English Dictionary

wet dock

名詞

(nautical) A dock that has a constant level of water in which a vessel floats despite the tide; usually achieved by separating the dock from the sea by a lock.

日本語の意味

潮位に左右されず、常に一定の水深を保つ桟橋（埠頭）。通常は海と隔てるための水門（ロック）があり、船が常に浮いている状態を維持できる。

The freighter was moved into the wet dock for routine maintenance so it would remain afloat regardless of the tide.

その貨物船は定期整備のため、潮の満ち引きにかかわらず船が浮いたままでいられる常水位のドックに移された。

意味（1）

(nautical) A dock that has a constant level of water in which a vessel floats despite the tide; usually achieved by separating the dock from the sea by a lock.

It was rather as though, after being in makeshift wet dock for days, the Queen Mary had just sailed out of, say, Walden Pond, as suddenly and perversely as she had sailed in.

wet docks （ plural ）