a long, narrow opening, into which you put or fit something (投放或插入東西的)窄縫,扁口 to put some coins in the slot 往投幣口中塞幾個硬幣
Extra ExamplesHe slid a coin into the slot of the jukebox. 他往自動點唱機的投幣口塞入一枚硬幣。 The electricity was on a slot meter. 電在投幣式電度表上。
a position, a time or an opportunity for somebody/something, for example in a list, a programme of events or a series of broadcasts (名單、日程安排或廣播節目表中的)位置,時間,機會 He has a regular slot on the late-night programme. 他在深夜節目中有一檔固定欄目。 Their album has occupied the Number One slot for the past six weeks. 他們的唱片在最近六周佔據排行榜首位。 the airport’s take-off and landing slots 機場的起飛降落時間表
Extra ExamplesThey have a prime time slot on national radio. 他們在國家電台有黃金時段。 We need something to fill a thirty-minute slot in the late evening. 我們需要一些東西來填補深夜三十分鐘的空隙。
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.