英语词汇“pocket”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	pocket
释义	pock·et I. \ˈpäkə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English poket, from Old North French pokete, diminutive of poke, poque bag, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch poke bag — more at poke 1. : a coarse bag or sack; especially : one used in packing produce for market < the packing of green beans and peas in orange pockets — W.J.C. van Rensburg > < rice pockets > 2. a. : a small bag carried by a person : purse < Lucy Locket lost her pocket > b. : a small cloth bag sewed or inserted into a garment and left open at the top or side < pants pocket > < coat pocket > < change pocket > 3. : any of various units of weight; especially : an English unit for hops equal to 168 pounds 4. : supply of money : means < ample choice of accommodations to fit all pockets — Christian Science Monitor > < the real gems I have seen were beyond my pocket — H.J.Laski > 5. : something that serves as a receptacle or container: as a. : any of the bags at the corners or sides of a billiard table b. : a superficial pouch in some animals (as the cheek pouch of the pocket gopher) c. (1) : a receptacle usually of strong paper and open at one end attached to the inside cover of a book (2) : envelope d. (1) : the trap of a weir or pound net (2) : the cod of a seine e. : a box (as in a sorting case) or space (as on a checkerboard) for holding classified or alphabetized items or counters 6. : a small isolated area or group distinguished (as in substance, form, contents, or condition) from a larger area or group surrounding it < pockets of unemployment, scattered across the country — U.S. News & World Report > < pockets here and there where the population has remained unchanged since remotest centuries — G.O.Williams > as a. (1) : a cavity found on or beneath the surface of the ground and containing a deposit (as of gold, oil, gas, or water) < china clay and china stone found in great pockets on the surface of the granite masses — L.D.Stamp > < an oil pocket underlying the city — American Guide Series: Michigan > (2) : a small body of ore < are not uniformly ore bearing, but rather punctuated with pockets and sheets of iron ore — American Guide Series: Minnesota > b. : a small abnormal enclosed formation in the body < a pocket is formed with a center of degenerated and infected material — Morris Fishbein > c. : a battle area or a body of soldiers surrounded or nearly surrounded by enemy forces < the woods might have been planned by a master strategist to hold pockets of resistance — Infantry Journal > d. : air hole 7. : a hollow place or cavity: as a. : a mountain glen or hollow < small villages resting solidly in the pockets of northern mountains — American Guide Series: New Jersey > b. : a socket into which something (as a post, stake, or bar) fits < the bars slide into pockets in the interior of the reactor — Leon Svirsky > c. : a cavity in a casting or a high point in a pipeline where foreign substance (as dirt or air) can collect and possibly become detrimental to intended functioning d. : a hole or recess in a building member (as a window frame or flue) < a venetian blind pocket > < a soot pocket > e. : an interspace made by sewing a strip of canvas on a sail in which a batten or a light spar can be placed f. : a space between two bowling pins g. : a cavity made in a piece of meat by a deep cut or removal of a bone to permit the insertion of stuffing < a pocket in a shoulder of veal > < a pocket roast > 8. : an enclosed place or area: as a. : a bight on a lee shore < a little pocket with a stone beach at the head of it — G.W.Brace > b. : blind alley < no pockets or dead ends in which pupils might be trapped — National Fire Codes > c. : the position of a contestant in a race hemmed in by others 9. a. : a temporary extension to a foundry flask b. : a large core of a foundry mold enclosed on three sides by metal and well pierced • - in one's pocket - in pocket II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) *transitive verb* 1. a. : to put away in or as if in one's pocket < pocketed his change > < pocketed his tools > < pocketed his winnings > b. : to appropriate to one's own use : steal < pocketed the money he collected for charity > < fail to ring up a sale, pocket the cash — H.N.Schisler > c. : to hold under one's personal control < circumvented in his attempt to pocket the legislature — E.A.Weeks > d. : to veto (a bill) by retaining it unsigned until after a legislature has adjourned < the president and some governors have the power to kill a bill by pocketing it > 2. : to put up with : accept, swallow < if I calmly pocket the abuse, I am laughed at — Oliver Goldsmith > < cheerfully pocketed a loss in some cases — Warner Olivier > 3. : to set aside : forget about : suppress < had almost of necessity pocketed his pride — A.J.Cronin > < pocket his scruples > 4. a. : to enclose in or as if in a pocket < the ring of hills in which the town is pocketed — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > < it has walls … high rocky ones that pocket fern and orchis — D.C.Peattie > b. : to force into a pocket : prevent from running or moving freely : hem in < pocket a boat in such a manner that she cannot escape or get ahead — H.A.Calahan > c. : to drive (a ball) into a pocket of a pool table 5. : to form into a pocket or pouch : collect (pus) in a pocket or pouch 6. : to create or establish pockets in < pocketed the nation here and there with jobless — Time > < a pocketed dress > *intransitive verb* : to form pockets < an automatic press that performs shaping operations, such as bumping, heading, and pocketing — Dict. of Occupations > III. adjective 1. a. : small or flat enough to be carried in the pocket < a pocket dictionary > < a pocket flask > b. : reduced in size : smaller than others of its kind : miniature < the recent bloodless pocket civil war — Paul Hofmann > c. : condensed < a pocket drama > < a pocket lecture > 2. : of or relating to money : monetary < our pocket interest has something to do with our attitude — Textbooks in Education > 3. : carried in or paid from one's own pocket : used for or consisting of small cash outlays < an adequate sum for pocket expenses > 4. : isolated < modern art is not a pocket movement — Howard Devree > IV. noun : an area formed by blockers from which a football quarterback attempts to pass
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