1.the area of a town or city around its docks
1.This was to be laissez-faire city-building as enterprise zones and business parks crowded out local housing and Dockland jobs.
这使城市建设处于放任自流的状态,企业区和商业园区将当地房产业和码头区工作都排挤了出去。
2.mi. (5 sq km) of former dockland just south of Shanghai's downtown, stand more than 100 pavilions.
就在上海市中心以南的旧码头区,2平方英里(5平方公里)的土地上,建起了100多个展览馆。