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docking

/dok/US // dɒk //UK // (dɒk) //

对接,停靠,接驳,接轨

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a landing pier.
    • : the space or waterway between two piers or wharves, as for receiving a ship while in port.
    • : such a waterway, enclosed or open, together with the surrounding piers, wharves, etc.
    • : dry dock.
    • : a platform for loading and unloading trucks, railway freight cars, etc.
    • : an airplane hangar or repair shed.
    • : Also called scene dock. a place in a theater near the stage or beneath the floor of the stage for the storage of scenery.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to bring into a dock; lay up in a dock.
    • : to place in dry dock, as for repairs, cleaning, or painting.
    • : to join with another or with a space station in outer space.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to come or go into a dock or dry dock.
    • : to join together in outer space.

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Examples

  • In Georgia this past month, citizens gave chase to trucks and staked out loading docks looking for suspicious boxes that surely contained fraudulent absentee ballots.

  • Not every year is a great one off our dock, but they occur frequently enough that I've tapped some of the best shrimp cast-netters in the area to learn some of their tricks.

  • I quickly hauled on the net line, pulled it to the dock with all my strength, and dumped its contents onto the boards.

  • It can be done from anchored boats, but docks and jetties where the tide flows near deep water can offer great results.

  • I decided to join in the fun by hauling out an 8-foot cast net from my boat that was hovering on a dock lift.

  • There are even electronics like iPhone and iPod docking stations and an assortment of pricey pens intended for the pontiff.

  • Currently only Russian rocket engines, fitted with the Russian ISS docking system, can reboost the Space Station.

  • The following year, its vessel was blocked from docking in Portugal by two Portuguese Navy warships sent by the government.

  • The small light flashed green, and I pulled the bike out of the docking station.

  • But in certain parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn the infrastructure is starting to appear, mostly in the form of docking stations.

  • The others of the staff were already out in the docking lock in the rim, waiting to greet the replacements from the ferry.

  • There would seem to have been no serious difficulty in docking the vessel and landing the passengers.

  • The captain was quite sure Winter Island had grown larger—perhaps it had, by docking out.

  • For the Japanese are much given to docking their phrases, a custom the Germans might do well to adopt.

  • The flying squadron has sailed after having awaited the return of the "Inconstant" from docking at Nagasaki.