pocket

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n. 口袋, 钱袋, 钱, 容器 vt. 装...在口袋里, 隐藏, 抑制, 私吞, 搁置, 击...入袋 a. 袖珍的, 小型的, 压缩的, 金钱上的

发音

UK /ˈpɒk.ɪt/
US /ˈpɑ.kɪt/
CA /ˈpɑ.kɪt/
/ˈpɑ.kət/
CA /ˈpɒk.ɪt/
US /ˈpɒk.ɪt/
UK /ˈpɔk.ɪt/
AU /ˈpɔk.ɪt/
其它 /ˈpɔk.ɪt/

词形变化

pockets 复数 pockets pocketed pocketing pockets 三单 pocketted pocketting pocketing 现在分词 pocketed 过去式 pocketed 过去分词

别名

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教材释义与例句

名词

口袋;钱;容器

a type of small bag in or on a coat, trousers etc that you can put money, keys etc in

动词

隐藏;忍受;将…放入衣袋

If someone pockets something, they put it in their pocket, for example, because they want to steal it or hide it

动词

形成袋或囊

形容词

小型的,袖珍的;金钱上的

You use pocket to describe something that is small enough to fit into a pocket, often something that is a smaller version of a larger item

释义与例句

n. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A person's financial resources.

    引申义

    I paid for it out of my own pocket.

  2. 2.

    An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.

    体育 游戏
  3. 3.

    An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.

    The drilling expedition discovered a pocket of natural gas.

  4. 4.

    The area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total on the field, one to each side of the goals at each end of the ground). The pocket is only a roughly defined area, extending from the behind post, at an angle, to perhaps about 30 meters out.

    体育
  5. 5.

    The area behind the line of scrimmage subject to certain rules regarding intentional grounding, illegal contact, etc., formally extending to the end zone but more usually understood as the central area around the quarterback directly protected by the offensive line.

    体育 游戏

    For many years, the popular belief among NFL analysts was that the success of an NFL team comes with a quarterback who can stand tall in the pocket and deliver the ball downfield. Members of the elite group of active quarterbacks, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Drew Brees, for instance, also earned their reputation by making plays almost exclusively from the pocket.

    With some notable exceptions, NFL teams that are successful on dropbacks outside the pocket have tended to win more games

    The Pocket Area is the area between the outside edges of the normal tackle positions on each side of the center extending backward to the offensive team's end line. After the ball leaves the pocket area, this area no longer exists.

  6. 6.

    A strip of canvas sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.

    航海 交通
  7. 7.

    The ideal point where the pins are hit by the bowling ball.

    体育
  8. 8.

    A socket for receiving the base of a post, stake, etc.

  9. 9.

    A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.

    商务 采矿
  10. 10.

    The pouch of an animal.

  11. 11.

    A bight on a lee shore.

  12. 12.

    A small space between a tooth and the adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the two.

    医学
  13. 13.

    A small, isolated group or area.

  14. 14.

    A state achieved with steady, enjoyable drumming.

    音乐

    in the pocket

  15. 15.

    A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.

    口袋

    荷包

    衫袋

    裤袋

    商务 工程
  16. 16.

    An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.

    澳大利亚
  17. 17.

    An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.

    政治 军事
  18. 18.

    The position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat after making a touch on the attacking middle.

    体育 游戏
  19. 19.

    The unbroken part of a wave that offers the surfer the most power.

    体育
  20. 20.

    A large bag or sack formerly used for packing various articles, such as ginger, hops, or cowries; the pocket of wool held about 168 pounds.

  21. 21.

    A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, etc.

    建筑
v.
  1. 1.

    To take and keep (something, especially money, that is not one's own).

    非正式 及物

    Record executives pocketed most of the young singer's earnings.

    The thief was caught on camera pocketing the diamond.

  2. 2.

    To put (something) into a pocket.

    到口袋

    及物
  3. 3.

    To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.

    体育 游戏
  4. 4.

    To put up with; to bear without complaint.

    过时 非正式 及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.

    a pocket dictionary

  2. 2.

    Smaller or more compact than usual.

    pocket battleship

    pocket beach

  3. 3.

    Belonging to the two initial hole cards.

    a pocket pair of kings

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English pocket (“bag, sack”), from Anglo-Norman poket, Old Northern French poquet, poquete, diminutive of poque, poke (“bag, sack”) (compare modern Norman pouquette and modern French pochette from Old French pochete, from puche), from Frankish *pokō (“pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *pukkô, *pukô (“bag; pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Equivalent to poke + -et. Doublet of pochette. Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pocca, pohha (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”), Old Norse poki (“bag, pocket”). Compare the related poke (“sack or bag”). See also Modern French pochette and Latin bucca.

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