transcription, транскрипция: [ bɜ:(r)θ ]
( berths, berthing, berthed)
1.
If you give someone or something a wide berth , you avoid them because you think they are unpleasant, or dangerous, or simply because you do not like them.
She gives showbiz parties a wide berth.
PHRASE : V inflects
2.
A berth is a bed on a boat, train, or caravan.
Goldring booked a berth on the first boat he could.
N-COUNT
3.
A berth is a space in a harbour where a ship stays for a period of time.
= mooring
N-COUNT
4.
When a ship berths , it sails into harbour and stops at the quay.
As the ship berthed in New York, McClintock was with the first immigration officers aboard.
VERB : V
• berthed
There the Gripsholm was berthed next to another ship.
ADJ : usu v-link ADJ , usu ADJ prep