berth
noun /bɜːθ/
/bɜːrθ/
Idioms - a place to sleep on a ship or train, or in a caravan
（船或火车等的）卧铺，舱位，铺位 - a cabin with three berths
有三个铺位的船舱
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- empty
- upper
- lower
- …
- have
- book
- get
- …
- a cabin with three berths
- a place where a ship or boat can stop and stay, usually in a harbour
（船的）泊位，锚地 - a berth in dock
码头的泊位 - Water and electricity are supplied at each berth.
每个泊位都有水电供应。
- a berth in dock
词源early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘adequate space at sea’): probably from a nautical use of the verb bear + -th.
Idioms
give somebody/something a wide berth
- to not go too near somebody/something; to avoid somebody/something
对…避而远之；退避三舍 - He gave the dog a wide berth.
他远远避开那条狗。
- He gave the dog a wide berth.