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单词 floating dock
释义

floating dock


noun

a submersible, floating structure used as a dry dock, having a floor that is submerged, slipped under a floating vessel, and then raised so as to raise the vessel entirely out of the water.
Also called floating dry dock .

Origin of floating dock

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby floating dock

floating, floating assets, floating cartilage, floating charge, floating debt, floating dock, floating exchange rate, floating foundation, floating gang, floating heart, floating island
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Example sentences from the Web for floating dock

  • Dismounting, we tied our horses to the fence and hastily constructed what the boys called a "floating-dock."

    The History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry|Samuel H. Fletcher

British Dictionary definitions for floating dock

floating dock

noun

a large boxlike structure that can be submerged to allow a vessel to enter it and then floated to raise the vessel out of the water for maintenance or repairAlso called: floating dry dock
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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