socket
- n. 插座;窝,穴;牙槽
- vt. 给…配插座
词态变化
中文词源
来自盎格鲁法语 soket,犁桦,犁尖,小词形式于古法语 soc,犁桦,可能最终来自 PIE*su,猪, 词源同 sow,swine.即像个猪鼻子,后引申词义孔,槽,窝,穴以及现代词义插座,字面意思 即犁挖的小洞。
英文词源
- socket (n.)
- c. 1300, "spearhead" (originally one shaped like a plowshare), from Anglo-French soket "spearhead, plowshare" (mid-13c.), diminutive of Old French soc "plowshare," from Vulgar Latin *soccus, perhaps from a Gaulish source, from Celtic *sukko- (cognates: Welsh swch "plowshare," Middle Irish soc "plowshare"), properly "hog's snout," from PIE *su- "pig" (cognates: Latin sus "swine;" see sow (n.) "female pig").
Meaning "hollow part or piece for receiving and holding something" first recorded early 15c.; anatomical sense is from c. 1600; domestic electrical sense first recorded 1885. Socket wrench is attested from 1837. The verb is 1530s, from the noun. Related: Socketed; socketing.
双语例句
- 1. I'm sure that yellow lead matched up to that yellow socket.
- 我敢肯定那根黄线接那个黄色插口。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Never overload an electrical socket.
- 千万不要使电源插座过载。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. an aerial socket on the television
- 电视机上的天线插孔
来自《权威词典》
- 4. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. He put the electric plug into the socket.
- 他把电插头插入插座.
来自《简明英汉词典》