slot

英 [slɒt] 美 [slɑt]

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解释

n. 位置；狭槽；水沟；硬币投币口
vt. 跟踪；开槽于
n. (Slot)人名；(英、荷)斯洛特

※ 提供单词"slot"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。

英文词源

slot (n.1): late 14c., "hollow at the base of the throat above the breastbone," from Old French esclot "hoofprint of a deer or horse," of uncertain origin, probably from Old Norse sloð "trail" (see sleuth). Original sense is rare or obsolete in Modern English; sense of "narrow opening into which something else can be fitted" is first recorded 1520s. Meaning "middle of the (semi-circular) copy desk at a newspaper," the spot occupied by the chief sub-editor, is recorded from 1917. The sense of "opening in a machine for a coin to be inserted" is from 1888 (slot machine first attested 1891). The sense of "position in a list" is first recorded 1942; verb sense of "designate, appoint" is from 1960s. Slot car first attested 1966.
slot (n.2): "bar or bolt used to fasten a door, window, etc.," c. 1300, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German slot (compare Old Norse slot, Old High German sloz, German Schloss "bolt, bar, lock, castle;" Old Saxon slutil "key," Dutch slot "a bolt, lock, castle"), from Proto-Germanic stem *slut- "to close" (cognates: Old Frisian sluta, Dutch sluiten, Old High German sliozan, German schliessen "to shut, close, bolt, lock"), from PIE root *klau- "hook, peg" (cognates: Greek kleis "key;" Latin claudere "to shut, close," clavis "key," clavus "nail;" see close (v.)). Wooden pegs seem to have been the original keys.
slot (v.2): 1560s, "to bolt a door," from slot (n.2). Related: Slotted; slotting.
slot (v.1): 1747, "provide with a slot, cut slots in," from slot (n.1). Meaning "drop a coin in a slot" is from 1888. Sense of "take a position in a slot" is from 1940; that of "fit (something) into a slot" is from 1966. Oldest sense is obsolete: "stab in the base of the throat" (c. 1400). Related: Slotted; slotting.

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例句和用法

1. The first episode occupies a peak evening viewing slot.: 第一集占据了傍晚的一个黄金收视时段。

2. I dropped a quarter into the slot of the pay phone.: 我向付费电话的投币孔里投了一枚25分硬币。

3. Visitors can book a time slot a week or more in advance.: 来访者可以提前一周或更早预约一个时间。

4. Insert coins into the slot and press for a ticket.: 把硬币放进投币口，按钮取票。

5. to put some coins in the slot: 往投币口中塞几个硬币