pocket是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a small bag for carrying things in, made of cloth and sewn into the inside or onto the outside of a piece of clothing -- 衣袋，口袋

  • a jacket/trouser/coat pocket 夾克／褲子／外衣口袋

  • a hip/breast pocket 臀部／胸部口袋

  • She thrust her hands deep in/into her pockets. 她把雙手深深插進口袋裡。

  • He took some coins from/out of his pocket. 他從口袋裡掏出幾枚硬幣。

  • Sarah put her maps in the outside pocket of her rucksack. 莎拉把地圖放在帆布背包外面的口袋裡。

  • The safety instructions are in the pocket of the seat in front of you. 安全指南在前座椅背的插袋裡。

  • You need deep pockets (= a lot of money) if you're involved in a long law suit. 捲入這樣曠日持久的訴訟中，你必須很有錢才行。

  • I paid for my ticket out of my own pocket (= with my own money), but I can claim the cost of it back from my employer. 我自己掏錢買票，不過我可以向老闆報帳。

• 1 a group, area, or mass of something that is separate and different from what surrounds it -- 小塊地區（或團體、部分）；孤立地區（或團體、部分）

  • Among the staff there are some pockets of resistance to the planned changes (= some small groups of them are opposed). 員工中有部分人抵制計劃中的變革。

  • The pilot said that we were going to encounter a pocket of turbulence (= an area of violently moving air). 飛行員說我們將碰上一小股強氣流。

• 2 to put something into your pocket -- 把…裝入口袋

  • He carefully pocketed his change. 他小心翼翼地把找回的零錢裝入口袋。

  • Davis pocketed the black to win the game. 大衛斯把黑球擊入袋內贏得了比賽。

  • I'll tell them I sold it for £20, not £25, then I can pocket the rest. 我要告訴他們我賣了20英鎊而不是25英鎊，這樣我就可以把剩下的錢據為己有。

• 3 used to describe something that is small enough to put in your pocket, or that you regularly carry in your pocket -- 袖珍的，口袋版的

  • a pocket dictionary 袖珍詞典

  • a pocket diary 袖珍日記本

  • a pocket calculator 袖珍計算器

  • a pocket battleship 小型戰艦