2the place on a piece of electrical equipment that you put a plug or a light bulb into 〔电器上的〕插口,插孔
a headphone socket
耳机插口
3JOIN something TOGETHERa hollow part of a structure into which something fits 窝,臼,槽,穴
the eye sockets
眼窝
Examples from the Corpus
socket• Her mouth was dry and hollow, a socket, no longer a well, as if she had no tongue to kiss with.• He stuck the candleupright 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 redsockets.• 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 socketsached.
Originsocket
(1200-1300)Anglo-Frenchsoket, from Old Frenchsoc“broad curved blade of a plow”
1 (BrE) for electricity電➡ see also outletADJECTIVE | VERB + SOCKET | SOCKET + NOUNADJECTIVE➤electric, electrical, light, mains, plug, power電源插座;電燈插座▸➤aerial, earphone, headphone, phone天線插口;耳機插孔;電話插座▸➤Scart, USB * Scart (21 針音視頻信號線)插孔; USB (通用串行總線)插口▸➤standard標準插座▸➤wall牆上插座VERB + SOCKET➤plug (sth) into(把⋯)插入插座◇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。SOCKET + NOUN➤outlet電源插座socket
noun²
2in the body身體ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤empty, hollow, sunken凹陷的窩▸➤arm, eye, hip, shoulder, tooth臂關節臼;眼窩;髖關節臼;肩關節臼;牙槽PREPOSITION➤in its socket在窩裏◇His eyes bulged madly in their sockets.他的眼球從眼窩裏鼓出來,鼓得厲害。