释义
n.
a ship's allotted place at a wharf or dock
（船在码头的）泊位。
a fixed bed or bunk on a ship, train, or other means of transport
（船、火车等的）铺位，床位。
〈非正式〉 （常用于体育运动语境中，指人在组织机构或活动、事件中的）处境，所处的地位
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he looked at home in an unfamiliar right-back berth .他在不熟悉的右后位位置上似乎颇能应付自如。
v.
moor (a ship) in its allotted place
使（船在指定的泊位）停泊。
[no obj.](of a ship)dock
（船）靠码头；入船坞。
(of a passenger ship)provide a sleeping place for (someone).
（客船）为…提供铺位。
短语
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give someone/thing a wide berth steer a ship well clear of something while passing it 使船远离某物航行 -
stay away from someone or something 避开某人（或某事物）
词源
"early 17th cent． （in the sense ‘adequate sea room’）： probably from a nautical use of
