plug

[plʌg]

n.塞子, 插头, 推销, 火花塞, 口嚼烟
v.塞, 堵, 宣传, 插上插头, 苦干
v. 宣传, 苦干

n.[C]

1. 塞子, 栓; 堵塞物

She pulled the plug to let out the water.

她拔起塞子放水。

2. 插头, 插塞

Just put the plug in the socket and switch on the machine.

只需将插头插入插座并开动机器就行了。

3. (内燃机的)火花塞, 点火栓

4. 消防栓

5. 口嚼香烟

6. 【口】(广播或电视的)插播广告; 推荐, 捧场

put in a plug for a new product

为一种新产品插播广告

7. 【美】【口】有疵商品; 滞销货

8. 【俚】 (用拳的)一击; 一枪; 一颗子弹

vt.

1. 把……塞住, 堵塞[(+up)]

He plugged his ears with cotton balls.

他用棉球塞住双耳。

2. 【俚】枪击; 拳打

3. (在广播或电视中)一再宣传; 大打广告

People are always plugging their books on TV talk shows.

人们总是在电视访谈节目中一再推荐自己所写的书。

He's been plugging his new song on the radio.

他一直在收音机上为他的新歌大打广告。

4. 给……接通电源[(+in)]

vi.

1. 苦干, 苦读[(+along/away)]

She plugged away at her math.

她埋头攻读数学。

2. 接通电源; 连接[(+in)]

You can plug into the international computer network.

你可以连接上国际电脑网络。

3. 【俚】枪击; 打[(+at)]

词形变化

名词: plugger | 动词过去式: plugged | 动词过去分词: plugged | 动词现在分词: plugging | 动词第三人称单数: plugs |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.塞住, 堵塞

block  clog  stop  obstruct  stuff  jam  congest  

同义参见:

stem  commercial  recommendation  promote  closure  cork  advertisement  cork  

英英释义

名词 plug:

blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

同义词：stopper, stopple

a wad of something chewable as tobacco

同义词：chew, chaw, cud, quid, wad

blatant or sensational promotion

同义词：ballyhoo, hoopla, hype

electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark

同义词：spark plug, sparking plug

an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection

同义词：male plug

an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire

同义词：fireplug, fire hydrant

an old or over-worked horse

同义词：hack, jade, nag

动词 plug:

fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

同义词：stop up, secure

persist in working hard

同义词：plug away

deliver a quick blow to

同义词：punch

make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote

短语词组

plug away at

1. 埋头苦干

He was plugging away at his work.

他正在埋头苦干。

plug in

1. 插上……的插头以接通电源

Will you plug in the tape recorder for me?

请你替我把录音机的插头插上好吗?

补充

plugplug英:[plʌɡ] 美:[plʌɡ]n.1.插头, 插座They used electricity from a plug in the garage.他们通过车库插座取电。2.塞子, 栓She pulled out the plug of the bathtub.她拔下浴缸的塞子。vt. & vi.1.插上插头The girl let her mother plug in the TV set.女孩叫母亲插上电视机的插头。vt.1.以(塞子)塞住Use this wad of cloth to plug the barrel.用这软布把桶塞上。

例句

1. He put the plug in and filled the sink with water.他把塞子塞上, 将洗碗池注满水。 2. He pulled out the plug.他拔掉了塞子。 3. A plug had been inserted in the drill hole.钻孔已塞上了塞子。 4. The plug is faulty.这个插头坏了。 5. a three-pin plug一个三脚插头 6. She managed to turn every answer into a plug for her latest book.她成功地把每一个回答都变成对自己新书的推介。 7. Can I give our new show a plug?我能宣传一下我们的新节目吗？ 8. The banks have the power to pull the plug on the project.银行有权终止该项目。 9. Police pulled the plug on the event, fearing that violence would break out.警方终止了该活动, 唯恐发生暴力冲突。 10. Crews are working to plug a major oil leak.船员正在设法堵塞主要的漏油点。 11. Chet tore off his shirt and used it to plug the hole in the canoe.切特从衬衫上扯下一块布用来堵住独木舟的洞。 12. Her instructor plugged live bullets into the gun's chamber.她的教官把实弹装入枪膛。 13. People are always plugging their books on TV chat shows.人们总是在电视访谈节目中推销自己的书。 14. Shut up, or I plug him.闭嘴, 否则我就毙了他。 15. He plugged him in the face.他一拳打在他的脸上。 16. The soldiers used their bodies to plug up a hole in the dyke.战士们用身体堵住大堤的裂口。 17. to plug a leak in the barrel用塞子堵住大桶的漏隙 18. to plug a watermelon to test its ripeness切一小角西瓜尝尝其成熟度 19. to plug an electric device into the car battery把一个电器接入汽车蓄电池 20. They’ve been plugging his new show on the radio.他们一直在电台上宣传他的新节目。 21. to plug someone with tomatoes用西红柿扔掷某人 22. The drain will plug up if you let grease settle in it.如果你让油脂积存，排水管就会堵塞。 23. She is plugging along on her next book.她正在埋头赶写她的下一部著作。 24. The soldiers kept plugging away at the enemies.战士们连续不断地向敌人射击。 25. The new president has plugged into a great national yearning.新总统迎合全国上下急切的愿望。 26. He devoted much of his talk to plugging for the party candidate.他大量演讲，大肆为这位党的候选人做宣传。 27. somewhere in the pipes there is a plug of ice blocking the flow.管子里某个位置有冰块堵住了水流。 28. he threw in a plug, boasting that the restaurant offered many entrées for under $5.他插入了一个广告，吹嘘该饭店提供许多种价格在五美元以下的主菜肴。 29. trucks arrived loaded with gravel to plug the hole and clear the road.满载碎石的卡车到了，这些碎石是用来填坑平路的。 30. the new sanctions are meant to plug the gaps in the trade embargo.这些新制裁旨在堵住贸易禁运中的漏洞。 31. the baby plugged his thumb into his mouth.这个婴儿把大拇指塞进了嘴里。 32. during the show he plugged his new record.在节目期间，他宣传了他的新唱片。 33. during the years of poverty, he plugged away at his writing.在贫困的日子，他埋头于写作。 34. we plug into the research facilities available at the institute.我们接入了学院的研究设施。 35. the good thing about this job is that I'm plugged into what's going on.这个工作的好处是我能了解正在发生些什么。 36. He managed to plug the leak in the pipe.他堵住了管子的裂缝。 37. They're really plugging that song on the radio at the moment.此刻他们正在电台上大肆宣传那首歌。 38. Is the microphone plugged in?麦克风的插头插上了吗？ 39. the lamp's plug灯的插头 40. The only way to turn the machine off is to pull the plug. [=remove the plug from the outlet]只有拔掉插头才能关上这台机器。 41. a microphone plug麦克风插塞 42. I put the plug [=stopper] in the drain and let the sink/bathtub fill with water.我用塞子堵住下水孔，让洗脸盆/浴缸注满水。 43. a drain plug放水塞子 44. a wooden plug木塞子 45. We replanted the area with plugs of grass. [=bunches of grass plants]我们在那个地方重新种植了草皮。 46. He put a plug of tobacco in his mouth.他往嘴里放了一块口嚼烟。 47. I heard a plug for that café on the radio.我在广播中听到那家咖啡馆的一个广告。 48. He gave a plug for [=talked about] his new film during the interview.他在采访中为他的新电影做了宣传。 49. She put in a plug for the band's new album on her radio program.她在她的广播节目中推荐了这个乐队的新专辑。 50. Only his wife can decide to pull the plug.只有他的妻子能够决定停掉呼吸机。 51. "At the end of the season, the network is pulling the plug on the show."本季结束后，这家电视网将不再投资拍摄这个节目。 52. They may pull the plug on the tutoring program.他们可能不再资助这门辅导课程。 53. We were able to plug the hole with cement.我们用水泥把洞堵住了。 54. Leaves and dirt were plugging [=blocking] the storm drain.树叶和泥土堵塞了暴雨排水孔。 55. He plugged up the spaces between the stones with mud.他用泥填满了石块间的缝隙。 56. "The drain was plugged up. [=clogged, blocked]"下水道堵塞了。 57. The company needs to plug the holes/gaps in its security system.这家公司需要堵住其安全系统存在的漏洞。 58. One of the DJs on the local radio station has been plugging the band's new album.地方电台的一名音乐节目主持人一直在为那个乐队的新专辑做宣传。 59. He plugged him right in the chest.他开枪正好击中他的胸部。 60. She kept plugging away at her homework.她坚持做作业。 61. Don't plug the stereo in yet.先不要给音响接电源。 62. He plugged in the lamp.他接通了电灯的电源。 63. The microphone isn't plugged in.麦克风没接通电源。 64. The form has spaces where you just plug in [=insert] your name and address.在表格的空白处填写你的姓名和地址。 65. The heater plugs into the dashboard of your car.电热器是连接到汽车仪表板上的。 66. plug the heater into the dashboard of the car.把电热器连接到汽车的仪表板上。 67. I'm trying to figure out how to plug the scanner into my computer.我正在努力琢磨如何把扫描仪连到我的计算机上。 68. The company has plugged into the international market. [=the company has become connected to the international market; the company has begun to do business in the international market]这家公司已经打入国际市场。 69. His friends are plugged into the city's music scene. [=his friends are actively involved in the city's music scene]他的朋友们现在活跃于这个城市的音乐圈。 70. The computer program will take data from these sources and automatically plug it into the equation.这个计算机程序将从这些资料来源中提取数据，并自动将数据填入方程式中。