pocket
n
1
(a) small bag sewn into or onto a garment and forming part of it, for carrying things in (衣服上的)口袋, 袋子, 兜兒; 衣袋
a coat, jacket, trouser, etc pocket 大衣、 外衣、 褲子等的口袋
stand with one's hands in one's pockets 雙手插在口袋里站著
[attrib 作定語]
a pocket dictionary, edition, guide, etc ie small enough to fit in one's pocket 袖珍詞典、 版本、 指南等.
(b) container resembling this, eg on the inside of a car-door, suitcase, cardboard folder, etc; flap1(1) (汽車門、 衣箱、 文件夾等內側的)口袋
You will find information about safety procedures in the pocket in front of you, eg on an aircraft. 在您座位前方的袋子里有安全措施須知(如在飛機上).
2 (usu sing 通常作單數) money that one has available for spending; financial means (現成的)錢; 財力
luxury far beyond my pocket 遠非我財力可及的奢侈品
easy/hard on the pocket, ie easy/difficult to afford 手頭充裕[拮據]
The resort provides accommodation to suit every pocket. 這個度假地提供的食宿豐儉隨意.
The expedition was a drain on her pocket. 這次探險耗盡了她的錢財.
3 small isolated group or area 孤立的小的群體或范圍
Pockets of opposition/resistance to the new regime still remained. 反對[抵制]新政權的某些勢力仍然存在.
pockets of unemployment in an otherwise prosperous region 繁榮地區中個別的失業現象.
4 small cavity in the ground or in rock, containing gold or ore 礦穴; 礦囊; 礦袋: pockets of coal 煤礦穴.
5 = air pocket (air1).
6 (sport 體) any of the six string pouches round a billiard-table into which balls are hit (臺球的)球袋. =>illus at snooker 見snooker插圖.
7 (idm 習語) be, etc in sb's `pocket be very close to or intimate with sb 與某人很親密
They live in each other's pockets. 他們兩人十分密切. have sb in one's `pocket have influence or power over sb 可以影響或支配某人. ,in/,out of `pocket having gained/lost money as a result of sth 因某事賺[賠]錢
Even after paying all the expenses, we'll still be 100 in pocket. 即使扣除所有費用, 我們仍能賺100英鎊.
His mistake left us all out of pocket. 他這一錯, 我們大家都跟著賠了錢.
[attrib 作定語]
,out-of-pocket ex`penses, ie money that one has spent (and which will be reimbursed, eg by one's employer) 已支付的開銷(可報銷的, 如由雇主發 還). line one's/sb's pocket => line3. money burns a hole in sb's pocket => money. pick sb's pocket => pick3. put one's hand in one's pocket => hand1. put one's pride in one's pocket => pride. pocket, v [Tn]
1 put (sth) into one's pocket 將(某物)放入衣袋
He pocketed the tickets. 他把票放進衣袋里了.
She quickly pocketed the note without reading it. 她很快把通知放進口袋里, 連看都沒看.
2 keep or take (sth) for oneself (esp dishonestly) 將(某物)據為己有
She pays 2 for them, sells them for 4 and pockets the difference. 那些東西她2英鎊買入、 4英鎊賣出, 把賺頭塞進了腰包.
He was given 20 for expenses, but pocketed most of it. 他得到20英鎊的公款, 但大部分都進了自己的口袋了.
3 (eg in billiards) hit (a ball) into a pocket (6) (如在臺球戲中)將(球)擊入球袋.
4 (idm 習語) pocket one's `pride hide or suppress one's feelings of anger or shame 隱藏或壓抑憤怒或羞恥感.
?? 擴展釋義
*['p?kit]n. 口袋, 錢袋, 錢, 容器vt. 裝...在口袋里, 隱藏, 抑制, 私吞, 擱置, 擊...入袋a. 袖珍的, 小型的, 壓縮的, 金錢上的【化】 料袋【醫】 痘皰【經】 錢, 財力, 錢袋相關詞組: out of pocket have sb in one's pocket be in pocket be out of pocket