dockside

dockside — 名詞

1. the area of ground that runs along the edge of a dock in a port, where ships are

1.名詞B2
釋義

碼頭邊

碼頭旁裝卸貨物的地方

the area of ground that runs along the edge of a dock in a port, where ships are tied up and goods are moved on or off the vessel

例句

Christopher waited at <hw>dockside</hw> for the cargo ship to arrive from Busan.

Christopher 在碼頭邊等待從釜山來的貨船抵達。

preposition at + dockside for location

A small seafood restaurant by the <hw>dockside</hw> served grilled mackerel and oysters.

碼頭邊有一家小海鮮餐廳,供應烤鯖魚和牡蠣。

collocation: by the dockside

同義詞
  • quayside

    specifically the edge of a quay (a stone platform), more common in British English

  • wharfside

    the area beside a wharf, less frequent than dockside

  • waterfront

    a much broader term covering the entire district along a harbour, not just the immediate dock edge

文法句型

at dockside

by the dockside

from dockside

用法筆記

Dockside is an uncountable noun and does not take a or an. It most often appears with the definite article (the dockside) or with a preposition alone (at dockside, from dockside) — the article is optional in many port-industry contexts.

常見錯誤

We walked to a dockside.
We walked to the dockside.
💡dockside is uncountable and normally takes the or no article, not a.