Word · Frequency #16182
docker
码头工人
a person who loads and unloads ships at a port
- 1.
One who performs docking, as of tails.
断尾者
- 2.
Synonym of dockworker.
码头工人。
- 3.
a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
在港口装卸船只的工人
- 4.
One who engages in the sexual practice of docking (where the tip of one participant's penis is inserted into the foreskin of the other participant).
进行“嵌合”性行为的人(一方阴茎顶端插入另一方包皮中)。
断尾者；码头工人。；在港口装卸船只的工人；进行“嵌合”性行为的人(一方阴茎顶端插入另一方包皮中)。
In use
A docker was carrying bags of coffee from the ship to the dock.
The dockers stopped for a break after unloading the entire container.
As a docker, he learned to tie the ropes that hold ships to the quay.
be a docker
be 后接职业名词时，单数通常带不定冠词 a/an。
My grandfather was a docker in Shanghai.
我祖父是上海的码头工人。
work as a docker
as 后接职位名词，表示以某种身份工作。
He worked as a docker for five years.
他当了五年码头工人。
dockers load/unload [vessel]
docker 的职责是装卸船只，load 与 unload 可换用。
Connections
Collocations
- docker strike
- 码头工人罢工
- The docker strike halted all cargo movement at the port.码头工人罢工使港口的货物运输全部停止。
- docker union
- 码头工人工会
- The docker union negotiated better safety conditions for its members.码头工人工会为其成员争取到了更好的安全条件。
- casual docker
- 临时码头工人
- Many casual dockers waited for work at the gates every morning.许多临时码头工人每天早上在大门口等活。
- docker's hook
- 码头工人用的钩子
- He gripped his docker's hook as he moved between the crates.他拿着自己的码头钩子在货箱之间移动。
- docker picket line
- 码头工人纠察线
- The docker picket line blocked the main entrance to the terminal.码头工人纠察线封锁了码头的主要入口。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 dock（码头）加上表人的 -er，就是码头工人。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：港口、航运业、新闻报道 该词指在码头装卸货物的工人，属于普通中性用词，多用于港口或航运相关语境；没有明显的正式或非正式色彩。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words rhyme with docker /ˈdɑkɚ/ in General American because their stressed vowel and following sounds match /ɑkɚ/: locker, rocker, knocker, blocker, and soccer (though soccer is spelled with -ccer). Beware lookalikes that sound different: doctor /ˈdɑktɚ/ adds a /t/, and poker /ˈpoʊkɚ/ uses a different vowel.
Learn the forms together
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