dock

单词辨析:

wharf berth dock pier 【导航词义:码头】
wharf n. 码头,停泊处
〔辨析〕

指供船只停泊、乘客上下船或装卸货物的码头。

〔例证〕

He drove me to the wharf.

他开车把我送到码头。

They were waiting for their parents on the wharf.

他们正在码头上等候他们的父母。

The freighter slowly drew out from the wharf.

货船缓慢地驶离码头。

berth n. 泊位,锚地
〔辨析〕

指港口或码头附近供船只锚泊一段时间的水域。

〔例证〕

We took up a berth near the harbour.

我们在港口附近找了个位置下锚。

The ship was staying at Berth 4.

该船停于4号碇泊处。

A steamship was moored to its berth at the pier.

一艘轮船在码头锚地停泊。

dock n. 码头;船坞
〔辨析〕

作“码头”解时,与 wharf 同义,可换用;但作“船坞”解时,则不可换用,因 wharf 没有修理船只的功能。

〔例证〕

The dock/wharf goes far out into the lake.

码头远远伸入湖中。

He boarded the boat and shoved off from the dock/wharf.

他上了船,把船撑离了码头。

The liner was in dock for major repairs.

客轮停在船坞里大修。

pier n. 凸式码头
〔辨析〕

指伸入河、湖、海中的突堤码头,可供乘客上下船、装卸货物或人们散步之用。

〔例证〕

We have completed a pier to accommodate oceangoing freighters.

我们已建成一个凸式码头供远洋货轮停靠之用。

The big ship lies alongside the pier.

大船横靠着码头停泊。

The new pier has cafes and restaurants.

新码头上有咖啡馆和饭馆。

相关例句:

What other ships are in dock here?

这儿的码头还有其他什么船只?

They have docked a robot module alongside the orbiting space station

他们已经将一个自动操作舱与沿轨道运行的空间站并行对接上了。

Where are all those boats gone in the dock?

这码头上的船都去哪儿了?

What about the odd chance that you do put an innocent man in the dock?

若是你真的把一个无辜的人送上被告席了呢?

The space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to dock with Russia's Mir space station

亚特兰蒂斯号航天飞机计划与俄国和平号空间站对接。

They unload coal from trains, pile it up on the dock and then reload it onto ships.

他们把煤从火车上卸下来,堆在码头,然后再装上船。