slot

noun

/slɒt/

/slɑːt/

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a long, narrow opening, into which you put or fit something（投放或插入东西的）窄缝，扁口
- to put some coins in the slot往投币口中塞几个硬币
see also mail slot
Extra Examples
- He slid a coin into the slot of the jukebox.他往自动点唱机的投币口塞入一枚硬币。
- The electricity was on a slot meter.电在投币式电度表上。
a position, a time or an opportunity for somebody/something, for example in a list, a programme of events or a series of broadcasts（名单、日程安排或广播节目表中的）位置，时间，机会
- He has a regular slot on the late-night programme.他在深夜节目中有一档固定栏目。
- Their album has occupied the Number One slot for the past six weeks.他们的唱片在最近六周占据排行榜首位。
- the airport’s take-off and landing slots机场的起飞降落时间表
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- They have a prime time slot on national radio.他们在国家电台有黄金时段。
- We need something to fill a thirty-minute slot in the late evening.我们需要一些东西来填补深夜三十分钟的空隙。

Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘slight depression running down the middle of the chest’, surviving as a Scots term): from Old French esclot, of obscure origin.

slot

verb

/slɒt/

/slɑːt/

[transitive, intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they slot	/slɒt/ /slɑːt/
he / she / it slots	/slɒts/ /slɑːts/
past simple slotted	/ˈslɒtɪd/ /ˈslɑːtɪd/
past participle slotted	/ˈslɒtɪd/ /ˈslɑːtɪd/
-ing form slotting	/ˈslɒtɪŋ/ /ˈslɑːtɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

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to put something into a space that is available or designed for it; to fit into such a space投放；插入；（被）塞进；（被）装入
- slot something + adv./prep. The bed comes in sections that can be quickly slotted together.这张床有几个部分，可以很快缝在一起。
- + adv./prep. The dishwasher slots neatly between the cupboards.洗碗机刚好可以放在两个碗橱之间。
- These tubes slot together like this.这些管子像这样缝在一起。
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- He slotted the magazines neatly into the rack.他把杂志整齐地插到架子上。
- The panels slot together to make a box.这些嵌板拼插起来就成了箱子。
- (figurative) He has slotted back into the role of being a second-in-command.他被安插回去担任副指挥官。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- easily
- neatly
- simply
- …
preposition
- in
- into
phrases
- slot (something) into place
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Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘slight depression running down the middle of the chest’, surviving as a Scots term): from Old French esclot, of obscure origin.

Idioms

slot/fall into place

if something complicated or difficult to understand slots or falls into place, it becomes organized or clear in your mind明朗化；清晰；理出头绪
- Then I found his dairy and it all began to slot into place.然后我找到了他的日记，一切都开始安排妥当。