
好词典

源自中古英语 'soket',来自古法语 'socquet',意为小犁头或凹槽,可能与拉丁语 'soccus'(一种鞋)有关。
❶ 插座,指墙上或设备上用于连接电器的接口,通常有孔或槽以插入插头。
“Please plug the charger into the socket.”
(请把充电器插到插座上。)
“The lamp doesn't work because the socket is broken.”
(灯不亮是因为插座坏了。)
❶ 凹槽或孔洞,用于固定或容纳其他物体,如骨骼中的关节窝或工具上的接口。
“The hip socket holds the ball of the thigh bone.”
(髋关节窝容纳大腿骨的球状部分。)
“The wrench fits perfectly into the socket of the bolt.”
(扳手完美地套入螺栓的凹槽中。)
❶ 将某物插入或固定到插座或凹槽中。
“He socketed the plug into the wall.”
(他把插头插进了墙上的插座。)
“The tool is designed to socket the bolt securely.”
(这个工具设计用来牢固地套住螺栓。)
socket wrench — 一种带有可更换套筒的扳手,用于拧紧或松开螺母和螺栓。
“He used a socket wrench to tighten the bolts on the car.”
(他用套筒扳手拧紧了汽车上的螺栓。)
eye socket — 头骨中容纳眼球的凹陷部分,也称为眼眶。
“The boxer suffered a fracture in his eye socket.”
(这位拳击手的眼眶骨折了。)