plug
- IPA[plʌɡ]
英式
- a piece of solid material fitting tightly into a hole and blocking it up；a circular piece of metal, rubber, or plastic used to stop the plughole of a bath or basin and keep the water in it
- block or fill in (a hole or cavity)；insert (something) into an opening so as to fill it
verb: plug, 3rd person present: plugs, gerund or present participle: plugging, past tense: plugged, past participle: plugged
noun: plug, plural noun: plugs
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名詞
- 1. a piece of solid material fitting tightly into a hole and blocking it up somewhere in the pipes there is a plug of ice blocking the flow 同義詞
- ▪ a circular piece of metal, rubber, or plastic used to stop the plughole of a bath or basin and keep the water in it she pulled out the plug and got out on to the sodden bath mat
- ▪ North American informal a baby's dummy.
- ▪ a mass of solidified lava filling the neck of a volcano.
- ▪ (in gardening) a young plant or clump of grass with a small mass of soil protecting its roots, for planting out.
- 2. a device for making an electrical connection between an appliance and the mains, consisting of an insulated casing with metal pins that fit into holes in a socket the cable is fitted with a two-pin plug
- ▪ a socket into which an electric plug can be fitted the vacuum cleaner cord snaked away to a hidden plug
- ▪ short for spark plug
- 3. informal a piece of publicity promoting a product, event, or establishment he threw in a plug, boasting that the restaurant offered many entrées for under £5 同義詞
- 4. a piece of tobacco cut from a larger cake for chewing they sold chewing tobacco in bars and plugs 同義詞
- ▪ tobacco in large cakes designed to be cut for chewing he was always chewing plug and cracking jokes
- 5. a lure with one or more hooks attached.
- 6. short for fireplug
- 7. North American informal a tired or old horse.
動詞
- 1. block or fill in (a hole or cavity) trucks arrived loaded with gravel to plug the hole and clear the road 同義詞
- ▪ insert (something) into an opening so as to fill it the baby plugged his thumb into his mouth
- 2. informal mention (a product, event, or establishment) publicly in order to promote it during the show he plugged his new record 同義詞
- 3. North American informal shoot or hit (someone or something) he got plugged in the head while he was taking a nap 同義詞
- (of an electrical appliance) be connected to another appliance by a plug inserted in an outlet
Oxford American Dictionary
- able to be connected by means of a plug: a plug-in kettle
- a plug-in module or plug-in software.
Oxford Dictionary
- able to be connected by means of a plug: a plug-in telephone
- a plug-in module or plug-in software.
Oxford American Dictionary
- (of an electrical appliance) be connected to another appliance by a lead inserted in a socket
Oxford Dictionary
- a violent troublemaker or bully.
- very ugly: that was one plug-ugly dress
Oxford Dictionary
- a violent troublemaker or bully.
- very ugly: that was one plug-ugly dress
Oxford American Dictionary
- relating to or denoting computing equipment which is compatible with devices or systems ... the leading computer firms have been making machines which are plug-compatible with those already on the market
- a piece of plug-compatible computing equipment.
Oxford Dictionary
- relating to computing equipment that is compatible with devices or systems produced by ... the leading computer firms have been making machines which are plug-compatible with those already on the market
- a piece of computing equipment designed to be plug-compatible.
Oxford American Dictionary
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- IPA[pləɡ]
美式
- an obstruction blocking a hole, pipe, etc.: somewhere in the pipes there is a plug of ice blocking the flow
- block or fill in (a hole or cavity): trucks arrived loaded with gravel to plug the hole and clear the road
Oxford American Dictionary
