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depot

noun
🔊/ˈdepəʊ/
🔊/ˈdiːpəʊ/
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  1. a place where large amounts of food, goods or equipment are stored（大量物品的）贮藏处，仓库
    • an explosion at an arms depot发生在军火库的爆炸
    • The company also has access to a large storage depot on the outskirts of the city.该公司还可以访问城市郊区的大型仓库。
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    • …
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  2. (British English) a place where buses or other vehicles are kept and repaired车库；修车厂
    • on its way back to the bus depot回公共汽车站的途中
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  3. (North American English) a small station where trains or buses stop火车小站；公共汽车小站
    • The bus depot is on Lincoln Avenue.公共汽车站在林肯大街上。
    • The museum is in the old railroad depot building.博物馆在旧的铁路仓库中。
    Topics Transport by bus and trainc2
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    4. Word Originlate 18th cent. (in the sense ‘act of depositing’): from French dépôt, from Latin depositum ‘something deposited’from Latin deposit- ‘laid aside’, from the verb deponere.