Dock

(noun.) the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair.

(noun.) landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out; 'the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late'.

(noun.) an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial.

(noun.) a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded.

(noun.) any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine.

(verb.) maneuver into a dock; 'dock the ships'.

(verb.) remove or shorten the tail of an animal.

(verb.) come into dock; 'the ship docked'.

(verb.) deduct from someone's wages.

(verb.) deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty.

校对:莎娜

• I went down to the Albert Dock and found that she had been taken down the river by the early tide this morning, homeward bound to Savannah. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one man--Fagin. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• It is very well to cringe and crawl now, but you thought little enough of this poor Horner in the dock for a crime of which he knew nothing. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Put me in the dock anywhere--I don't care where--and I says, “My Lord, I am a honest man. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• In illustration of this idea he invented a crane, which was erected on Newcastle quay in 1846; another was constructed on the Albert dock at Liverpool, and others at other places. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Going along the dock I saw two small smokestacks sticking up, and looking down saw a little boat. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• To men who only aim at escaping felony, nothing short of the prisoner's dock is disgrace. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• As we descended in great circles toward the navy docks a mighty multitude could be seen surging in the streets beneath. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• What are Dry Docks Like? 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• They appear as anchored in the new concrete docks at Colon, preparatory to their passage through the canal, after having made the longest sea voyage then on record for submarines. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• One passes the loading docks, where crews of six to eight men each, working as a unit, remove the bodies and wheels from the chassis, and load them into freight cars. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Kantos Kan thought that the docks there, in addition to their regular work, would accommodate at least six battleships at a time. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• She is to disparage him just as much as she likes, without any check--I suppose because he has been in the law, and the docks, and different things. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The same light was introduced in French lighthouses in December, 1863, and also in the work on the docks of Cherbourg. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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