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.