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A solid piece you push into a hole to fill it and stop anything passing through — like the rubber in a sink. Push it in and the gap is closed. Almost everything radiates from this 'push a solid piece into an opening' picture: the electrical plug pushes its pins into a socket; a spark plug, a wall anchor, a all fill a hole; the verb 'plug a gap' fills what's missing; 'pull the plug' the so everything drains away and stops. One branch goes a different way — to plug a product is to push a quick mention into a show.

可以想成一塊實心的東西，往洞裡一塞，把缺口堵起來、不讓任何東西通過——就像洗手槽那個橡膠塞。塞進去，洞就封上了。pl…更多收起可以想成一塊實心的東西，往洞裡一塞，把缺口堵起來、不讓任何東西通過——就像洗手槽那個橡膠塞。塞進去，洞就封上了。plug 幾乎所有意思都從這個「把一塊實心物塞進開口」的畫面長出來：電插頭把金屬腳插進插座、火星塞、壁虎、塞子都是填進一個洞；動詞 plug a gap 是補上缺的那一塊；pull the plug 則是把塞子一拔，東西全流光、整件事就停了。只有一支走得比較遠——plug a product 是把一段簡短介紹「塞」進節目裡。

原始詞典資料27 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

plugnoun/plʌɡ/

  • 1

    businesselectrical-engineeringelectricityA pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.

    • I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again.
  • 2

    businesselectrical-engineeringelectricityA pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.

  • 3

    Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.

    • Pull the plug out of the tub so it can drain.
  • 4

    A flat oblong cake of cured and pressed tobacco; the tobacco that constitutes it.

    • Near-synonym: chewing tobacco
    • He preferred a plug to snuff.
  • 5

    slangA high, tapering silk hat.

  • 6

    slangA worthless horse.

    • That sorry old plug is ready for the glue factory!
  • 7

    datedAny worn-out or useless article.

  • 8

    datedslangA book that fails to sell.

    • Stack all new and fresh, composed of the fast-selling standard books only — no old plugs or unsalable books whatever.
    • Many New York booksellers promoted the impression that Quaritch had sent only 'plugs' (i.e. unsaleable books).
另外 11 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    businessconstructionmanufacturingA block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.

  • 10

    slangA promotion (act of promoting) of a product (such as a book, film or play) or other thing, concept, etc, for example during an interview or a commercial.

    • During the interview, the author put in a plug for his latest novel.
    • She used her televised tour of the zoo to work in another plug for conservation.
  • 11

    geographygeologynatural-sciencesA body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.

    • Pressure built beneath the plug in the caldera, eventually resulting in a catastrophic explosion of pyroclastic shrapnel and ash.
  • 12

    fishinghobbieslifestyleA type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.

    • The fisherman cast the plug into a likely pool, hoping to catch a whopper.
  • 13

    agriculturebusinesshorticultureA small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.

  • 14

    A growth of protoplasm that closes the pore openings in the cells of certain algae.

  • 15

    jewelrylifestyleA short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.

  • 16

    slangA drug dealer.

    • He saw me catch a trap and leave the house of a drug dealer. That's why he targeted me. He could have easily blown my ass off right then and there for lying, but for some reason he didn't. He just left. I biked back to my plug's spot and told him […]
  • 17

    slangA trusted connection; someone who provides illicit goods and resources.

  • 18

    A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.

  • 19

    aeronauticsaerospaceaviationA standard, modular fuselage component that can be added or removed.

    • Add front and aft closures to the fuselage midsection. Addition or subtraction of fuselage plugs, to a maximum of five rows, conveniently distributed on each side of wing, is possible.

plugverb/plʌɡ/

  • 1

    To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.

    • He attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk.
  • 2

    To promote (something, especially a product or service); to mention (something) as if promoting or advertising it.

    • The main guest on the show just kept plugging his latest movie: it got so tiresome.
    • Kennedy went on nationwide speaking tour to plug environmental conservation.
  • 3

    informalTo persist or continue with something.

    • Near-synonym: plug away
    • Keep plugging at the problem until you find a solution.
  • 4

    slangTo shoot (someone) with a bullet.

    • 1884, H. Rider Haggard, The Witch's Head I am awfully glad that you kept your nerve and plugged him; it would have been better if you could have nailed him through the right shoulder, which would not have killed him...
  • 5

    slangTo have sex with; to penetrate sexually.

    • Near-synonyms: peg, rail
    • I’d love to plug him with my strap-on.
  • 6

    slangTo ingest a drug rectally.

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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。