這個拼法底下其實是4個不同的字,意思沒有關係, 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 dock (port area) · the dock (courtroom) · dock (cut animal's tail) · dock (plant)
dock
n, v核心畫面
You can picture this dock as the spot where a ship comes in off the open water and settles snugly against the land to be loaded, , or fixed. From that one image — a moving thing pulling in and joining a fixed place — come the port area, the wooden , and even modern things 'pulling in to join': a phone settling into its stand, two spacecraft coming together.
可以把這個 dock 想成:一艘船從外海開進來,緊緊靠上陸地停穩,好讓人裝貨、卸貨或修理的那個位置。從這一個畫面——…更多收起
可以把這個 dock 想成:一艘船從外海開進來,緊緊靠上陸地停穩,好讓人裝貨、卸貨或修理的那個位置。從這一個畫面——一個會動的東西開進來、貼上一個固定的點——延伸出港區、伸進水裡的棧橋,甚至現代「開進去接上」的用法:手機嵌進它的座、兩艘太空船對接在一起。A second word, same spelling
dock
n核心畫面
This is a different dock — a separate word. You can picture it as the closed-off spot in a courtroom where the accused person has to stand, fenced in, facing everyone's eyes. From that physical 'standing accused' spot grows the idiom of being 'in the dock' — being blamed and put on trial in people's minds.
這是另一個 dock,是不同的字。可以想成法庭裡圍起來、被告必須站著面對眾人目光的那一格。從這個「站著受審」的實際位…更多收起
這是另一個 dock,是不同的字。可以想成法庭裡圍起來、被告必須站著面對眾人目光的那一格。從這個「站著受審」的實際位置,長出片語 in the dock——在眾人心裡被指責、被當成有錯的人來審問。A second word, same spelling
dock
v核心畫面
This dock is a separate verb meaning 'to cut something short' — its oldest use is cutting an animal's tail short. You can hold that one picture, the snip that , and see the money-and-marks sense as the same cut moved onto a number: a slice taken off someone's pay or score, usually as a punishment.
這個 dock 是另一個動詞,意思是「把某物剪短」——最早是把動物的尾巴剪短。可以握住這一個畫面:那一剪、把東西變短…更多收起
這個 dock 是另一個動詞,意思是「把某物剪短」——最早是把動物的尾巴剪短。可以握住這一個畫面:那一剪、把東西變短。再把同一剪搬到數字上:從某人的薪水或分數上削掉一塊,通常作為處罰。A second word, same spelling
dock
n核心畫面
This dock is a third, separate word: the name of a common wild plant with big green leaves, often found growing right next to nettles, whose leaf people rub on a nettle sting to soothe it.
這個 dock 是第三個、完全不同的字:一種常見的野草,葉子大而綠,常長在蕁麻旁邊;被蕁麻刺到時,人們會拿它的葉子揉…更多收起
這個 dock 是第三個、完全不同的字:一種常見的野草,葉子大而綠,常長在蕁麻旁邊;被蕁麻刺到時,人們會拿它的葉子揉一揉來止痛。原始詞典資料27 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Dockname
- 1
datedrareA male given name or nickname.
- 2
A surname.
docknoun詞源 1/dɒk/
- 1
Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.
- And vnder neath him his courageous ſteed, / The fierce Spumador trode them downe like docks […]
- 2
A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.
docknoun詞源 2/dɒk/
- 1
The fleshy root of an animal's tail; specifically after clipping or cutting.
- The Dock is about 1 inch thick, and two inches broad, like an Apothecaries Spatule. Of what length the whole, is uncertain, this being only part of it, though it looks as if cut off near the Buttock
- 2
obsoleteThe buttocks or anus.
- And on a Cuſhion ſtuffed with Flocks, / She clapt her dainty pair of Docks.
- 3
A leather case used to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.
dockverb詞源 2/dɒk/
- 1
To clip or cut off a section of an animal's tail; to practise a caudectomy.
- The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track.[…]Their example was followed by others at a time when the master of Mohair was superintending in person the docking of some two-year-olds, and equally invisible.
- 2
To reduce (wages); to deduct from (someone).
- Her wages were docked by ten dollars.
- The team have been docked six points at Paris 2024 and Priestman received a one-year football ban from world governing body Fifa.
- 3
informalTo reduce the wages of (a person).
- They docked me ten dollars for breaking the vase.
- 4
To cut off, bar, or destroy.
- to dock an entail
- 5
cookingfoodlifestyleTo pierce holes, as pricking dough with a fork, to prevent excessive rising in the oven.
- Pricking holes in the rolled-out pie dough allows the steam to escape while it's baking. Without this, the steam would puff up in bubbles and pockets throughout the crust, which would make some parts of the crust cook too quickly and also result in an uneven surface for your filling. Docking is simple. Just roll out your pie dough and lift it into the pan. After pressing it in and shaping the edge, prick it all over with a fork.
docknoun詞源 3/dɒk/
- 1
nauticaltransportA fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port; usually for loading and unloading.
- With just the turn of a shoulder she indicated the water front, where, at the end of the dock on which they stood, lay the good ship, Mount Vernon, river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks.
- 2
nauticaltransportThe body of water next to and around a pier.
- 3
The area of arrival and departure of a train in a railway station.
- 4
A section of a hotel or restaurant.
- coffee dock
- 5
businesselectrical-engineeringelectricityA device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance for providing the necessary electrical charge for its autonomy, or as a hardware extension for additional capabilities.
- 6
computingengineeringgraphical-user-interfaceA toolbar that provides the user with a way of launching applications by their icons, and switching between running applications.
- 7
An act or instance of docking; joining two things together.
dockverb詞源 3/dɒk/
- 1
To land at a harbour.
- On 28 February, for example, a US Navy ship docked in Nampo, the port for Pyongyang, with equipment for joint searches for remains of US soldiers missing from the 1950-1953 Korean War. China may look askance at the US and North Korean militaries working together like this.
- 2
To join two moving items.
- to dock spacecraft
- A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.
- 3
aerospaceastronauticsbusinessTo move a spaceship into its dock/berth under its own power.
- 4
slangIn male homosexual sex, to engage in docking, the inserting of the tip of one participant's penis into the foreskin of the other participant.
- 5
computingengineeringgraphical-user-interfaceTo drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where it snaps into place.
- 6
To place (an electronic device) in its dock.
- I docked the laptop and allowed it to recharge for an hour.
docknoun詞源 4/dɒk/
- 1
lawPart of a courtroom where the accused sits.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。