| 单词 | plug |
| 释义 | plug (plʌg ) Word forms: plugs , plugging , plugged 1. countable noun B1 A plug on a piece of electrical equipment is a small plastic object with two or three metal pins which fit into the holes of an electric socket, connecting the equipment to the electricity supply. 2. countable noun B1+ A plug is an electric socket. [informal] 3. countable noun B1 A plug is a thick, circular piece of rubber or plastic that you use to block the hole in a bath or sink when it is filled with water. She put the plug in the sink and filled it with cold water. 4. countable noun B1+ A plug is a small, round piece of wood, plastic, or wax which is used to block holes. A plug had been inserted in the drill hole. Synonyms: stopper, cork, bung, spigot 5. verb If you plug a hole, you block it with something. Crews are working to plug a major oil leak. [VERB noun] Synonyms: seal, close, stop, fill 6. verb If someone plugs a commercial product, especially a book or a film, they praise it in order to encourage people to buy it or see it because they have an interest in it doing well. We did not want people on the show who are purely interested in plugging a book or film. [VERB noun] Plug is also a noun. Let's do this show tonight and it'll be a great plug, a great promotion. 7. See also earplug, spark plug 8. pull the plug phrase If someone in a position of power pulls the plug on a project or on someone's activities, they use their power to stop them continuing. The banks have the power to pull the plug on the project. Phrasal verbs: plug away phrasal verb If you plug away, you keep trying very hard to do something or achieve something even though you find it difficult. My confidence is still there and I'll just keep plugging away. [VERB PARTICLE] plug in 1. phrasal verb B2 If you plug a piece of electrical equipment into an electricity supply or if you plug it in, you connect it to an electricity supply using a plug. He went to plug in his phone for the night. [VERB PARTICLE noun] I filled the kettle while she was talking and plugged it in. [VERB noun PARTICLE] He took the machine from its bag and plugged it into the wall socket. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] Some barbecues can be plugged into a household electricity supply. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb B2 If you plug one piece of electrical equipment into another or if you plug it in, you make it work by connecting the two. They plugged their guitars into amplifiers. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] He plugged in his guitar. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb If one piece of electrical equipment plugs in or plugs into another piece of electrical equipment, it works by being connected by an electrical cord or lead to an electricity supply or to the other piece of equipment. Car ionizers generally plug into the lighter socket. [VERB PARTICLE noun] They plug into the mains. [VERB PARTICLE noun] They've found out where the other speaker plugs in. [VERB PARTICLE] 4. phrasal verb If you plug something into a hole, you push it into the hole. Her instructor plugged live bullets into the gun's chamber. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] plug into 1. phrasal verb If you plug into a computer system, you are able to use it or see the information stored on it. It is possible to plug into remote databases to pick up information. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If you plug into a group of people or their ideas, you find out about them and try to understand them. [informal] We are actually plugging into an existing culture of micro-enterprise. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. See also plug-in Idioms: pull the plug on something to stop supporting a project or activity, usually with money, so that it fails and has to stop The Government has set out detailed conditions under which it would pull the plug on the sale. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: plug a well The move was meant to be a prelude to capping and plugging the well with a final slug of cement. Times, Sunday Times Shell plugged the well only in 2010 when the lawsuit had started. Times, Sunday Times Both wells failed on boulders and loose sand which plugged the well bores. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Plugging the well at the top had failed to stop the blowout, which was now tearing through the ocean floor in several places. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Sadly a conventional plug socket charges at the same rate as mountain ranges are formed. Times, Sunday Times They had been in the garage for seven months with a broken shower, rotting windows and just one working plug socket. Times, Sunday Times Secondly, you need a power supply unit to get electricity from the plug socket to the machine. Times, Sunday Times For example, try changing light switch and plug socket covers from plastic to new metal ones. The Sun Some 1,400 modifications have been made in the four 'homes': everything from moving a plug socket to re-routing wiring. Times, Sunday Times To remove the plug, the latching tab must be depressed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Surgeons typically assemble their own tools to core and remove a plug of muscle from the left ventricular wall. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The best results are obtained by 'hollow tining', which removes a plug or core of soil. The Sun Thus, pre-assembled cables can be routed without removing the plugs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They would be taking on water from the get-go, because the host removed a plug from each boat before they set off. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 插头, 堵, 塞子浴缸、洗涤槽的 Japanese: 栓, ふさぐ, 栓 |
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