sock·et
noun/ˈsɒkɪt/
/ˈsɑːkɪt/
enlarge image(British English also power point)(North American English also outlet, receptacle)a device in a wall that you put a plug into in order to connect electrical equipment to the power supply of a building（电源）插座 - a wall socket
墙壁插座 - The battery charger plugs into any mains socket.
这个电池充电器可以插入任何类型的电源插座。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- electric
- electrical
- light
- …
- plug (something) into
- outlet
- a wall socket
- a device on a piece of electrical equipment that you can fix a plug, a light bulb, etc. into
（电器上的）插口，插孔，管座 - an aerial socket on the television
电视机上的天线插孔
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- electric
- electrical
- light
- …
- plug (something) into
- outlet
- an aerial socket on the television
- a curved hollow space in the surface of something that another part fits into or moves around in
托座；孔穴；窝；槽；臼 - His eyes bulged in their sockets.
他的两眼从眼窝里鼓出来。 - The dog nearly pulled my arm out of its socket.
那只狗差点把我的手臂从插座里拔出来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- empty
- hollow
- sunken
- …
- in its socket
- His eyes bulged in their sockets.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘head of a spear, resembling a ploughshare’): from an Anglo-Norman French diminutive of Old French soc ‘ploughshare’, probably of Celtic origin.