a natural or artificial hollow into which something fits or in which something revolves 窝,槽,臼 the eye socket. 眼窝。 ■the part of the head of a golf club into which the shaft is fitted (高尔夫插球杆的)棒头承口
an electrical device receiving a plug or light bulb to make a connection 插座
(socketed, socketing) [with obj.]
place in or fit with a socket 插入,使装入插座
(Golf). old-fashioned term for shank (高尔夫)(旧)。 同 shank
语源
Middle 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