socket

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Electrical, Electricitysocketsock‧et /ˈsɒkɪt $ ˈsɑː-/ noun [countable] 1 TEEa place in a wall where you can connect electrical equipment to the supply of electricity SYN power point British English, outlet American English2 the place on a piece of electrical equipment that you put a plug or a light bulb into a headphone socket3 JOIN something TOGETHERa hollow part of a structure into which something fits the eye socketsExamples from the Corpussocket• 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”

单词	socket
释义	socket From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Electrical, Electricitysocketsock‧et /ˈsɒkɪt $ ˈsɑː-/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1 TEEa place in a wall where you can connect electrical equipment to the supply of electricity SYN power point British English, outlet American English2 the place on a piece of electrical equipment that you put a plug or a light bulb into a headphone socket3 JOIN something TOGETHERa hollow part of a structure into which something fits the eye socketsExamples from the Corpussocket• 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”
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