receptacle

noun

/rɪˈseptəkl/

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receptacle (for something) (formal) a container for putting something in容器
- In the backyard there was a large receptacle for catching rainwater.在后院有一个收集雨水的大容器。
- (figurative) The seas have been used as a receptacle for a range of industrial toxins.海洋成了各种有毒工业废料的大容器。
(also socket (both North American English), outlet British and North American English, British English also power point)
a device in a wall that you put a plug into (= a small plastic object with two or three metal pins) in order to connect electrical equipment to the power supply of a building（电源）插座

Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin receptaculum, from receptare ‘receive back’, frequentative of recipere, from re- ‘back’ + capere ‘take’.