单词 | park |
释义 | park ![]() n. 1. An area of land set aside for public use, as: a. A piece of land with few or no buildings within or adjoining a town, maintained for recreational and ornamental purposes. b. A landscaped city square. c. A large tract of rural land kept in its natural state and usually reserved for the enjoyment and recreation of visitors. 2. A broad, fairly level valley between mountain ranges: the high parks of the Rocky Mountains. 3. A tract of land attached to a country house, especially when including extensive gardens, woods, pastures, or a game preserve. 4. Sports A stadium or an enclosed playing field: a baseball park. 5. a. An area where military vehicles or artillery are stored and serviced. b. The materiel kept in such an area. 6. An area in or near a town designed and usually zoned for a certain purpose: a commercial park. 7. A position in an automatic transmission that disengages the gears and sets the brake so the vehicle cannot move: put the car in park and turned off the engine. v. parked, park·ing, parks v.tr. 1. To put or leave (a vehicle) for a time in a certain location. 2. Aerospace To place (a spacecraft or satellite) in a usually temporary orbit. 3. Informal To place or leave temporarily: parked the baby with neighbors; parking cash in a local bank account. 4. To assemble (artillery or other equipment) in a military park. v.intr. 1. To park a motor vehicle: pulled over and parked next to the curb. 2. Slang To engage in kissing and caressing in a vehicle stopped in a secluded spot. [Middle English, game preserve, enclosed tract of land, from Old French parc, from Vulgar Latin *parricus, fence, from *parra, perhaps, "wooden bar, espalier"; akin to Spanish parra, grapevine grown in an espalier, and French barre, bar; see BARRE.] parker n. |
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