plug

英 [plʌg] 美 [plʌɡ]

解释

※ 提供单词"plug"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

plug 插头，插座，塞子

来自中古荷兰语plugge,塞子，孔塞，词源不详，可能同pluck,拔。由拔的动作引申为拔的对象。

plug (v.): "close tightly (a hole), fill," 1620s, from plug (n.) or from Dutch pluggen. Meaning "work energetically at" is c. 1865. Sense of "popularize by repetition" is from 1906. Slang sense "put a bullet into" is recorded from 1870. Related: Plugged; plugging.
plug (n.): 1620s, originally a seamen's term, probably from Dutch plug, Middle Dutch plugge "bung, stopper," related to Norwegian plugg, Danish pløg, North Frisian plaak, Middle Low German pluck, German Pflock; ultimate origin uncertain. Irish and Gaelic words are from English. Sense of "wad or stick of tobacco" is attested from 1728, based on resemblance. Electrical sense is from 1883, based on being inserted; meaning "sparking device in an internal combustion engine" is from 1886. Meaning "advertisement" first recorded 1902, American English, perhaps from verb sense "work energetically at" (c. 1865).

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2. Make sure the draining board, sink and plug hole are regularly disinfected.: 滴水板、水槽和塞孔一定要定期消毒。

4. The wire snapped at the wall plug and the light fused.: 墙上插座的电线短路烧断了保险丝，电灯跟着灭了。

5. It is possible to plug into remote databases to pick up information.: 接入远程数据库来获取信息是可以办到的。