• n. 臥鋪；停泊處，錨位；差事
• vt. 使……停泊；為……提供鋪位
• vi. 停泊；占鋪位
• n. (Berth)人名；(瑞典)貝特；(英)伯思

詞源不詳，可能同bear, 承載。

berth

berth: [17] Like birth, berth appears to be based on the verb bear, although it is a separate and much later formation. At first it meant ‘safe manoeuvring distance at sea’ (from which we get the metaphorical ‘give a wide berth to’); this seems to have come from the nautical sense of bear ‘steer in a particular direction’ as in bear away (from which we get bear down on, as well as more general applications, such as ‘bear left’). This led, via ‘convenient space for a ship to moor’, to, in the 18th century, the more familiar modern senses ‘sleeping place on a ship’ and ‘job, situation (originally on board ship)’.
=> bear, birth

berth (n.)

1620s, "convenient sea room" (both for ships and sailors), of uncertain origin, probably from bear (v.) + abstract noun suffix -th (2) as in strength, health, etc. Original sense is preserved in phrase to give (something or someone) wide berth. Meaning "place on a ship to stow chests, room for sailors" is from 1706; extended to non-nautical situations by 1778.

berth (v.)

1660s, of ships, from berth (n.). Of persons (intransitive), from 1886. Related: Berthed; berthing.

1. Goldring booked a berth on the first boat he could.

戈德林訂了他能訂到的最早一班船的鋪位。

來自柯林斯例句

2. She gives showbiz parties a wide berth.

她對演藝圈的聚會敬而遠之。

來自柯林斯例句

3. She booked a berth on the train from London to Aberdeen.

她訂了一張由倫敦開往阿伯丁的火車臥鋪票.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Each passenger slept on the berth allotted to him.

每個旅客都睡在分配給他的鋪位上.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Six 10000 - ton freighters can berth at this dock.

6艘萬噸貨輪可以同時在這個碼頭停靠.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》