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单词 dockers
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dock

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noun (1)

ˈdäk How to pronounce dock (audio)
plural docks
1
a
: a place (such as a wharf or platform) for the loading or unloading of materials
b
: a usually wooden pier used as a landing place or moorage for boats
2
or docking station : a device in which a smartphone, digital camera, etc., is placed for charging, accessing a power supply, or connecting to another electronic device
3
: a usually artificial basin or enclosure for the reception of ships that is equipped with means for controlling the water height
4
: slip entry 2 sense 1b
5
: the combining site of a molecular receptor see receptor sense b
Previous research showed that marijuana receptors, specialized proteins that serve as docks for THC, are clustered in regions of the brain known to play a role in movement disorders such as Huntington's disease. Kathleen Fackelmann

dock

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verb (1)

docked; docking; docks

transitive verb

1
: to haul or guide into or alongside a dock
2
: to connect an electronic device (such as a computer or a digital camera) to another device
dock the phone into the computer
3
: to join (two spacecraft) mechanically while in space

intransitive verb

1
: to come into or alongside a dock
2
: to become docked
3
: to combine with a molecular receptor see receptor sense b
These chemical messengers travel across a tiny cleft and dock at receptors along the surface of a muscle fiber. Bruce A. Dobkin

dock

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verb (2)

docked; docking; docks

transitive verb

1
a
: to subject to a deduction
dock someone's wages
b
: to penalize by depriving of a benefit ordinarily due
especially : to fine by a deduction of wages
docked him for tardiness
c
: to take away a part of : abridge
2
a
: to cut (part of an animal, such as the ears or a tail) short
b
: to cut off the end of a body part of
specifically : to remove part of the tail of

dock

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noun (2)

1
: the part of an animal's tail left after it has been shortened
2
: the solid part of an animal's tail as distinguished from the hair

dock

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noun (3)

: the place in a criminal court where a prisoner stands or sits during trial

dock

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noun (4)

1
: any of a genus (Rumex) of coarse weedy plants of the buckwheat family having long taproots and sometimes used as potherbs
2
: any of several usually broad-leaved weedy plants (as of the genus Silphium)
Phrases
in the dock
: on trial

Synonyms

Noun (1)

  • float
  • jetty
  • landing
  • levee
  • pier
  • quai
  • quay
  • wharf

Verb (1)

  • anchor
  • land

Verb (2)

  • abbreviate
  • abridge
  • curtail
  • cut back
  • elide
  • shorten
  • syncopate
  • truncate
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Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English dokke, probably from Middle Dutch docke

Noun (2)

Middle English dok, perhaps from Old English -docca (as in fingirdocca finger muscle); akin to Old High German tocka doll, Old Norse dokka bundle

Noun (3)

Dutch dialect (Flanders) docke cage

Noun (4)

Middle English, from Old English docce; akin to Middle Dutch docke dock

First Known Use

Noun (1)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Verb (1)

1600, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Verb (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2b

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Noun (3)

1586, in the meaning defined above

Noun (4)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

dock 1 of 3

verb

ˈdäk How to pronounce dock (audio)
docked; docking
1
: to cut off the end of
dock a horse's tail
2
: to take away a part of
His pay was docked.

dock

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noun

1
: an artificial basin for ships that has gates to keep the water in or out
2
: a waterway usually between two piers to receive ships
3
: a wharf or platform for loading or unloading materials

dock

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verb

docked; docking
1
: to haul or guide into a dock
2
: to come or go into a dock
3
: to join (as two spacecraft) mechanically while in space

Medical Definition

dock 1 of 2

noun

ˈdäk How to pronounce dock (audio)
: any plant of the genus Rumex

dock

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intransitive verb

: to combine with a molecular receptor
the AIDS virus docked at the T cell receptor

Legal Definition

dock

noun

: the place in a criminal court where a prisoner stands or sits during trial compare bar, bench, jury box, sidebar, stand

History and Etymology for dock

Dutch dialect docke, dok pen, cage

dockers

noun

plural of docker, chiefly British
as in dockworkers
one who loads and unloads ships at a port dockers threatened to go on strike and shut down all shipping on the Thames

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • dockworkers
  • longshoremen
  • stevedores
  • roustabouts
  • dockhands
  • rousters
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