| 单词 | receptacle |
| 释义 | receptacle (once / 1778 pages) n A receptacle is a container that's used for holding or storing things. If you are having a party on a rainy day, you can put a receptacle outside your door for your guests' umbrellas. The noun receptacle means any kind of container. For example, a trash receptacle holds your garbage and a receptacle for loose change can keep you from scattering coins all over your house. In botany, receptacle refers to the part of a stem that holds a plant's organs. The word receptacle comes from the Latin root word receptaculum, which describes a place to receive and store things. WORD FAMILYreceptacle: receptacles USAGE EXAMPLESOn the meal line, it’s Izzy’s job to fill one tray receptacle with whatever is on the menu that day. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) I was never “team Logan,” and I believe strongly that he is simply blond evil slime animating a human-shaped receptacle. New York Times(Nov 29, 2016) “We’re not passive receptacles for bigotry; we fight back, we stand up for our rights,” she says of the video. The Guardian(Nov 27, 2016) 1n a container that is used to put or keep things in Hypo|Hyper ash-pan a receptacle fitted beneath the grate in which ashes collect and are removed ashtraya receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes beehive, hivea man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees case, compositor's case, typesetter's case(printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers cat boxa receptacle for cat excrement catchallan enclosure or receptacle for odds and ends chamberpot, potty, thunder muga receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom coin boxthe part of a slot machine that serves as a receptacle for the coins dustpana short-handled receptacle into which dust can be swept garbagea receptacle where waste can be discarded hopperfunnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below hot-water bag, hot-water bottlea stoppered receptacle (usually made of rubber) that is to be filled with hot water and used for warming a bed or parts of the body in-basket, in-traya wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your incoming material ossuaryany receptacle for the burial of human bones out-basket, out-traya wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your outgoing material collection plate, platea shallow receptacle for collection in church pix, pyxany receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept save-alla receptacle for catching waste products for further use silent butlera small receptacle with a handle and a hinged lid; used for collecting crumbs or ashes socketreceptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted cuspidor, spittoona receptacle for spit (usually in a public place) tidyreceptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials) trayan open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food trougha long narrow shallow receptacle alms dish, alms traya tray for collecting the offering from a congregation cafeteria traya tray for carrying your food in a cafeteria cheese tray, cheeseboardtray on which cheeses are served icetraya tray for making cubes of ice in a refrigerator inkstanda tray or stand for writing implements and containers for ink cradle, rockera trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold salvera tray (or large plate) for serving food or drinks; usually made of silver skepa domed beehive made of twisted straw tea traya tray that accommodates a tea service lazy Susan, turntablea revolving tray placed on a dining table container any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) 2n enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts Hypo|Hyper gynobase the enlarged receptacle in which the pistil is borne plant part, plant structure any part of a plant or fungus 3n an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert Hypo|Hyper outlet box (electricity) receptacle consisting of the metal box designed for connections to a wiring system expansion slot, slot(computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board socketa receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted electric outlet, electric receptacle, electrical outlet, outlet, wall plug, wall socketreceptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices electric socketa socket into which a lightbulb can be inserted point, power pointa wall socket fitting a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system |
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