Dock

[dɒk] or [dɑk]

解释:

(noun.) the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair.

(noun.) 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 ship arrived at the dock more than a day late'.

(noun.) an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial.

(noun.) a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded.

(noun.) any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine.

(verb.) maneuver into a dock; 'dock the ships'.

(verb.) remove or shorten the tail of an animal.

(verb.) come into dock; 'the ship docked'.

(verb.) deduct from someone's wages.

(verb.) deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty.

校对:莎娜--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.

(n.) The solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cutting.

(n.) A case of leather to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.

(v. t.) to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse.

(v. t.) To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages.

(v. t.) To cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail.

(n.) An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide.

(n.) The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock.

(n.) The place in court where a criminal or accused person stands.

(v. t.) To draw, law, or place (a ship) in a dock, for repairing, cleaning the bottom, etc.

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同义词及近义词：

v. a. [1]. Curtail, clip, cut short.[2]. Shorten, lessen, deduct from.[3]. Put into a dock (as a vessel).

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同义词及反义词：

SYN:Curtail, lop, abbreviate, prune

ANT:Grow, elongate, nourish,[See {p*Ot long}?], train, coax

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解释:

n. a troublesome weed with large leaves and a long root.—n. Dock′-cress the nipplewort.

n. an enclosure or artificial basin near a harbour or river for the reception of vessels: the box in court where the accused stands: in a railway station the place of arrival and departure of a train.—v.t. to place in a dock.—ns. Dock′age accommodation in docks for ships: dock-dues; Dock′er one who works in the docks; Dock′-mas′ter the person superintending a dock; Dock′-warr′ant a warehouse receipt; Dock′yard a naval establishment with docks building-slips stores &c.; Dry′-dock a dock which can be laid dry by dock-gates pumping &c.—also called Grav′ing-dock because suitable for cleaning or graving the sides and bottoms of ships; Float′ing-dock a dock which floats in the water but can by pumping out its hollow sides be raised high in the water with any ship that has been floated into it and then emptied of water by further pumping; Wet′-dock a dock maintaining a level nearly uniform with that of high water.

v.t. to cut short: to curtail: to cut off: to clip.—n. the part of a tail left after clipping.

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