plug

plug

P0380500 (plŭg) n. 1. An object, such as a cork or a wad of cloth, used to fill a hole tightly; a stopper. 2. A dense mass of material that obstructs a passage. 3. A usually cylindrical or conic piece cut from something larger, often as a sample. 4. Electricity a. A fitting, commonly with two metal prongs for insertion in a fixed socket, used to connect an appliance to a power supply. b. A spark plug. 5. A hydrant. 6. a. A flat cake of pressed or twisted tobacco. b. A piece of chewing tobacco. 7. Geology A mass of igneous rock filling the vent of a volcano. 8. Informal A favorable public mention of a commercial product, business, or performance, especially when broadcast. 9. Slang Something inferior, useless, or defective, especially an old, worn-out horse. 10. Slang A gunshot or bullet: a plug in the back. 11. A fishing lure having a hook or hooks. v. plugged, plug·ging, plugs v. tr. 1. To fill (a hole) tightly with or as if with a plug; stop up. 2. To insert (something) as a plug: plugged a cork in the bottle. 3. To insert in an appropriate place or position: plug a quarter into the parking meter; plugged the variables into the equation. 4. Slang a. To hit with a bullet; shoot. b. To hit with the fist; punch. 5. Informal To publicize (a product, for example) favorably, as by mentioning on a broadcast: authors who plug their latest books on TV talk shows. v. intr. 1. To become stopped up or obstructed: a gutter that plugged up with leaves. 2. Informal To move or work doggedly and persistently: "You may plug along fifty years before you get anywhere" (Saul Bellow). Phrasal Verbs: plug in 1. To connect (an appliance) to an electrical outlet. 2. To function by being connected to an electrical outlet: a power drill that plugs in. 3. Slang To cause (someone) to use a computer network, the internet, or an electronic device. 4. Slang To become informed about or involved with: was eager to plug in to the campus social scene. plug into 1. To connect or be connected in the manner of an electrical appliance: The local system is plugged into the national telephone network. This computer plugs into a data bank. 2. Slang To cause (someone) to use a computer network, the internet, or an electronic device. 3. Slang To cause to be informed about or involved with: connoisseurs who are plugged into the current art scene.

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[Dutch, from Middle Dutch plugge.]

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plug′ger n.

plug

(plʌɡ) n1. a piece of wood, cork, or other material, often cylindrical in shape, used to stop up holes and gaps or as a wedge for taking a screw or nail2. such a stopper used esp to close the waste pipe of a bath, basin, or sink while it is in use and removed to let the water drain away3. (Electronics) a device having one or more pins to which an electric cable is attached: used to make an electrical connection when inserted into a socket4. (Geological Science) Also called: volcanic plug a mass of solidified magma filling the neck of an extinct volcano5. (Automotive Engineering) See sparking plug6. (Recreational Drugs) a. a cake of pressed or twisted tobacco, esp for chewingb. a small piece of such a cake7. (Angling) angling a weighted artificial lure with one or more sets of hooks attached, used in spinning8. (Horticulture) a seedling with its roots encased in potting compost, grown in a tray with compartments for each individual plant9. informal a recommendation or other favourable mention of a product, show, etc, as on television, on radio, or in newspapers10. slang a shot, blow, or punch (esp in the phrase take a plug at)11. informal the mechanism that releases water to flush a lavatory (esp in the phrase pull the plug)12. (Animals) chiefly US an old horse13. pull the plug on informal to put a stop tovb, plugs, plugging or plugged14. (tr) to stop up or secure (a hole, gap, etc) with or as if with a plug15. (tr) to insert or use (something) as a plug: to plug a finger into one's ear. 16. (tr) informal to make favourable and often-repeated mentions of (a song, product, show, etc), esp on television, on radio, or in newspapers17. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (tr) slang to shoot with a gun: he plugged six rabbits. 18. (tr) slang to punch or strike19. (intr; foll by along, away, etc) informal to work steadily or persistently[C17: from Middle Dutch plugge; related to Middle Low German plugge, German Pflock] ˈplugger n

plug

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n., v. plugged, plug•ging. n. 1. a piece of wood or other material used to stop up a hole or aperture. 2. a core or interior segment taken from a larger matrix. 3. an attachment at the end of an electrical cord that allows its insertion into an outlet or jack. 4. spark plug (def. 1). 5. fireplug; hydrant. 6. a cake of pressed tobacco. 7. the favorable mention of a product, performer, etc., as in a radio or television interview; advertisement. 8. an artificial fishing lure made of wood, plastic, or metal and fitted with one or more gang hooks. 9. Geol. neck (def. 12). 10. Slang. a worn-out or inferior horse; nag. v.t. 11. to stop or fill with or as if with a plug (often fol. by up): to plug up a leak. 12. to insert or drive a plug into. 13. to secure with or as if with a plug. 14. to remove a core or a small plug-shaped piece from, as for a sample: to plug a watermelon. 15. to mention (a product or the like) favorably, as in a television interview. 16. Slang. to punch with the fist. 17. Slang. to shoot or kill with a bullet. v.i. 18. to work with stubborn persistence: to plug away at a novel. 19. plug in, a. to connect to an electrical power source. b. to include: to plug in more data. 20. plug up, to become plugged. Idioms: pull the plug on, Informal. a. to terminate. b. to disconnect life-sustaining equipment from (a moribund patient). [1620–30; < Dutch; c. German Pflock]

plug

Past participle: plugged
Gerund: plugging

Imperative
plug
plug

Present
I plug
you plug
he/she/it plugs
we plug
you plug
they plug

Preterite
I plugged
you plugged
he/she/it plugged
we plugged
you plugged
they plugged

Present Continuous
I am plugging
you are plugging
he/she/it is plugging
we are plugging
you are plugging
they are plugging

Present Perfect
I have plugged
you have plugged
he/she/it has plugged
we have plugged
you have plugged
they have plugged

Past Continuous
I was plugging
you were plugging
he/she/it was plugging
we were plugging
you were plugging
they were plugging

Past Perfect
I had plugged
you had plugged
he/she/it had plugged
we had plugged
you had plugged
they had plugged

Future
I will plug
you will plug
he/she/it will plug
we will plug
you will plug
they will plug

Future Perfect
I will have plugged
you will have plugged
he/she/it will have plugged
we will have plugged
you will have plugged
they will have plugged

Future Continuous
I will be plugging
you will be plugging
he/she/it will be plugging
we will be plugging
you will be plugging
they will be plugging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been plugging
you have been plugging
he/she/it has been plugging
we have been plugging
you have been plugging
they have been plugging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been plugging
you will have been plugging
he/she/it will have been plugging
we will have been plugging
you will have been plugging
they will have been plugging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been plugging
you had been plugging
he/she/it had been plugging
we had been plugging
you had been plugging
they had been plugging

Conditional
I would plug
you would plug
he/she/it would plug
we would plug
you would plug
they would plug

Past Conditional
I would have plugged
you would have plugged
he/she/it would have plugged
we would have plugged
you would have plugged
they would have plugged

Plug

A small, flat, rectangular-shaped cake of compressed chewing tobacco. Pieces of a size suitable for chewing (a Chaw) could then be cut off as desired.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	plug - blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightlystopple, stopperblockage, stoppage, occlusion, closure, block, stop - an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"bung, spile - a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flaskbottle cork, cork - the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)drainplug - a removable plug for holding water in a tub or basinearplug - a plug of cotton, wax, or rubber that is fitted into the ear canal for protection against the entry of water or loud noisefipple - a wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a recorder)tampion, tompion - plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisturetampon - plug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood)spigot, tap - a plug for a bunghole in a cask
	2.	plug - a wad of something chewable as tobaccochaw, chew, cud, quid, wadbite, morsel, bit - a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread"
	3.	plug - blatant or sensational promotionballyhoo, hoopla, hypepromotion, promotional material, publicity, packaging - a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution; "the packaging of new ideas"
	4.	plug - electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric sparkspark plug, sparking plugelectrical device - a device that produces or is powered by electricityignition system, ignition - the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine
	5.	plug - an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connectionmale plugelectrical device - a device that produces or is powered by electricityphone plug, telephone plug - a plug for connecting a telephone
	6.	plug - an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a firefire hydrant, fireplughydrant - a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks
	7.	plug - an old or over-worked horse nag, jade, hackEquus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Verb	1.	plug - fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak"stop up, securestopper, stopple - close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers"tampon - plug with a tamponfill up, close - fill or stop up; "Can you close the cracks with caulking?"chink - fill the chinks of, as with caulkingcork, cork up - close a bottle with a cork
	2.	plug - persist in working hard; "Students must plug away at this problem"plug awayhang in, persevere, persist, hang on, hold on - be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"
	3.	plug - deliver a quick blow to; "he punched me in the stomach"punchhit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"
	4.	plug - make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promoteadvertize, advertise, promote, push - make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"
	5.	plug - insert a plug into; "plug the wall"put in, stick in, inclose, insert, introduce, enclose - introduce; "Insert your ticket here"plug - insert as a plug; "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle"
	6.	plug - insert as a plug; "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle"put in, stick in, inclose, insert, introduce, enclose - introduce; "Insert your ticket here"plug - insert a plug into; "plug the wall"

plug

noun1. stopper, cork, bung, spigot, stopple A plug had been inserted in the drill hole.2. (Informal) mention, advertisement, advert (Brit. informal), push, promotion, publicity, puff, hype, good word, namecheck The show was little more than a plug for her new film.verb1. seal, close, stop, fill, cover, block, stuff, pack, cork, choke, stopper, bung, stop up, stopple Crews are working to plug a major oil leak.2. (Informal) mention, push, promote, publicize, advertise, build up, puff, hype, write up, namecheck If I hear another actor plugging his latest book I will scream.plug away (Informal) slog away, labour, toil away, grind away (informal), peg away, plod away, drudge away I just keep plugging away at this job, although I hate it.

plug

noun1. Something used to fill a hole, space, or container:choke, cork, fill, stop, stopper.2. Informal. A systematic effort or part of this effort to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity:advertisement, ballyhoo, buildup, promotion, publicity, puffery.Informal: pitch.Slang: hype.verb1. To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container:block, choke, clog, close, congest, cork, fill, stop.2. Slang. To wound or kill with a firearm:gun (down), pick off, shoot.3. Informal. To make known vigorously the positive features of (a product):advertise, ballyhoo, build up, cry (up), popularize, promote, publicize, talk up.Informal: pitch.Slang: push.4. Informal. To increase or seek to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity:ballyhoo, boost, build up, enhance, promote, publicize, puff, talk up, tout.Slang: hype.

Translations

插头栓堵塞塞子

plug

(plag) noun1. a device for putting into a mains socket in order to allow an electric current to flow through the appliance to which it is attached by cable. She changed the plug on the electric kettle. 插頭 插头2. an object shaped for fitting into the hole in a bath or sink to prevent the water from running away, or a piece of material for blocking any hole. 塞子，栓 塞子，栓 verb – past tense, past participle plugged – to block (a hole) by putting a plug in it. He plugged the hole in the window with a piece of newspaper. 堵塞 堵塞plug in to connect up (an electrical apparatus) by inserting its plug into a socket. Could you plug in the electric kettle? 插上插頭以接通電源 插上插头以接通电源

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