| 词汇 | docker |
| 释义 | docker noun[ C ] uk /ˈdɒk.ər/ us /ˈdɑː.kɚ/(alsodockworker, uk /ˈdɒk.wɜː.kər/ us /ˈdɑːk.wɜ˞ːkɚ/) a person who works at a port, putting goods onto and taking them off ships码头装卸工 Synonyms longshoremanUS stevedore People who work on boats & ships bargee bargeman boatman cabin boy cabin crew corsair crew crew member deckhand freighter gondolier helmsman longshoreman pilot punter run away to seaidiom sailor sea dog shipmate stevedore He was fifty-four and a broken-down docker. The dockers crowd at the entrance gate, and curse and turn away when the foreman does not give them a call. The fact that the dockers have no courage about their employers may be largely the employers' fault. To a docker making twenty shillings a week the difference of two shillings is not merely important, it is vital. What would the dockers say if one of these establishments was instituted by the municipality for the loading and unloading of ships? docker | Business Englishdocker noun[ C ] uk /ˈdɒkər/us TRANSPORT → dockworker Examples of dockerdocker The foundation of the docker's union takes place, not in the communal arena of the public-house, but in the cocoa rooms near the docks. The two groups both carry heavy loads, but the timber dockers commonly lift and carry in the erect posture and the general dockers habitually stoop to lift. September 1893: 1), suggests its regular use by the dockers, as otherwise under capitalist economics it would have been converted into a public house to create or satisfy demand. He said that bitterness in the docks was such as to make any reconciliation between the dockers and the employers impossible, as, so he said. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Ships now spend less time in port, so port facilities must be used more intensively; fewer berths are needed, and therefore fewer dockers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Large numbers appear to be exempt—agricultural workers, coalminers, dockers, merchant seamen, policemen, firemen, and those employed in a managerial, professional, administrative, or executive capacity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Refunds not only in respect of seamen are recorded but also of dockers, share fishermen and others. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whatever else one may think of the episode last summer when five dockers' shop stewards went to gaol, no one can claim—or can they? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What makes the dockers suspicious is that they are tired of being given assurances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The dockers are workers who have these fears that they will be oppressed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The loans are for severance pay and for helping, by compensation payments, dockers who have to leave the industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been a spate of newspaper articles criticising the payment to dockers of subsidies in the form of supplementary benefits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was one of those who were responsible for the great conflict in 1889, when the fight was for the dockers' tanner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the bases of the scheme was that all dockers in all ports should be treated alike. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those whiskies had been put there by dockers who were desperate to win the favour of the man who gave them their daily bread. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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