释义 |
park /pärk/ noun- A piece of land in a town for public recreation
- An enclosed piece of land in which animals are kept for hunting purposes
- A tract of land surrounding a mansion, kept as a pleasure-ground, constituting a private estate
- Hence (with cap) often part of the name of a house, street, or district
- (an area containing) a group of buildings housing related enterprises, eg a science park
- A football, etc pitch (informal)
- A sports stadium (N American)
- A piece of country kept in its natural condition as a nature-reserve or for public recreation
- A paddock, grass field (Scot)
- A field (Irish)
- A level valley among mountains (US)
- A place occupied by artillery, wagons, etc (military)
- A piece of ground where motor-cars or other vehicles may be left untended
- An enclosed basin for oyster-culture
- (in a vehicle with automatic transmission) a transmission setting in which movement is prevented
transitive verb- To place and leave (a vehicle) in a parking place or elsewhere
- To deposit and leave, put (informal)
- To enclose in a park
- To make a park of
- To bring (eg artillery) together in a body
- To register (securities) under some other name in order to hide their true ownership (stock exchange sl)
intransitive verb To leave a vehicle in a car park, parking place, or elsewhere ORIGIN: OFr parc, of Gmc origin; cf OE pearruc, pearroc parkˈer noun - A park-keeper (obsolete)
- A person who parks a vehicle
parkˈie noun an informal form of park-keeper parkˈing noun - The action of the verb park
- A turf strip, sometimes with trees, along the middle of a street (US)
parkˈish adjective parkˈlike adjective parkˈly adjective parkˈward or parkˈwards adverb park-and-rideˈ adjective (of a transport system) designed to encourage the maximum use of public transport within a city, etc by providing bus and train links from large car parks on the outskirts (also noun) parking lot noun (N American) A car park parking meter noun A coin-operated meter that charges for motor-car parking-time parking place noun A place where one may temporarily stop and leave a vehicle parking ticket noun A notice of a fine, or summons to appear in court, for a parking offence parkˈ-keeper noun A person employed to patrol a public park, keep order, etc parkˈland or parkˈlands noun Parklike grassland dotted with trees parkˈ-offˈicer noun A park-keeper parkˈway noun A broad road adorned with turf and trees, often connecting the parks of a town |