dry dockn.

Brit.

/ˌdrʌɪ ˈdɒk/,

/ˈdrʌɪ dɒk/, U.S.

/ˈdraɪ ˌdɑk/

Forms: see dry adj. and adv. and dock n.³

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dry adj., dock n.³

Etymology: < dry adj. + dock n.³ (compare sense 4 at that entry).

a. A dock from which the water is or may be let out, for repairing (or building) a ship: see dock n.³ 4.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > shipyard or boat-yard > [noun] > dockyard > dry dock

dry dock1627

graving place1628

floating drydock1838

graving dock1840

floating dock1866

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. i. 1 A Docke is a great pit or pond, or creeke by a harbour side..with two great floud-gates built so strong and close, that the Docke may be dry till the ship be built or repaired..and this is called a dry Docke.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xiii. 363 They immediately hale their Ships into a dry Dock, and burn her bottom.

1803 J. Morse Let. 3 Feb. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) II. 129 The President's scheme of a Dry Dock at Washington, appears to me in a high degree visionary and ridiculous.

1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 503 The owner of a dry dock used for the painting and repairing vessels.

b. in dry dock (figurative): inactive, unemployed; in quarantine; in hospital. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adverb] > confined by ill health

abedc1475

in dry dock1927

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > unoccupied [phrase]

out of play1661

at libertya1690

in dry dock1927

society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > not working or unemployed

servicelessc1450

unlabouredc1450

masterless1471

unwrought1550

unplaced1558

labourless1576

flag-fallen1609

unlabouring1619

disemployed1651

hireless1651

unengaged1654

unemployed1667

unworking1696

untoiling1748

workless1758

occupationless1822

placeless1828

out of work1833

non-working1841

unhired1852

jobless1862

out of (or in) collar1862

non-employed1876

spare1919

on the beach1923

in dry dock1927

off-the-job1950

on (also upon) the street(s)1980

unwaged1981

1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 58 Those who have been in close contact with the infected patient may have to remain in quarantine or dry-dock.

1929 H. A. Vachell Virgin iii. 55 June found herself in dry dock, and likely to remain there, when her services were most in demand.

1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel 153 Janey I'm in dry-dock girl.

Derivatives

ˈdry-dock v. (transitive) to place (a vessel) in a dry dock for repairs; also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > repair ship > put on slip or in dry dock

dry-dock1882

slip1950

1882 Li-quor Christmas Ann. ii. 83/2 They had the ability and tact to live by fraud without being overhauled by Justice and dry-docked.

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Aug. 11 The ordinary methods by which ships are dry-docked.

1895 Boston Herald 21 Mar. 7/1 The lack of dry-docking facilities.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dry dock
释义	dry dockn. Brit. /ˌdrʌɪ ˈdɒk/, /ˈdrʌɪ dɒk/, U.S. /ˈdraɪ ˌdɑk/ Forms: see dry adj. and adv. and dock n.³ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dry adj., dock n.³ Etymology: < dry adj. + dock n.³ (compare sense 4 at that entry). a. A dock from which the water is or may be let out, for repairing (or building) a ship: see dock n.³ 4. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > shipyard or boat-yard > [noun] > dockyard > dry dock dry dock1627 graving place1628 floating drydock1838 graving dock1840 floating dock1866 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. i. 1 A Docke is a great pit or pond, or creeke by a harbour side..with two great floud-gates built so strong and close, that the Docke may be dry till the ship be built or repaired..and this is called a dry Docke. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xiii. 363 They immediately hale their Ships into a dry Dock, and burn her bottom. 1803 J. Morse Let. 3 Feb. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) II. 129 The President's scheme of a Dry Dock at Washington, appears to me in a high degree visionary and ridiculous. 1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 503 The owner of a dry dock used for the painting and repairing vessels. b. in dry dock (figurative): inactive, unemployed; in quarantine; in hospital. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adverb] > confined by ill health abedc1475 in dry dock1927 the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > unoccupied [phrase] out of play1661 at libertya1690 in dry dock1927 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > not working or unemployed servicelessc1450 unlabouredc1450 masterless1471 unwrought1550 unplaced1558 labourless1576 flag-fallen1609 unlabouring1619 disemployed1651 hireless1651 unengaged1654 unemployed1667 unworking1696 untoiling1748 workless1758 occupationless1822 placeless1828 out of work1833 non-working1841 unhired1852 jobless1862 out of (or in) collar1862 non-employed1876 spare1919 on the beach1923 in dry dock1927 off-the-job1950 on (also upon) the street(s)1980 unwaged1981 1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 58 Those who have been in close contact with the infected patient may have to remain in quarantine or dry-dock. 1929 H. A. Vachell Virgin iii. 55 June found herself in dry dock, and likely to remain there, when her services were most in demand. 1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel 153 Janey I'm in dry-dock girl. Derivatives ˈdry-dock v. (transitive) to place (a vessel) in a dry dock for repairs; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > repair ship > put on slip or in dry dock dry-dock1882 slip1950 1882 Li-quor Christmas Ann. ii. 83/2 They had the ability and tact to live by fraud without being overhauled by Justice and dry-docked. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Aug. 11 The ordinary methods by which ships are dry-docked. 1895 Boston Herald 21 Mar. 7/1 The lack of dry-docking facilities. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1627
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