1 a plastic or rubber object with two or three metal pins, which connects a piece of electrical equipment to the electricity supply (将电器的导线接上电源的)插头
2 a round piece of rubber or plastic that you use to block the hole in a bath, etc (橡胶或塑料制的)塞子(如用于塞住洗涤槽、浴缸等的)
3 a mention that sb makes of a new book, film, etc in order to encourage people to buy or see it (新书、电影等的)推销广告,推介,促销
plug²
/plʌg ||; plʌg/verb
[T] (plugging;plugged)
1 to fill or block a hole with sth that fits tightly into it 填塞,堵塞,塞住(孔洞):
He managed to plug the leak in the pipe.他堵住了管子的裂缝。
2 (informal 非正式) to say good things about a new book, film, etc in order to make people buy or see it 为(新书、电影等)推荐,打广告:
They're really plugging that song on the radio at the moment.此刻他们正在电台上大肆宣传那首歌。
plug sth in to connect a piece of electrical equipment to the electricity supply or to another piece of equipment 将电器的插头接上电源或另一件电器:
Is the microphone plugged in?麦克风的插头插上了吗? [OPP] unplug 反义词为unplug
plug1/plʌg; plʌɡ/n [C]1 the thing that you push into a wall to connect a piece of electrical equipment to the electricity supply(电源)插头: an electric plug 电源插头2 a round flat piece of rubber used for blocking the hole in a bath or SINK 〔浴缸或洗涤槽的〕(橡皮)塞子: the bath plug 浴缸塞子3 informal a way of advertising a book, film etc by mentioning it publicly, especially on television or radio【非正式】〔尤指在电视或电台上对新书﹑新影片等的〕推销﹐宣传: put/get in a plug (for sth) During the show she managed to put in a plug for her new book. 节目中她设法把自己的新书推销了一番。SPARK PLUG
plug2v [T] plugged , plugging 1 also 又作plug up to fill or block a hole 填塞﹔堵﹐把…塞住2 informal to advertise a book, film etc by mentioning it on television or radio【非正式】〔在电视或电台上〕为…做广告﹐推销﹐宣传plug away phr v informal to continue working hard at something【非正式】拼命地干: He's been plugging away at his essay all week. 整个星期他都在拼命写论文。plug sth in phr v to connect a piece of electrical equipment to the electricity supply, or to another piece of equipment [ unplug ] 给〔电器〕接上电源﹔与〔另一电器〕连接好: Is the TV plugged in? 电视机接上电源了吗?
plugplugplugs1noun1a thing with metal pins that joins a lamp, machine, etc. to a place in the wall (called a socket) where there is electricity2a round thing that you put in the hole in a bath, to keep the water inplugplugplugspluggedplugging2verb (plugs, plugging, plugged)to fill a hole, so that nothing can get out: He plugged the hole in the pipe with an old rag.plug something into join a lamp, machine, etc. to the electricity, using a plug: Can you plug in the television, please?oppositeunplug