单词 | in dock |
释义 | > as lemmasin (or out of, etc.) dock b. transferred with prepositions, in (or out of, etc.) dock, in hospital, undergoing treatment; (of a vehicle) laid up for repairs. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > patient > [adverb] > undergoing treatment in (or out of, etc.) dock1919 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > testing, servicing, and storage of motor vehicles > [adverb] > of a vehicle: laid up for repairs in (or out of, etc.) dock1939 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Dock He must go into dock, a sea phrase, signifying that the person spoken of, must undergo a salivation. 1848 in Amer. Speech (1935) 10 40/1 Hauled into dock, sick at home. 1919 Athenæum 11 July 582/2 ‘Dock’, hospital, is..probably from ‘in dock’. 1919 Athenæum 22 Aug. 791/2 While ‘in dock’ (i.e. in hospital) one lay upon ‘biscuits’. 1939 ‘G. Orwell’ Coming up for Air i. i. 11 The old car..was temporarily in dock. 1960 News Chron. 16 Feb. 6/5 He's just out of dock after the old appendix. 1963 ‘R. East’ Pin Men ii. 52 If Father's car hadn't been in dock. < as lemmas |
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