berth
英 [b??θ]
美 [b?θ]
- n. 臥鋪；停泊處，錨位；差事
- vt. 使……停泊；為……提供鋪位
- vi. 停泊；占鋪位
- n. (Berth)人名；(瑞典)貝特；(英)伯思
助記提示
1. 諧音“泊斯” --- 停泊于斯 --- 停泊在此處。
2. 諧音“泊室” --- 停泊的房間 --- 停泊的地方。
3. probably from bear (v.) + noun suffix -th as in strength, health, etc.
中文詞源
berth 鋪位詞源不詳，可能同bear, 承載。
英文詞源
- berth
- berth: [17] Like birth, berth appears to be based on the verb bear, although it is a separate and much later formation. At first it meant ‘safe manoeuvring distance at sea’ (from which we get the metaphorical ‘give a wide berth to’); this seems to have come from the nautical sense of bear ‘steer in a particular direction’ as in bear away (from which we get bear down on, as well as more general applications, such as ‘bear left’). This led, via ‘convenient space for a ship to moor’, to, in the 18th century, the more familiar modern senses ‘sleeping place on a ship’ and ‘job, situation (originally on board ship)’.
=> bear, birth - berth (n.)
- 1620s, "convenient sea room" (both for ships and sailors), of uncertain origin, probably from bear (v.) + abstract noun suffix -th (2) as in strength, health, etc. Original sense is preserved in phrase to give (something or someone) wide berth. Meaning "place on a ship to stow chests, room for sailors" is from 1706; extended to non-nautical situations by 1778.
- berth (v.)
- 1660s, of ships, from berth (n.). Of persons (intransitive), from 1886. Related: Berthed; berthing.
雙語例句
- 1. Goldring booked a berth on the first boat he could.
- 戈德林訂了他能訂到的最早一班船的鋪位。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She gives showbiz parties a wide berth.
- 她對演藝圈的聚會敬而遠(yuǎn)之。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She booked a berth on the train from London to Aberdeen.
- 她訂了一張由倫敦開往阿伯丁的火車臥鋪票.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Each passenger slept on the berth allotted to him.
- 每個旅客都睡在分配給他的鋪位上.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Six 10000 - ton freighters can berth at this dock.
- 6艘萬噸貨輪可以同時在這個碼頭停靠.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》