socket

noun

/ˈsɒkɪt/

/ˈsɑːkɪt/

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(British English also power point)
(North American English also outlet, receptacle)
a device in a wall that you put a plug into in order to connect electrical equipment to the power supply of a building
- a wall socket
- The battery charger plugs into any mains socket.
Topics Houses and homesc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- electric
- electrical
- light
- …
verb + socket
- plug (something) into
socket + noun
- outlet
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a device on a piece of electrical equipment that you can fix a plug, a light bulb, etc. into
- an aerial socket on the television
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- electric
- electrical
- light
- …
verb + socket
- plug (something) into
socket + noun
- outlet
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a curved hollow space in the surface of something that another part fits into or moves around in
- His eyes bulged in their sockets.
- The dog nearly pulled my arm out of its socket.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- empty
- hollow
- sunken
- …
preposition
- in its socket
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Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘head of a spear, resembling a ploughshare’): from an Anglo-Norman French diminutive of Old French soc ‘ploughshare’, probably of Celtic origin.

单词	socket
释义	socket noun /ˈsɒkɪt/ /ˈsɑːkɪt/ jump to other results enlarge image (British English also power point) (North American English also outlet, receptacle) a device in a wall that you put a plug into in order to connect electrical equipment to the power supply of a building a wall socket The battery charger plugs into any mains socket. Topics Houses and homesc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective electric electrical light … verb + socket plug (something) into socket + noun outlet See full entry a device on a piece of electrical equipment that you can fix a plug, a light bulb, etc. into an aerial socket on the television Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective electric electrical light … verb + socket plug (something) into socket + noun outlet See full entry a curved hollow space in the surface of something that another part fits into or moves around in His eyes bulged in their sockets. The dog nearly pulled my arm out of its socket. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective empty hollow sunken … preposition in its socket See full entry Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘head of a spear, resembling a ploughshare’): from an Anglo-Norman French diminutive of Old French soc ‘ploughshare’, probably of Celtic origin.
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