socket

Word family adjectivesocketednounsocket

Related topics: Electrical, Electricity

sock·et /ˈsɒkɪt $ ˈsɑː-/ noun [countableC]

1. TEEa place in a wall where you can connect electrical equipment to the supply of electricity （电源）插座 SYN British English power point, American English outlet →5 see picture at 见图 plug1

2 the place on a piece of electrical equipment that you put a plug or a light bulb into 〔电器上的〕插口，插孔

a headphone socket

耳机插口

3 JOIN something TOGETHERa hollow part of a structure into which something fits 窝，臼，槽，穴

the eye sockets

眼窝

Examples from the Corpus

socket• Her mouth was dry and hollow, a socket, no longer a well, as if she had no tongue to kiss with.• He stuck the candle upright in a socket then sat and gazed at the flame, letting it mesmerize him into memory.• But she was as vacant as an empty eye socket.• The eyes dissolve into red sockets.• I don't shut all the internal doors and I certainly don't pull most plugs out at the socket.• He pressed the heels of his hands against his eyes until the sockets ached.

Origin socket

(1200-1300) Anglo-French soket, from Old French soc “broad curved blade of a plow”

单词	socket
释义	socket Word family adjectivesocketednounsocket Related topics: Electrical, Electricity sock·et /ˈsɒkɪt $ ˈsɑː-/ ●○○ noun [countableC] 1. TEEa place in a wall where you can connect electrical equipment to the supply of electricity （电源）插座 SYN British English power point, American English outlet →5 see picture at 见图 plug1 2 the place on a piece of electrical equipment that you put a plug or a light bulb into 〔电器上的〕插口，插孔 a headphone socket 耳机插口 3 JOIN something TOGETHERa hollow part of a structure into which something fits 窝，臼，槽，穴 the eye sockets 眼窝 Examples from the Corpus socket• Her mouth was dry and hollow, a socket, no longer a well, as if she had no tongue to kiss with.• He stuck the candle upright in a socket then sat and gazed at the flame, letting it mesmerize him into memory.• But she was as vacant as an empty eye socket.• The eyes dissolve into red sockets.• I don't shut all the internal doors and I certainly don't pull most plugs out at the socket.• He pressed the heels of his hands against his eyes until the sockets ached. Origin socket (1200-1300) Anglo-French soket, from Old French soc “broad curved blade of a plow”
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