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小词详解 | berth
berth 英 [bɜːθ] 美 [bɜːrθ]
People will give others a wider berth in public spaces without even thinking about it.
甚至不假思索,人们就会在公共场所里远远避开他人。Defeat would not end either team’s chances of finishing in the top two of their qualifying group — automatically giving them a berth in the World Cup — but it would place pressure on the loser.
比赛失利不会让两国的球队失去成为其所在资格组前两名的机会,进入前两名将自动让他们获得世界杯的参赛资格,但失利会让输掉比赛的球队受到很大的压力。
——《纽约时报》
[名词] 船在码头或船坞分配的位置
在船与没有污染的原始海滩之间留出足够的安全距离
keep a clear berth of the pristine, pollution-free beaches
我们从利物浦登船,前往纽约。抵达后不久,我们在港口附近找了个理想位置下锚。
We embarked at Liverpool for New York. Soon after arrival, we took up a good berth near the harbour.他在一个供卡车装货用的停车空间徒手掐死了卫兵。
He throttled the guard with his bare hands at a truckloading berth.
船停靠在纽约后,抽调来平定骚乱的增援警力登上了船。
As the ship berthed in New York, extra police drafted to quell the disturbances went aboard.
就在那时,她订了一张由巴勒莫开往那不勒斯的渡轮卧铺票。
Then, right on cue, she booked a berth on the ferry from Palermo to Naples.
"I thought you lived in that girls' bathroom?" said Harry, who had been careful to give the place a wide berth for some years now.
“我以为你住在女生盥洗室呢。”哈利说,那个地方他已经避开好几年了。
bunk: a narrow shelflike bed, typically one of two or more arranged one on top of the other couch: a long upholstered piece of furniture for several people to sit on hammock: a bed made of canvas or rope mesh suspended from two supports by cords at both ends