n.[C]
- 口袋
The policeman made the thief turn out his
pockets.
警察叫小偷把口袋都翻出來。
- 錢;財力[S1]
He will suffer in his
pocket.
他將在錢財方面有所損失。
- 貯藏器,容器,囊
- (孤立的)小塊地區[(+of)]
There are
pockets of ore in the mountain.
那座山裡有好幾塊礦藏。
- (撞球臺四角的)球袋
- (大氣中的)氣阱,氣穴
- 【礦】礦囊
vt.
- 把……裝入袋內
He locked the door and
pocketed the key.
他鎖上門,將鑰匙放入口袋。
- 侵吞,盜用(款項等)
He was jailed for
pocketing public funds.
他因侵吞公款進了牢房。
- 擊(球)落袋
- 忍受;抑制
I can no longer
pocket her insults.
我再也無法忍受她的侮辱了。
a.
- 袖珍的;小型的
He always carries a
pocket dictionary with him.
他總是隨身攜帶一本袖珍字典。
- 錢的;零星花用的
The boy had a lot of
pocket money.
這男孩有許多零用錢。
- 局部的;孤立的
片語
be/live in sb.'s pocket
- 經常與某人在一起
At the summer camp we
lived in each other's pocket.
在夏令營,我們經常在一起。
have sb. in one's pocket
- 可以任意支配某人
The boss
had his employees in his pocket.
那老板可以任意支配他的員工。
have sth. in one's pocket
- 對某事穩操勝算
He
had it in his pocket.
他穩操勝算。
out of pocket
- 賠錢
He was 50 pounds
out of pocket by the transaction.
他在那次交易中賠了五十英鎊。
辨析
n.
- a small bag sewn into or on clothing so as to form part of it, used for carrying small articles.
▸a pouch-like compartment providing separate storage space.
▸
(one's pocket)
informal one's financial resources.
- a small, isolated patch, group, or area.
- Billiards & Snooker an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which balls are struck.
- American Football a protected area behind the line of scrimmage, from which the quarterback throws a pass.
- Baseball a hollow in a baseball mitt in which the ball is caught and held.
adj.
of a suitable size for carrying in a pocket:
a pocket dictionary.
v.
(pockets, pocketing, pocketed)
- put into one's pocket.
- take for oneself, especially dishonestly.
- Billiards & Snooker drive (a ball) into a pocket.
Phrase
- in someone's pocket
- dependent on someone financially and therefore under their influence.
- closely involved with someone.
- out of
(or in)
pocket
having lost (or gained) money in a transaction. - put one's hand in one's pocket
spend or provide one's own money.
Derivative
- pocketable adj.
- pocketful n.
(pl. pocketfuls)
. - pocketless adj.
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘bag, sack’, also used as a measure of quantity): from Anglo-Norman Fr. poket(e), dimin. of poke ‘pouch’.