pocket

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɒk.ɪt/|/ˈpɔk.ɪt/    美 /ˈpɑ.kɪt/|/ˈpɔk.ɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
    — “Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.
  2. A person's financial resources. broadly
    — I paid for it out of my own pocket.
  3. 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.
  4. An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
    — She knew from avalanche safety courses that outstretched hands might puncture the ice surface and alert rescuers. She knew that if victims ended up buried under the snow, cupped hands in front of the face could provide a small pocket of air for the mouth and nose. Without it, the first breaths could create a suffocating ice mask.
  5. An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river. Australia
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
    — 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.
  8. An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.
  9. The position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat after making a touch on the attacking middle.
    — Matt Stevens was crumpled by Euan Murray in another scrum, allowing Parks to kick for the corner, and when Richie Gray's clean take from the subsequent line-out set up a series of drives under the posts, Parks was back in the pocket to belt over a drop-goal to make it 9-3 at the interval.
  10. The unbroken part of a wave that offers the surfer the most power.
  11. 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.
  12. A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, etc.
  13. A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.
  14. A strip of canvas sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
  15. The pouch of an animal.
  16. The ideal point where the pins are hit by the bowling ball.
  17. A socket for receiving the base of a post, stake, etc.
  18. A bight on a lee shore.
  19. A small space between a tooth and the adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the two.
  20. A small, isolated group or area.
    — They are comfortable trains with decent windows, ideal for observing a line which is one of the last pockets of manually operated crossing gates and semaphore signalling - [...].
  21. A state achieved with steady, enjoyable drumming.
    — in the pocket
动词 v.
  1. To put (something) into a pocket. transitive
    — [Y]ou / Did pocket vp my Letters: and with taunts / Did gibe my Miſive out of audience.
  2. To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.
  3. To take and keep (something, especially money, that is not one's own). informal,transitive
    — Record executives pocketed most of the young singer's earnings.
  4. To put up with; to bear without complaint. dated,informal,transitive
    — As long as the house suffered the practice to prevail, they must submit to pocket the insult of being told that it existed.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket. not-comparable
    — a pocket dictionary
  2. Smaller or more compact than usual. not-comparable
    — pocket battleship
  3. Belonging to the two initial hole cards. not-comparable
    — a pocket pair of kings

词形变化

pockets plural pockets present,singular,third-person pocketing participle,present pocketting participle,present,rare pocketed participle,past pocketed past pocketted participle,past,rare pocketted past,rare

词汇关系

近义词
backfield passing pocket tackle box
衍生词
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相关词
poke pouch bag purse sack

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *puhô
Frankish *pokōbor.
Anglo-Norman poche
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
Latin -ittus
Anglo-Norman -ete
Anglo-Norman poketbor.
Middle English pocket
English pocket
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 *puhô (“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.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *puhô
Frankish *pokōbor.
Anglo-Norman poche
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
Latin -ittus
Anglo-Norman -ete
Anglo-Norman poketbor.
Middle English pocket
English pocket
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 *puhô (“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.
词源 3
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *puhô
Frankish *pokōbor.
Anglo-Norman poche
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
Latin -ittus
Anglo-Norman -ete
Anglo-Norman poketbor.
Middle English pocket
English pocket
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 *puhô (“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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