首页英语词典pocketpocket英英释意

pocket

英['pɒkɪt] 美['pɑkɪt]
  • n. 口袋;钱;容器
  • vt. 隐藏;忍受;将…放入衣袋
  • vi. 形成袋或囊
  • adj. 小型的,袖珍的;金钱上的

英英释意


1. a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
2. an enclosed space;
"the trapped miners found a pocket of air"
3. a supply of money;
"they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets"
4. (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins next bnehind it on the right or left;
"the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike"
5. a hollow concave shape made by removing something
6. a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
7. a small isolated group of people;
"they were concentrated in pockets inside the city"
"the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance"
8. (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
9. an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck