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