dock學測 L3KK [ˈdɑk] ｜ /ˈdɑk/
（使船）停靠進港·扣減薪水·剪短；截除
學測常考詞，一字三種截然不同意思
The ship docked at the harbor last night.
那艘船昨晚停靠在港口。
義項
船靠港C1verb（使船）停靠進港
The ship docked at the harbor last night.
那艘船昨晚停靠在港口。
dock a shipdock at a harbor
扣薪水C1verb扣減薪水
The boss docked ten dollars from his pay because he was late.
老闆因為他遲到，從他的薪水中扣了十元。
dock paydock a paycheck
剪尾巴C1verb剪短；截除
Some people dock a puppy's tail when it is very young.
有些人會在小狗還很小的時候剪短牠的尾巴。
dock a taildock a dog's tail
片語
dock a ship船靠港 →讓船停靠進港
dock pay薪水打折 →扣除部分薪水
dock a tail剪短尾巴 →剪去動物尾巴一段
你會不會這樣說？
The ship ___ at the harbor last night. (docked / doc)
看答案
docked
dock 是「停靠」，doc 是 document 縮寫，兩字音近義不同。
'The boss docked ten dollars from his pay because he was late.' 這裡的 dock 意思最接近？(A) 停靠港口 (B) 扣除薪水 (C) 剪短尾巴
看答案
(B)
此句指扣除薪水，對應「扣減薪水」義項。
字族
docking 停靠；泊船・dockworker 碼頭工人
順路看看
harbor — 船隻停靠的地方，和 dock 常一起出現cargo — 船上載運的貨物，與碼頭作業相關reduce — 減少的意思，和扣薪的 dock 相關多益練習
本區為多益情境練習，與上方釋義獨立編寫
情境例句
船舶到港通知
The cargo ship docked at Kaohsiung Harbor before the morning shift began.
這艘貨輪在早班開始前停靠高雄港。
員工詢問扣薪原因
An employee asked HR why the company had docked her pay for being late.
一名員工向人資詢問，公司為何因她遲到而扣薪。
詞族
dock verb 使船停靠；扣薪・docked verb (past tense / past participle) 停靠；扣薪的過去式／過去分詞・docking verb (present participle) 停靠；扣薪的現在分詞
四選一
The cargo ship is expected to ____ at the harbor before noon.
看答案
dock
is expected to 後接動詞原形，因此選 dock。docked 是過去式或過去分詞，docks 是第三人稱單數現在式，docking 是 -ing 形式，都不能直接放在此處的不定詞 to 後。
同義改寫
The captain docked the ship at the harbor before sunrise. → The captain brought the ship into the harbor and secured it there before sunrise.
改寫保留船長讓船進港並停妥的動作，以及日出前的時間資訊。
The employee said the company had docked her pay as a penalty for lateness. → The employee said the company had deducted money from her pay as a penalty for lateness.
dock her pay 在此指懲罰性扣薪，改写保留扣款原因與員工陳述的語氣，不判定該措施是否合法。