- (British English also power point)(North American English also outlet, receptacle)
a device in a wall that you put a plug into in order to connect electrical equipment to the power supply of a building （電源）插座 a wall socket 牆壁插座 The battery charger plugs into any mains socket. 這個電池充電器可以插入任何類型的電源插座。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- electric
- electrical
- light
- …
- plug (something) into
- outlet
a device on a piece of electrical equipment that you can fix a plug, a light bulb, etc. into （電器上的）插口，插孔，管座 an aerial socket on the television 電視機上的天線插孔
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- electric
- electrical
- light
- …
- plug (something) into
- outlet
a curved hollow space in the surface of something that another part fits into or moves around in 托座；孔穴；窩；槽；臼 His eyes bulged in their sockets. 他的兩眼從眼窩裏鼓出來。 The dog nearly pulled my arm out of its socket. 那只狗差點把我的胳膊從窩裏拽出來。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- empty
- hollow
- sunken
- …
- in its socket
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘head of a spear, resembling a ploughshare’): from an Anglo-Norman French diminutive of Old French soc ‘ploughshare’, probably of Celtic origin.