释义 |
slot1 /slot/ noun- A long narrow depression or opening, such as one to receive a coin, an armature winding or part of a mechanism, or opening in an aerofoil or into the conduit of an electric or cable tramway or railway
- The hollow down the middle of the breast (now Scot)
- A slit
- A (usu regular) place or position in eg a radio or television programme or schedule of programmes
- A niche in an organization
- A point in an airport's timetable at which a given aircraft may take off
transitive verb (slottˈing; slottˈed)- To make a slot in, provide with a slot
- To pass through a slot
- To put into a slot
- To fit into a small space (lit or figurative; with in or into)
intransitive verb- To fit into a slot in something (with in or into)
- To fit into a story, puzzle, etc (figurative)
ORIGIN: OFr esclot slottˈer noun A person or machine that cuts slots slot-car racing noun Racing on a track by tiny model cars powered and controlled electrically slot machine noun One operated by inserting a coin in a slot, such as a vending machine or a fruit machine slotted aerofoil noun Any aerofoil having an air-passage (or slot) directing the air from the lower to the upper surface in a rearward direction slottˈing-machine noun A machine for cutting slots |