plug
n
1
(a) piece of metal, rubber or plastic that fits tightly into a hole (eg in a barrel, wash-basin, bath, etc) 塞子(如用以塞大桶、 洗臉池、 浴缸等的)
Pull (out) the plug and let the water drain away. 拔掉塞子, 把水放掉.
He put plugs in his ears because the noise was too loud. 因為太吵鬧了, 他用耳塞堵住了耳朵.
(b) (US) = stopper.
2
(a) device with metal pins that fit into holes in a socket to make an electrical connection 插頭; 插塞
a three-/two-pin plug 三線[雙線]插頭
Put the plug in the socket. 把插頭插入插座里.
I'll have to change the plug on the hair drier. 我得更換吹風機的插頭了. =>illus at socket 見socket插圖.
(b) (infml 口) electric socket 插座.
3 = sparking plug (spark).
4 (infml 口) piece of favourable publicity in the media for a commercial product, eg a record or book (在傳播媒介中插入宣傳商品的)推銷廣告(如宣傳唱片或書的).
5
(a) cake or stick of pressed or twisted tobacco 板煙.
(b) piece of this cut off for chewing 口嚼煙(切成小塊的板煙).
6 (idm 習語) pull the plug on sb/sth => pull2. plug, v (-gg-)
1 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (up) fill (a hole) or stop up sth with a plug 用塞子堵(洞)
plug a leak in the barrel 用塞子堵住大桶的漏洞.
2 [Tn] (infml 口) mention (sth) favourably in the media, esp repeatedly (在傳播媒介中)宣傳(某事物)(尤指反覆地)
They've been plugging his new show on the radio. 他們一直在電臺上宣傳他的新節目.
3 [Tn] (infml 口 esp US) shoot or hit (sb) 射擊或打(某人).
4 (phr v) plug away (at sth) work hard and steadily (at sth) (對某事物)努力不懈地干
She's been plugging away at her French lessons for months. 她已刻苦攻讀法語數月. plug sth in connect (sth) to the electricity supply with a plug(2a) 用插頭將(某物)與電源接通
Plug in the radio, please. 請把收音機的插頭插上.
The recorder wasn't plugged in. 錄音機的插頭沒插上.