plug
noun
/plʌɡ/
/plʌɡ/
Idioms electrical equipment电气设备
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a small plastic object with two or three metal pins that connects a piece of electrical equipment to the main supply of electricity插头- The iron is fitted with a three-pin plug.熨斗配有三脚插头。
- I'll have to change the plug on my hairdryer.我必须更换吹风机的插头。
Topics Houses and homesc1 Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + plugplug + noun
(informal, especially British English) a small opening in a wall, by which you connect a piece of electrical equipment to the main supply of electricity（电源）插座 synonym socket- Can I use this plug for my iron?我能用这个插座插熨斗吗？
Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + plugplug + noun
a small object that connects a wire from one piece of electrical equipment to an opening in another转换插头- the plug from the computer to the printer连接电脑和打印机的转换插头
- I pushed the jack plug into the amp.我把单孔转接头插入扩音器。
see also jack plug Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + plugplug + noun in engine发动机
(also spark plug, British English also sparking plug)
a part in a car engine that produces a spark (= a flash of electricity) which makes the fuel burn and starts the engine火花塞 in bath/sink浴缸；水池
a thick round piece of plastic, rubber or metal that you put in the hole in a bath or a sink to stop the water flowing out塞子- She pulled out the plug and let the water drain away.她拔起塞子放掉了水。
- There was plenty of hot water, but there was no bath plug.热水充足，但没有浴缸塞子。
Synonyms lidlidThese are all words for a cover for a container.- lid a cover over a container that can be removed or opened by turning or lifting it:
- a jar with a tight-fitting lid盖子很紧的广口瓶
- top a thing that you put over the end of something such as a pen or bottle in order to close it指笔帽、瓶盖、瓶塞
- cork a small, round object made of cork or plastic that is used for closing bottles, especially wine bottles指尤用于酒瓶的软木塞、塑料瓶塞
- cap (often in compounds) a top for a pen or a cover for protecting something such as the lens of a camera
- plug a round piece of material that you put into a hole in order to block it; a flat, round rubber or plastic thing that you put into the hole of a sink in order to stop the water from flowing out:
Patterns- a tight-fitting lid/top/cap
- a screw top/cap
- a pen lid/top
- to put on/screw on/take off/unscrew the lid/top/cap
- to pull out the cork/plug
Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + plugplug + noun in hole洞
- a round piece of material that fits into a hole and blocks it堵塞物；塞子
- She took the plug of cotton wool from her ear.她从耳朵中取出棉毛耳塞来。
- We fixed the leak with a plug made from an old cloth.我们用旧布料弄成塞子堵住了漏洞。
see also earplug - (North American English)
(also stopper British and North American English)
an object that fits into the top of a bottle to close it堵塞物；塞子Synonyms lidlidThese are all words for a cover for a container.- lid a cover over a container that can be removed or opened by turning or lifting it:
- a jar with a tight-fitting lid盖子很紧的广口瓶
- top a thing that you put over the end of something such as a pen or bottle in order to close it指笔帽、瓶盖、瓶塞
- cork a small, round object made of cork or plastic that is used for closing bottles, especially wine bottles指尤用于酒瓶的软木塞、塑料瓶塞
- cap (often in compounds) a top for a pen or a cover for protecting something such as the lens of a camera
- plug a round piece of material that you put into a hole in order to block it; a flat, round rubber or plastic thing that you put into the hole of a sink in order to stop the water from flowing out:
Patterns- a tight-fitting lid/top/cap
- a screw top/cap
- a pen lid/top
- to put on/screw on/take off/unscrew the lid/top/cap
- to pull out the cork/plug
for screw螺丝
- a small plastic tube that you put into a hole in a wall so that it will hold a screw螺钉楔子，螺钉塞栓（塞入洞中用来固定螺丝的小塑料管） synonym Rawlplug™
for book/movie书籍；电影
- (informal) praise or attention that somebody gives to a new book, film, etc. in order to encourage people to buy or see it推销；宣传
- He managed to get in a plug for his new book.他设法为自己的新书插入了一条宣传信息。
词源early 17th cent.: from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German plugge, of unknown ultimate origin.
Idioms pull the plug on somebody/something
- (informal) to put an end to somebody’s project, a plan, etc.阻止；制止；终止
- The television company pulled the plug on the series after only five episodes.电视公司只播了五集就停止了该系列的播出。
- They decided to pull the plug on the project.他们决定撤销该项目。
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