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| 释义 | pocket n. & v. --n 1. a small bag sewn into or on clothing, for carrying small articles. 2. a pouchlike compartment in a suitcase, car door, etc. 3. one's financial resources (it is beyond my pocket). 4. an isolated group or area (a few pockets of resistance remain). 5. a a cavity in the earth containing ore, esp. gold. b a cavity in rock, esp. filled with foreign matter. 6. a pouch at the corner or on the side of a billiard- or snooker-table into which balls are driven. 7. = air pocket. 8. (attrib.) a of a suitable size and shape for carrying in a pocket. b smaller than the usual size. --vtr. (pocketed, pocketing) 1. put into one's pocket. 2. appropriate, esp. dishonestly. 3. confine as in a pocket. 4. submit to (an injury or affront). 5. conceal or suppress (one's feelings). 6. Billiards etc. drive (a ball) into a pocket. Phrases and idioms in pocket 1 having gained in a transaction. 2. (of money) available. in a person's pocket 1. under a person's control. 2. close to or intimate with a person. out of pocket having lost in a transaction. out-of-pocket expenses the actual outlay of cash incurred. pocket battleship hist. a warship armoured and equipped like, but smaller than, a battleship. pocket borough Brit. hist. a borough in which the election of political representatives was controlled by one person or family. pocket gopher = GOPHER(1) 1. pocket knife a knife with a folding blade or blades, for carrying in the pocket. pocket money 1. money for minor expenses. 2. Brit. an allowance of money made to a child. put one's hand in one's pocket spend or provide money. Derivatives pocketable adj. pocketless adj. pockety adj. (in sense 5 of n.). Etymology: ME f. AF poket(e) dimin. of poke POKE(2) |
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