Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense plugs, present participle plugging, past tense, past participle plugged
1N-COUNT 插头 A plug on a piece of electrical equipment is a small plastic object with two or three metal pins which fit into the holes of an electric socket and connects the equipment to the electricity supply. 插头
2N-COUNT 插座 A plug is an electric socket. 插座 [informal]
3N-COUNT (浴缸或水槽的)塞子 A plug is a thick, circular piece of rubber or plastic that you use to block the hole in a bath or sink when it is filled with water. (浴缸或水槽的)塞子
She put the plug in the sink and filled it with cold water.
她把水槽的塞子塞上,注满凉水。
4N-COUNT (木头、塑料或蜡制的堵洞)塞子,栓 A plug is a small, round piece of wood, plastic, or wax which is used to block holes. (木头、塑料或蜡制的堵洞)塞子,栓
6VERB 大肆宣传(尤指书或电影);为…大做广告 If someone plugs a commercial product, especially a book or a film, they praise it in order to encourage people to buy it or see it because they have an interest in it doing well. 大肆宣传(尤指书或电影);为…大做广告
We did not want people on the show who are purely interested in plugging a book or film. [VERB noun]
我们不想让那些只想为书或电影做广告的人上节目。
Plug is also a noun.
Let's do this show tonight and it'll be a great plug, a great promotion.
8PHRASE 停止;中断;取消 If someone in a position of power pulls the plug on a project or on someone's activities, they use their power to stop them continuing. 停止;中断;取消
The banks have the power to pull the plug on the project.
1electric電ADJECTIVE | VERB + PLUG | PLUG + NOUNADJECTIVE➤electric, power (NAmE) 電源插頭▸➤mains (BrE) 電源插頭▸➤three-pin, two-pin三腳/雙柱插頭◇The iron is fitted with a three-pin plug.熨斗配有三腳插頭。➤jack (BrE) 單孔轉接頭◇I pushed the jack plug into the amp.我把單孔轉接頭插入擴音器。VERB + PLUG➤pull out, remove, take out拔出插頭▸➤fit, wire (BrE) 安裝插頭;接插頭▸➤be fitted with安裝插頭▸➤change更換插頭PLUG + NOUN➤adapter插塞式接合器➤socket (especially BrE) 插座◇My room only has one plug socket.我的房間只有一個插座。plug
noun²
2for a bath, sink, etc.浴盆;水槽ADJECTIVE | VERB + PLUG | PLUG + NOUNADJECTIVE➤➤bath, bathtub, sink浴盆塞;浴缸塞;洗滌槽的塞子VERB + PLUG➤put in把塞子放進去▸➤pull, pull out將塞子拔出來◇I got out of the bath and pulled out the plug. (BrE) 我出了浴缸,拔出浴缸塞子。◇I got out of the bathtub and pulled the plug. (NAmE) 我出了浴缸,拔出浴缸塞子。◇They decided to pull the plug on the project (= cancel it). (figurative) 他們決定撤銷該項目。PLUG + NOUN➤hole (usually plughole) (BrE) 排水孔