English Dictionary

dock

/dɒk/

noun

(nautical) A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port. / A structure attached to shore for loading and unloading vessels. / The body of water between two piers.

The boat was tied up at the dock.

意味（1）

(nautical) A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port.

With just the turn of a shoulder she indicated the water front, where, at the end of the dock on which they stood, lay the good ship, Mount Vernon, river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks.

意味（2）

A structure attached to shore for loading and unloading vessels.

意味（3）

The body of water between two piers.

意味（4）

The place of arrival and departure of a train in a railway station.

意味（5）

A section of a hotel or restaurant.

coffee dock

意味（6）

(electronics) A device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance such as a laptop computer (in this case, referred to as a docking station), or a mobile telephone, for providing the necessary electrical charge for its autonomy, or as a hardware extension for additional capabilities.

意味（7）

(computing, graphical user interface) A toolbar that provides the user with a way of launching applications, and switching between running applications.

意味（8）

An act of docking; joining two things together.

意味（9）

(theater) Short for scene-dock.