1. 码头;船坞
    A dock is an enclosed area in a harbour where ships go to be loaded, unloaded, and repaired.

    e.g. ...the loading dock...
           装货码头
    e.g. She headed for the docks, thinking that Ricardo might be hiding in one of the boats...
           她走向码头，想着里卡多可能正藏在其中一条船上。

2. （领）（船）入港;（使）（船）靠码头
    When a ship docks or is docked, it is brought into a dock.

    e.g. The vessel docked at Liverpool in April 1811...
           这艘轮船于 1811 年 4 月在利物浦靠岸。
    e.g. Russian commanders docked a huge aircraft carrier in a Russian port...
           俄罗斯指挥官指挥一艘巨型航空母舰驶入一个俄罗斯港口。

3. （使）(两飞行器)在太空对接
    When one spacecraft docks or is docked with another, the two crafts join together in space.

dock的反义词

    e.g. The space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to dock with Russia's Mir space station...
           亚特兰蒂斯号航天飞机计划与俄国和平号空间站对接。
    e.g. They have docked a robot module alongside the orbiting space station...
           他们已经将一个自动操作舱与沿轨道运行的空间站并行对接上了。

4. (供运货汽车或铁路货车装卸货物的)月台
    A dock is a platform for loading vehicles or trains.

    e.g. The truck left the loading dock with hoses still attached.
           卡车驶离装货月台时塑料水龙带还连在上面。

5. (尤指私人拥有的)船只停泊区
    A dock is a small structure at the edge of water where boats can tie up, especially one that is privately owned.

    e.g. He had a house there and a dock and a little aluminum boat.
           他在那儿有一所房子、一个泊船的码头和一艘小铝船。

6. (法庭上的)被告席
    In a law court, the dock is where the person accused of a crime stands or sits.

    e.g. What about the odd chance that you do put an innocent man in the dock?
           若是你真的把一个无辜的人送上被告席了呢？

7. 扣除(工资);减掉(竞赛中选手的分数)
    If you dock someone's wages or money, you take some of the money away. If you dock someone points in a contest, you take away some of the points that they have.

    e.g. He threatens to dock her fee...
           他威胁要扣掉她的服务费。
    e.g. To dock points would be wrong.
           扣分的判罚是错误的。

8. 酸模(常见于英、美等北方国家，叶子可用于治疗荨麻刺伤)
    A dock is a plant with large leaves which grows wild in Britain, the United States, and some other northern countries. Dock leaves are supposed to heal nettle stings.

9. see also: dry dock