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berth n.停泊处；锚位；卧铺；<口>职位vi.停泊；占铺位vt.使停泊；为...提供铺位 (1) 一艘轮船在码头泊位停泊。(2) 他们在港口附近找了个位置下锚。(3) 她把卧铺让给了一位孕妇。(4) 这艘船被允许停泊在这儿。(5) 邮轮中午到达停泊地。(6) 我睡在他旁边的铺位。(7) 六位乘客可安置在船的中央部分。 You may have heard the phrase "to give someone a wide berth — that means to give them plenty of space. But if you want to use berth as a verb, you better be talking about parking a boat: to berth means to moor or dock a ship. The parking spot itself also happens to be called a berth. So if there's a big storm brewing, you best be sure to berth your boat securely in its berth.

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英 [bɜːθ] 美 [bɜːrθ] (1) A steamship moored to its berth at the pier.(2) They took up a berth near the harbor.(3) She gave up her sleeping berth to a pregnant woman.(4) This ship is approved to berth here.(5) The liner berthed at midday.(6) I berthed beside him.(7) Six passengers can be berthed amidships. A berth is a bed, usually stacked like bunk beds, on a train or a ship. If you're on an overnight train, you may want to spring for a berth instead of sitting up all night. 1[PHRASE 短语]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.   [V inflects]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。She gives showbiz parties a wide berth.她对演艺圈的聚会敬而远之。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]（船、火车、旅行拖车等的）卧铺，铺位 A berth is a bed on a boat, train, or caravan. 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[N-COUNT 可数名词]泊位 A berth is a space in a harbour where a ship stays for a period of time. 4[VERB 动词]（船舶）停泊，停靠 When a ship berths, it sails into harbour and stops at the quay.   [V]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。berthedThere the Gripsholm was berthed next to another ship.“格里普斯霍姆”号停泊在另一艘船旁边。

英语单词	berth
英美音标	英 [bɜːθ] 美 [bɜːrθ]
中文释义	n.停泊处；锚位；卧铺；<口>职位 vi.停泊；占铺位 vt.使停泊；为...提供铺位
英语例句	(1) A steamship moored to its berth at the pier. (2) They took up a berth near the harbor. (3) She gave up her sleeping berth to a pregnant woman. (4) This ship is approved to berth here. (5) The liner berthed at midday. (6) I berthed beside him. (7) Six passengers can be berthed amidships.
中文例句	(1) 一艘轮船在码头泊位停泊。 (2) 他们在港口附近找了个位置下锚。 (3) 她把卧铺让给了一位孕妇。 (4) 这艘船被允许停泊在这儿。 (5) 邮轮中午到达停泊地。 (6) 我睡在他旁边的铺位。 (7) 六位乘客可安置在船的中央部分。
vocabulary简明	A berth is a bed, usually stacked like bunk beds, on a train or a ship. If you're on an overnight train, you may want to spring for a berth instead of sitting up all night.
vocabulary扩展	You may have heard the phrase "to give someone a wide berth — that means to give them plenty of space. But if you want to use berth as a verb, you better be talking about parking a boat: to berth means to moor or dock a ship. The parking spot itself also happens to be called a berth. So if there's a big storm brewing, you best be sure to berth your boat securely in its berth.
柯林斯解释	1 [PHRASE 短语]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. [V inflects] 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。 She gives showbiz parties a wide berth. 她对演艺圈的聚会敬而远之。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（船、火车、旅行拖车等的）卧铺，铺位 A berth is a bed on a boat, train, or caravan. 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 [N-COUNT 可数名词]泊位 A berth is a space in a harbour where a ship stays for a period of time. 4 [VERB 动词]（船舶）停泊，停靠 When a ship berths, it sails into harbour and stops at the quay. [V] 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。 berthed There the Gripsholm was berthed next to another ship. “格里普斯霍姆”号停泊在另一艘船旁边。

Berth Ship Berthed Wide Give Train Means Parking