单词 | docking |
释义 | dock1 of 6noun (1) ˈdäk 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 2 of 6verb (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 3 of 6verb (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 4 of 6noun (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 5 of 6noun (3) : the place in a criminal court where a prisoner stands or sits during trial dock 6 of 6noun (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) docking 1 of 2 verb (1)1 as in shortening to make less in extent or duration the editorial was docked by about a hundred words to make it fit on the page Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance
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2 as in shaving to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument the boxer's tail was docked soon after birth Synonyms & Similar Words
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docking 2 of 2verb (2)as in landing to stop at or near a place along the shore the cruise ship docked at the first port of call early the next morning Synonyms & Similar Words
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