dock4 /dok; dak/ vt [VP6A, 14] ~ (off). 1 cut short (an animal's tail). 剪短(動(dòng)物的尾巴), 2 make wages, allowances, supplies, less: 減少(工資，津貼，供應(yīng)物)： to ~ a workman's wages; 減少一工人的工資; to have one's salary ~ed; 薪金被減少; to ~ the soldiers off part of their rations. 減小士兵一部分口糧。