socket

socket
noun
  1. 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
  2. an electrical device receiving a plug or light bulb to make a connection
    插座
(socketed, socketing)
[with obj.]
  1. place in or fit with a socket
    插入,使装入插座
  2. (Golf). old-fashioned term for shank
    (高尔夫)(旧)。 同 shank
语源
  1. 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
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