depot

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dep·ot /ˈdepəʊ $ ˈdiːpoʊ/ noun [countableC]

1 KEEP/STOREa place where goods are stored until they are needed 仓库，储存处，货场

the company’s distribution depot

公司的发货仓库

a fuel storage depot

燃料储存仓库

2. bus/tram etc depot British EnglishBrE a place where buses etc are kept and repaired 公共汽车/有轨电车等车库[修理场]

Examples from the Corpus

bus/tram etc depot• There is a bus depot at the rear of the terminal.• Many urban homeless were seeking refuge in subway stations and bus depots.• Projects under negotiation include the Manggarai Integrated Terminal, a giant inter-city bus depot south of Jakarta.• Transport Organise trouble-free transport to and from the railway station, airport, or bus depot.• Twenty-eight Brethren worshiped there, in a large bare rented room on the second floor of the bus depot.• His interest was in opening the nightclub next to the theater, in the abandoned Trailways bus depot.• The supermarket scheme will force Caldaire to move the United bus depot to another site.

3. American EnglishAmETTCTTT a railway station or bus station, especially a small one 〔尤指小型的〕火车站，公共汽车站

Examples from the Corpus

depot• It's stored in a depot in Monpazier at the moment.• Special emergency trailers are located at depots at Bromborough, Stanford-le-Hope, Glasgow and Hull.• The original Company depot was built in Copse Road, and used largely as a store for surplus cars.• Toton and Tinsley are good examples of depots with specific sub-sector allegiances and covering a wide geographical area.• Bars had sprung up on South Railroad Street and around the depot, and robberies and brawls were commonplace.• The worst snow storm was in January 1940, when ten trams and a bus failed to make the depot.• a weapons depot

storage depot• Also, the group's 100 storage depots have enough space to house 70 Royal Albert Halls.• Fats are passed to fat storage depots and sugars to the liver and muscles.• A temporary storage depot would have to be established by 1995 and a second would have to be available around 2005.

From Longman Business Dictionary

depotdep·ot /ˈdepəʊˈdiːpoʊ/ noun [countableC]

1MANUFACTURINGa place where large quantities of goods, equipment, or materials are stored until they are needed

a fuel depot

The business is opening a new distribution depot in the Midlands.

2TRANSPORTa place where buses or trains are kept until they are needed, and often repaired and maintained

the main British Rail maintenance depot

3American EnglishAmETRAVEL a small bus or railway station

Origin depot

(1700-1800) French dépôt, from Latin depositus; → DEPOSIT2

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