dock
US: /ˈdɑk/
UK: /dˈɒk/
UK: /dˈɒk/
English Vietnamese dictionary
dock /dɔk/
- danh từ
- (thực vật học) giống cây chút chít
- khấu đuôi (ngựa...)
- dây đuôi (dây yên buộc vào khâu đuôi ngựa)
- ngoại động từ
- cắt ngắn (đuôi, tóc); cắt đuôi (súc vật); cắt tóc (người)
- cắt bớt, giảm bớt, hạn chế bớt; tước mất
- to dock wages: cắt bớt lương
- to dock supplies: cắt bớt tiếp tế
- danh từ
- vũng tàu đậu
- wet dock: vũng tàu thông với biển
- dry dock; graving dock: xưởng sửa chữa tàu, xưởng đóng tàu (ở vũng tàu đã rút cạn nước)
- floating dock: xưởng chữa tàu nổi, xưởng đóng tàu nổi
- ((thường) số nhiều) (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) bến tàu
- ((thường) số nhiều) xưởng chữa tàu, xưởng đóng tàu
- (ngành đường sắt) ga cuối cùng (của một tuyến đường)
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (quân sự), (từ lóng) bệnh viện quân y
- to be in dry dock
- (hàng hải) đang được chữa
- (thông tục) thất nghiệp, không có việc làm
- vũng tàu đậu
- ngoại động từ
- đưa (tàu) vào vũng tàu, đưa (tàu) vào bến
- xây dựng vũng tàu, xây dựng bến tàu (ở nơi nào)
- nội động từ
- vào vũng tàu, vào bến tàu
- vào vũng tàu, vào bến tàu
- danh từ
- ghế (ngồi của) bị cáo (ở toà án)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C] a part of a port where ships are repaired or where goods are put onto or taken off them: dock workers + a dock strike + The ship was in dock.
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2 (docks) [pl.] a group of docks in a port and the buildings around them that are used for repairing ships, storing goods, etc.
3 [C] (AmE) = JETTY
4 [C] (AmE) a raised platform for loading vehicles or trains
5 [C] the part of a court of law where the person who has been accused of a crime stands or sits during a trial: He's been in the dock (= on trial for a crime) several times already.
6 [U] a wild plant of Northern Europe with large thick leaves that can be rubbed on skin that has been stung by NETTLES to make it less painful: dock leaves
+ verb
1 if a ship docks or you dock a ship, it sails into a harbour and stays there: [V] The ferry is expected to dock at 6. [also VN]
2 if two spacecraft dock, or are docked, they are joined together in space: [VN] Next year, a technology module will be docked on the space station. [also V]
3 [VN] ~ sth (from / off sth) to take away part of sb's wages, etc: If you're late, your wages will be docked. + They've docked 15% off my pay for this week.
4 [VN] to cut an animal's tail short: The horse's tail had been docked.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 wharf, pier, berth, jetty, quay:
We went to the dock to see them off.
v.
2 (drop) anchor, berth, tie up, moor, land, put in:
The ship docks at noon.
Collocation dictionary
1 place for loading/unloading ships
ADJ.
commercial | coal, fish, etc.
VERB + DOCK
build, construct | arrive at/in | enter
DOCK + NOUN
company | strike | worker
PREP.
at a/the ~
A car pulled up at the dock.
| in ~
The ship is in dock for repairs.
| on a/the ~
the cargo stacked on the dock
2 the dock: in a court of law
VERB + DOCK
enter, go into, step into | appear in, be in
She was in the dock on charges of attempted fraud.
| be put in, end up in, land in
After a night of drunken revelry they ended up in the dock.
PREP.
from the ~
an outburst from the dock
| in the ~
The defendant stood in the dock.
Concise English dictionary
docks|docked|dockingdɒk
noun
+an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
+any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
+a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
+a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
+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
+the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
+a short or shortened tail of certain animals
verb
+come into dock
+deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty
+deduct from someone's wages
+remove or shorten the tail of an animal
+haul into a dock
