deck

noun

/dek/

Idioms

the top outside floor of a ship or boat甲板；舱面
- on deck I was the only person on deck at that time of night.夜里当时只有我一个人在甲板上。
- When we heard the alarm, we went up on deck.我们听到警报声就到了甲板上。
- below deck(s) As the storm began, everyone disappeared below deck(s).暴风雨来临时，所有的人都躲到甲板下面去了。
Topics Transport by waterb2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- open
verb + deck
- go up on
preposition
- below deck
- on deck
one of the floors of a ship or a bus（船或公共汽车的）一层，层面
- the upper/lower/main deck of a ship船的上层／下层／主甲板
- We sat on the top deck of the bus.我们坐在公共汽车的上层。
- My cabin is on deck C.我的舱位在 C 层甲板。
see also double-decker, flight deck, single-decker, sun deck, void deckTopics Transport by bus and trainb2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- lower
- top
- upper
- …
verb + deck
- swab
preposition
- on a/the deck
a floor or platform similar to the deck of a ship甲板：类似于船舶甲板的地板或平台
- There is an open-air observation deck on the building's top floor. 大楼顶层有一个露天观景台。
- He fell from the upper deck of the car park.他从停车场的上层摔了下来。
- a roof/rooftop deck屋顶/屋顶甲板
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(also deck of cards)
(both especially North American English)
(British English usually pack)
a complete set of 52 playing cards一副（为 52 张）
(especially North American English) a wooden floor that is built outside the back of a house where you can sit and relax（屋后供憩息的）木制平台
- After dinner we sat out on the deck.晚饭后我们坐在木质平台上小憩。
Topics Gardensc1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- wooden
- back
- front
- …
a part of a sound system that records and/or plays sounds on a disc or tape（唱机的）转盘装置；（音响系统的）走带机构，录音座
- a cassette/tape deck磁带转动机械装置
Topics Musicc2
a set of slides (= pages created on a computer that contain text and images) that are used to accompany a person’s presentation卡座：一组幻灯片（用于在计算机上创建的包含文本和图像的页面），用于陪同人员的演示
- Three slides into my 35-slide deck, they asked me to turn off the projector.三张幻灯片放入我的35张幻灯片中，他们让我关闭投影仪。

词源late Middle English: from Middle Dutch dec ‘covering, roof, cloak’, dekken ‘to cover’. Originally denoting canvas used to make a covering (especially on a ship), the term came to mean the covering itself, later denoting a solid surface serving as roof and floor.

Idioms

all hands on deck

(also all hands to the pump)

(saying, humorous) everyone helps or must help, especially in a difficult situation总动员；全体出动
- There are 30 people coming to dinner tonight, so it's all hands on deck.今天晚上有 30 人来吃饭，要全体动员了。

clear the decks

(informal) to prepare for an activity, event, etc. by removing anything that is not essential to it清除障碍准备行动

hit the deck

(informal) to fall to the ground摔倒在地；落到地上

deck

verb

/dek/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they deck	/dek/ /dek/
he / she / it decks	/deks/ /deks/
past simple decked	/dekt/ /dekt/
past participle decked	/dekt/ /dekt/
-ing form decking	/ˈdekɪŋ/ /ˈdekɪŋ/

[often passive] to decorate somebody/something with something装饰；布置；打扮
- be decked out in/with something The room was decked out in flowers and balloons.房间里装点着鲜花和气球。
- be decked in/with something The Conservative candidate and his supporters were decked in blue rosettes.保守党候选人及其支持者佩戴着蓝色玫瑰形饰物。
- deck something (with something) Deck the halls with boughs of holly!用冬青树枝来装饰大厅吧！
deck somebody (informal) to hit somebody very hard so that they fall to the ground用力击倒；打倒在地；揍趴下