receptacle
- IPA[rəˈseptək(ə)l]
美式
- an object or space used to contain something;an electrical outlet into which the plug of an electrical device may be inserted.
noun: receptacle, plural noun: receptacles
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. an object or space used to contain something trash receptacles
- 2. North American an electrical outlet into which the plug of an electrical device may be inserted.
- 3. an organ or structure which receives a secretion, eggs, sperm, etc.
- 4. an enlarged area at the apex of a stem that bears the organs of a flower or the florets of a flower head.
- ▪ a structure supporting the sexual organs in some algae, mosses, and liverworts.
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- IPA[rɪˈsɛptəkl]
英式
- a hollow object used to contain something: fast-food receptacles
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