berth基本解释
n.停泊处；锚位；卧铺；职位
vi.停泊；占铺位
vt.使停泊；为...提供铺位
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过去式: berthed 过去分词: berthed 现在分词: berthing 第三人称单数: berths
n.停泊处；锚位；卧铺；职位
vi.停泊；占铺位
vt.使停泊；为...提供铺位
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过去式: berthed 过去分词: berthed 现在分词: berthing 第三人称单数: berths
noun
1. a job in an organization
e.g. he occupied a post in the treasury
Synonym: positionpostofficespotbilletplacesituation
2. a bed on a ship or train
usually in tiers
Synonym: bunkbuilt in bed
3. a place where a craft can be made fast
Synonym: mooringmoorageslip
berth的近义词
verb
1. come into or dock at a wharf
e.g. the big ship wharfed in the evening
Synonym: moorwharf
2. secure in or as if in a berth or dock
e.g. tie up the boat
Synonym: moortie up
3. provide with a berth
1. 对…敬而远之；避开
If you give someone or something a wide berth, you avoid them because you think they are unpleasant, or dangerous, or simply because you do not like them.
e.g. More experienced hands in the Mission had given Miss Pickerstaff a wide berth that morning...
那天早上，代表团里的老手对皮克斯塔芙小姐都敬而远之。
e.g. She gives showbiz parties a wide berth.
她对演艺圈的聚会敬而远之。
2. （船、火车、旅行拖车等的）卧铺，铺位
A berth is a bed on a boat, train, or caravan.
e.g. Goldring booked a berth on the first boat he could.
戈德林订了他能订到的最早一班船的铺位。
3. 泊位
A berth is a space in a harbour where a ship stays for a period of time.
4. （船舶）停泊，停靠
When a ship berths, it sails into harbour and stops at the quay.
e.g. As the ship berthed in New York, McClintock was with the first immigration officers aboard.
船停靠在纽约后，麦克林托克和第一批移民局官员登上了船。
1. 铺位：头等车厢叫做 pullman,就是卧铺,每位旅客都订有专供睡觉休息用的铺位(berth). 二等车厢就是 coach,是一般的普通座位. 在横跨美国大陆的长途火车上,另外设有二层的了望车厢(vista-dome car)、餐车(dinning car)、自助餐车(buffet car)和交谊餐车(club lounge car)等.
Giving the Lighthouse a clear birth of 50 fathoms to the southward.
出自：J. Smeaton
