Plug
[plʌg] or [plʌɡ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly.
(noun.) an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection.
(verb.) insert as a plug; 'She plugged a cork in the wine bottle'.
(verb.) insert a plug into; 'plug the wall'.
(verb.) persist in working hard; 'Students must plug away at this problem'.
(verb.) make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote.
(verb.) fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; 'plug the hole'; 'stop up the leak'.
手打:莫尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.
(n.) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
(n.) A high, tapering silk hat.
(n.) A worthless horse.
(n.) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails.
(v. t.) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
編輯:梅齐
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Stopple, stopper.
手打:苏珊
解釋/意思:
n. a block or peg used to stop a hole: a bung: a stopper: a branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose: a flat cake of tobacco: any worn-out or useless article: (slang) a silk hat.—v.t. to stop with a plug: to drive plugs into:—pr.p. plug′ging; pa.t. and pa.p. plugged.—ns. Plug′ger one who or that which plugs esp. a dentist's instrument for filling a hollow tooth; Plug′ging the act of stopping with a plug: the material of which a plug is made; Plug′-ug′ly a street ruffian.—Fire plug a contrivance by means of which a hose can be fixed to a water-main in case of fire.
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例句/造句/用法:
- I know they may,' said Sam; 'some people, indeed, has 'em always ready laid on, and can pull out the plug wenever they likes. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Thus I got from the plug classification to that of a 'first-class man. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The plug has been drawn and the wine has all run out of the skin. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- The screw plug is supported by a carrier hinged at one side to the gun, and arranged to swing the plug into axial alignment with the bore, or be thrown to one side to admit the charge. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The circuits were opened and closed by means of about half a dozen roughly made plug-switches. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- One of the most important and yet seemingly simple parts of an electric iron is the switch plug which connects the electric light socket with the iron. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It comprises a great array of annunciator drops, spring jacks with plug seats, and connecting cords with metal plugs at their opposite ends. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The operator in Fig. 6 is shown assembling switch plugs and is in the act of driving home a screw which holds in place the fiber bar over which the cord bends. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- On a permanently constructed pocket table, right-angled plugs of the rubber cushion are screwed to the corner pocket irons and straight sections are screwed to the side pocket irons. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- OPERATOR ASSEMBLING SWITCH PLUGS] 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- He demonstrated this by placing the filings between metal plugs in a glass tube, and connecting this in circuit with a battery and electric indicator. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Any number of dies may now be made from this punch by impressing upon it plugs of soft steel. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It comprises a great array of annunciator drops, spring jacks with plug seats, and connecting cords with metal plugs at their opposite ends. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The cheapest and most unsatisfactory device is known as pocket plugs. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Shunt and series field-windings were added to the motor, and the series windings could be plugged in and out of circuit as desired. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The coil of coarse wire was in series with the armature, just as the resistance-boxes had been, and could be plugged in or out of circuit at the will of the locomotive driver. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Where thou plugged it in the dirt with the fall. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- The series winding was supplemented by resistance-boxes, also capable of being plugged in or out of circuit. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- His head was in the shadow but the sun shone on his plugged and bandaged wound and on his hands that were cupped over it. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Like the boxes, this coil was in series with the armature, and subject to plugging in and out at will by the motorman. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
校對:托妮