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- a long, narrow aperture or slit in a machine for something to be inserted（尤指机器上供插入某物所用的）狭长孔; 狭缝：
he slid a coin into the slot of the jukebox.
他把一枚硬币投进自动点唱机投币口。
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- a groove or channel into which something fits or in which something works, such as one in the head of a screw槽沟; 狭槽。
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- an allotted place in an arrangement or scheme such as a broadcasting schedule（安排好的）空位; （广播节目的）一档：
a late-night television slot
一档深夜电视节目
landing slots at Heathrow airport.
希思罗机场的降落空位。
(slotted, slotting)with obj. and adverbial of direction
1- place (something) into a long, narrow aperture把…放入狭长孔（或狭缝、狭槽）：
he slotted a cassette into the tape machine
他把（盒式）磁带插入录音机里
the plates come in sections that can be slotted together.
金属板是分块的, 但可经拼缝连在一起。
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- no obj. be placed or able to be placed into such an aperture被放入狭长孔（或狭缝、狭槽）：
the processors will slot into a personal computer.
处理器将插入个人电脑里。
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- Brit. informal (of a soccer player) score (a goal) with a precise shot〈英, 非正式〉（足球运动员）准确射门进球：
he slotted in the opening goal.
他准确地射入开赛后的第一球。
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- no obj.
slot in/into
(of a person) fit easily into (a new role or situation)（人）容易适应（新环境, 职位）： employers look for someone who will slot into the office culture.
雇主们寻找一个能适应办公室文化的人。
派生词
slotted
adjective词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'slight depression running down the middle of the chest', surviving as a Scots term）： from Old French esclot, of obscure origin.