socket
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sock·et /ˈsɒkɪt $ ˈsɑː-/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1. TEEa place in a wall where you can connect electrical equipment to the supply of electricity （电源）插座 SYN British English power point, American English outlet →5 see picture at 见图 plug12 the place on a piece of electrical equipment that you put a plug or a light bulb into 〔电器上的〕插口，插孔 a headphone socket 耳机插口3 JOIN something TOGETHERa hollow part of a structure into which something fits 窝，臼，槽，穴 the eye sockets 眼窝
Examples from the Corpus
socket• Her mouth was dry and hollow, a socket, no longer a well, as if she had no tongue to kiss with.• He stuck the candle upright in a socket then sat and gazed at the flame, letting it mesmerize him into memory.• But she was as vacant as an empty eye socket.• The eyes dissolve into red sockets.• I don't shut all the internal doors and I certainly don't pull most plugs out at the socket.• He pressed the heels of his hands against his eyes until the sockets ached.Origin socket (1200-1300) Anglo-French soket, from Old French soc “broad curved blade of a plow”sock·et nounChineseSyllable
a in a place Corpus you connect can wall where
socket
sock‧et /ˈsɒkət, ˈsɒkɪt $ ˈsɑː-/
noun [countable]
SYN power point British English, outlet American English
2. the place on a piece of electrical equipment that you put a plug or a light bulb into:
a headphone socket
3. a hollow part of a structure into which something fits:
the eye sockets
sock‧et /ˈsɒkət, ˈsɒkɪt $ ˈsɑː-/
noun [countable] Date: 1200-1300
Language: Anglo-French
Origin: soket, from Old French soc 'broad curved blade of a plow'
1. a place in a wall where you can connect electrical equipment to the supply of electricity Language: Anglo-French
Origin: soket, from Old French soc 'broad curved blade of a plow'
SYN power point British English, outlet American English
2. the place on a piece of electrical equipment that you put a plug or a light bulb into:
3. a hollow part of a structure into which something fits:
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