Tra từ pocket - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pocket [pocket pockets pocketed pocketing] noun, verb BrE [ˈpɒkɪt] NAmE [ˈpɑːkɪt]
noun

IN CLOTHING
1. a small piece of material like a small bag sewn into or onto a piece of clothing so that you can carry things in it
•a coat pocket
• I put the note in my pocket.
•Turn out your pockets (= empty your pockets).
•Take your hands out of your pockets!
•a pocket dictionary (= one that is small enough to fit in your pocket)

SMALL CONTAINER
2. a small bag or container fastened to sth so that you can put things in it, for example, in a car door or in a bag
• Information about safety procedures is in the pocket in front of you (= on a plane).

MONEY
3. usually singular used to talk about the amount of money that you have to spend
• We have holidays to suit every pocket.
•He had no intention of paying for the meal out of his own pocket.
•The Foundation is reputed to have very deep pockets (= to have a lot of money).
•The libel case was a huge drain on her pocket.

SMALL GROUP/AREA
4. a small group or area that is different from its surroundings
•There are still a few isolated pockets of resistance to the new regime.
•a pocket of air
•Geologists have found a few remaining pockets of iron ore.
see also ↑air pocket

IN BILLIARDS, ETC.
5. any of the holes or nets around the edges of the table used in the games of ↑billiards, ↑pool or ↑snooker, which you have to hit the ball into
more at burn a hole in your pocket at ↑burn _v., dip into your pocket at ↑dip _v., put your hand in your pocket at ↑hand _n., line your (own)/sb's pocket at ↑line _v., pick sb's pocket at ↑pick _v.

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘bag, sack’, also used as a measure of quantity): from Anglo-Norman French poket(e), diminutive of poke ‘pouch’. The verb dates from the late 16th cent.

Example Bank:
•Forged passports were found in a secret pocket in the suitcase.
•Government forces are mopping up the last pockets of resistance.
•He caught a boy trying to pick his pocket on the bus.
•He stood there, hands in pockets.
•He took a few coins out of his pocket.
•He walked past with his collar turned up and his hands thrust into his pockets.
•He went through all his pockets looking for his key.
•I fished the list out of my pocket.
•I fished the number out of my pocket and dialled.
•My cell phone rang and I patted my pockets looking for it.
•My pockets were bulging with loose change.
•My wallet was in the back pocket of my jeans.
•Once again club members have had to dip into their pockets to buy new equipment.
•Once again club members have had to dip into their pockets= spend their own money to buy new equipment.
•Please read the safety leaflet in the seat pocket in front of you.
•She reached in her pocket and pulled out her phone.
•She stuffed the money into her pocket and walked out.
•The country has large pockets of unemployment.
•The security guard made them empty their pockets.
•We filled our pockets with apples.
•tourists with bulging pockets
•He had no intention of paying for the meal out of his own pocket.
•Health services are lining the drug companies' pockets, according to the report.
•We have a range of gifts to suit every pocket.
•We're in pocket on that deal.
Idioms: ↑have somebody in your pocket ▪ ↑have something in your pocket ▪ in each other's pockets ▪ ↑in of pocket ▪ ↑in somebody's pocket

verb

PUT INTO POCKET
1. ~ sth to put sth into your pocket
•She paid for the drink and pocketed the change without counting it.

MONEY
2. ~ sth to take or keep sth, especially an amount of money, that does not belong to you
•He regularly charges passengers more than the normal fare and pockets the difference.
3. ~ sth to earn or win an amount of money
•Last year, she pocketed over $1 million in advertising contracts.
•She pocketed £500 for coming second.

IN BILLIARDS, ETC.
4. ~ sth (in the games of ↑billiards, ↑pool and ↑snooker)to hit a ball into a ↑pocket _n. (⁵)
Syn: ↑pot
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘bag, sack’, also used as a measure of quantity): from Anglo-Norman French poket(e), diminutive of poke ‘pouch’. The verb dates from the late 16th cent.

Example Bank:
•He pockets £500 for coming second.