- (British English also power point)(North American English also outlet, receptacle)
a device in a wall that you put a plug into in order to connect electrical equipment to the power supply of a building （电源）插座 a wall socket 墙壁插座 The battery charger plugs into any mains socket. 这个电池充电器可以插入任何类型的电源插座。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- electric
- electrical
- light
- …
- plug (something) into
- outlet
a device on a piece of electrical equipment that you can fix a plug, a light bulb, etc. into （电器上的）插口，插孔，管座 an aerial socket on the television 电视机上的天线插孔
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- electric
- electrical
- light
- …
- plug (something) into
- outlet
a curved hollow space in the surface of something that another part fits into or moves around in 托座；孔穴；窝；槽；臼 His eyes bulged in their sockets. 他的两眼从眼窝里鼓出来。 The dog nearly pulled my arm out of its socket. 那只狗差点把我的胳膊从窝里拽出来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- empty
- hollow
- sunken
- …
- in its socket
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘head of a spear, resembling a ploughshare’): from an Anglo-Norman French diminutive of Old French soc ‘ploughshare’, probably of Celtic origin.