| 单词 | depot |
| 释义 | depot (once / 863 pages) n A depot is a place where things are stored in large quantities for future use. Your office might have a depot in the back where supplies are stored. Depot came into English from the French word dépôt, meaning "a deposit, place of deposit." A depot can be a place like a warehouse where items are temporarily deposited, but we also use it for a train or bus station. In this case, think of it as a place where a many passengers are being temporarily housed. Your bus trip might require you to get off one bus at a big depot, and transfer to another. WORD FAMILYdepot: depots USAGE EXAMPLESHarris moved from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Georgia to work at Home Depot’s corporate office in Cobb County, Georgia, just northwest of Atlanta. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Only the picture’s title, “Negro Burial Ground,” hints at the whole truth of the depot’s past. The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016) She leaves her house in Northern Virginia at 5 a.m. for a supply run to Restaurant Depot. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) 1n station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods Syn|Hypo|Hyper terminal, terminus air terminal, airport terminal a terminal that serves air travelers or air freight bus depot, bus station, bus terminal, coach stationa terminal that serves bus passengers cathodethe positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current railroad station, railroad terminal, railway station, train depot, train stationterminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods subway stationa terminal where subways load and unload passengers flag stop, way station, whistle stopa small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal station a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose 2n a depository for goods Syn|Hypo|Hyper entrepot, storage, store, storehouse dump a place where supplies can be stored garner, granarya storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed magazine, powder magazine, powder storea storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored railheada railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution treasure housea storehouse for treasures storage warehouse, warehousea storehouse for goods and merchandise criba bin or granary for storing grains godown(in India and Malaysia) a warehouse deposit, depositary, depository, repository a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping |
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