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berth

noun
🔊/bɜːθ/
🔊/bɜːrθ/
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  1. a place to sleep on a ship or train, or in a caravan （船或火车等的）卧铺，舱位，铺位synonym bunk
    • a cabin with three berths三个泊位的小屋
    Topics Transport by waterc2, Transport by bus and trainc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • empty
    • upper
    • lower
    • …
    verb + berth
    • have
    • book
    • get
    • …
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  2. a place where a ship or boat can stop and stay, usually in a harbour（船的）泊位，锚地
    • a berth in dock码头泊位
    • Water and electricity are supplied at each berth.每个泊位都提供水和电。
    3. Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘adequate space at sea’): probably from a nautical use of the verb bear + -th.
Idioms
give somebody/something a wide berth
  1. to not go too near somebody/something; to avoid somebody/something对…避而远之；退避三舍
    • He gave the dog a wide berth.他远远避开那条狗。🔊🔊

berth

verb
🔊/bɜːθ/
🔊/bɜːrθ/
[transitive, intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they berth
🔊/bɜːθ/
🔊/bɜːrθ/
he / she / it berths
🔊/bɜːθs/
🔊/bɜːrθs/
past simple berthed
🔊/bɜːθt/
🔊/bɜːrθt/
past participle berthed
🔊/bɜːθt/
🔊/bɜːrθt/
-ing form berthing
🔊/ˈbɜːθɪŋ/
🔊/ˈbɜːrθɪŋ/
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  1. berth (something) to put a ship in a berth or keep it there; to sail into a berth（使船）停泊
    • The ship is berthed at Southampton.船停泊在南安普敦。🔊🔊
    Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘adequate space at sea’): probably from a nautical use of the verb bear + -th.