order to minimize the risk of injury to the animal.
      • Such dogs were exempt from taxes, and their owners docked the dogs' tails to document their occupation.
      • If the longhair's tail is docked at all, only a vertebrae or two are removed.
      • The docking of working animals' tails will only be allowed where there is a risk of tail injury.
      • It's something that's been done for hundreds of years and in some cases no one can actually remember why certain breeds of dogs have their tails docked.
      • The Princess Royal shocked delegates at the British Veterinary Association's annual conference in Harrogate in 1992 by defending docking the tails of working dogs.
      Synonyms
      cut off, cut short, shorten, crop, lop, prune, truncate
noundäkdɑk

  • 1The 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

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Jason grabbed the towels and spread them at the dog's tail and dock.
    1. 1.1 The stump left after a tail has been docked.
      剪尾后留下的尾根

Origin

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’.

dock3

noundɑkdäk
usually the dock

  • The enclosure in a criminal court where a defendant is placed.

    （刑事法庭的）被告席，犯人栏

    the nine others in the dock face a combination of charges
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The new initiative comes just months after a defendant leapt over the dock at Southend court and made a dash for freedom.
    • She hobbled into the dock at Manchester Crown Court and admitted being overpaid nearly £28,000 in benefits.
    • Reporters hung about the docks, waiting for released convicts to land.
    • A man vaulted a court dock and fled into a town centre after hearing he would be spending Christmas behind bars.
    • The first time he gave an indication of his relief was to smile at the police officer who was standing beside the dock as she was to allow him to move free from the court.
    • The pair were led up into the glass-panelled dock of a packed Court 4 flanked by three uniformed security guards.
    • In the dock, the two accused sat perfectly still.
    • He was flanked by two police officers and a court security officer as he stood in the glass-enclosed dock at Harrogate Magistrates Court.
    • A man who attacked a prison officer while in a court dock has been jailed for three months.
    • A thief had to empty his pockets out in the court dock to prove he was skint.
    • Addressing the court from the dock, he said: ‘I am truly sorry for the pain I have caused.’
    • In June, a 10-inch kitchen knife was found taped under the dock of court 17, which handles cases involving serious crime.
    • There was increased security in court following an incident yesterday in which a prisoner jumped from the dock at the court and tried to attack the judge.
    • Since they were too small to see over the dock of the court, a special platform had to built.
    • Allies of convenience that are well known to be guilty of egregious acts are now hauled into the dock as war criminals as soon as we have the chance.
    • At 10.24 am he was brought without handcuffs into court and through the prisoners' docks.
    • The 10-inch-long knife was found taped to the dock in number 17 court, which is used for remand prisoners brought up from cells in the basement.
    • A teenage burglar who leapt from the dock at York Magistrates Court has been locked up for three-and-a-half years.
    • His mother was allowed to sit by his side in a dock at Manchester Crown Court where he denies attempted murder.
    • Another image on her studio workbench was of a very young man with his eyes downcast, sitting in a dock next to a court officer.

Origin

Late 16th century: probably originally slang and related to Flemish dok ‘chicken coop, rabbit hutch’, of unknown origin.

dock4

noundɑkdäk

  • A coarse weed of temperate regions, with inconspicuous greenish or reddish flowers. The leaves are popularly used to relieve nettle stings.

    酸模属草类；酸模；草本植物

    Genus Rumex, family Polygonaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I was out with this dangerous looking implement this afternoon, cutting down nettles, rosebay and docks nearly as tall as I am.
    • This is rarer and is usually caused by weeds such as nettles and docks, late flowering plants and fungal spores.
    • In the allotments, paths overgrown with nettles and docks are littered with squashed cans and chocolate wrappers between walls of rusting corrugated iron topped with barbed wire.
    • Vegetables were not cultivated, but came in the form of wild carrots, turnip and garlic, along with salad leaves such as sorrel, nettle and dock.
    • Pesticides, similarly, were unknown: docks, nettles and thistles were scythed away by hand just as they came into seed.

Origin

Old English docce, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dialect dokke.

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