berth

couchette

Lit intégré à un train, un bateau ou un autre véhicule semblable.

En anglais simple : A bed built into a train, boat, or similar vehicle.

• I slept in the lower berth.
• The cabin has four berths.
• Can we book two berths on the night train?

Synonymes : bunk, bed

Expressions courantes : lower berth, upper berth, sleeping berth

emplacement de stationnement, quai

Place délimitée ou attribuée où un véhicule peut se garer ou s’arrêter.

En anglais simple : A marked or assigned place where a vehicle can park.

• The bus stopped at its berth.
• Please park in berth five.
• Each vehicle has a separate berth at the depot.

Synonymes : parking bay, parking space

Expressions courantes : bus berth, assigned berth, berth number five

garer, amarrer

Amener un véhicule à l’emplacement qui lui est réservé pour stationner ou accoster.

En anglais simple : Move a vehicle into its assigned parking or docking place.

• The bus berthed at the station.
• A robotic arm berthed the spacecraft.
• They berth each vehicle in its assigned space.

Comment l'utiliser : berth at something (The bus berthed at the terminal.); berth something at something (The operator berthed the vehicle at the loading bay.)

Synonymes : park, dock

Expressions courantes : berth a vehicle, berth at something, berth a spacecraft