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释义 | Word Frequency (ˈpɒkɪt) noun 1. a small bag or pouch in a garment for carrying small articles, money, etc 2. any bag or pouch or anything resembling this 3. a. a cavity or hollow in the earth, etc, such as one containing gold or other ore b. the ore in such a place 4. a small enclosed or isolated area a pocket of resistance 5. billiards, snooker any of the six holes with pouches or nets let into the corners and sides of a billiard table 6. a position in a race in which a competitor is hemmed in 7. sport an area of the field where a player is shielded from opponents and has an opportunity to control attacking play 8. Australian Rules football a player in one of two side positions at the ends of the ground back pocket forward pocket 9. South Africa a bag or sack of vegetables or fruit 10. in one's pocket 11. in pocket 12. out of pocket 13. line one's pockets 14. (modifier) suitable for fitting in a pocket; small a pocket edition 15. (modifier) poker slang denoting a pair formed from the two private cards dealt to a player in a game of Texas hold 'em pocket queens verbWord forms: -ets, -eting or -eted (transitive) 16. to put into one's pocket 17. to take surreptitiously or unlawfully; steal 18. (usually passive) to enclose or confine in or as if in a pocket 19. to receive (an insult, injury, etc) without retaliating 20. to conceal or keep back (feelings) he pocketed his pride and accepted help 21. billiards, snooker to drive (a ball) into a pocket 22. US (esp of the President) to retain (a bill) without acting on it in order to prevent it from becoming law See also pocket veto 23. to hem in (an opponent), as in racing Derived forms pocketable (ˈpocketable) adjective pocketless (ˈpocketless) adjective Word origin C15: from Anglo-Norman poket a little bag, from poque bag, from Middle Dutch poke poke2, bag; related to French poche pocket |
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