词组 | plug |
释义 | plug [plugged, plugged, plugging] plug away plug away informal to keep working hard in order to try to do something, even though it takes a long time: ▪ They kept plugging away until they found a solution to the problem.. + at ▪ I'm sure if you keep plugging away at it, your English will improve. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑work away, ↑slog away BrE informal, ↑toil away plug in plug sth in • plug in sth to connect a piece of electrical equipment to the main supply of electricity or to another piece of electrical equipment: ▪ Marion filled the kettle and plugged it in. ▪ I checked the phone cord and made sure it was plugged in correctly. plug-in AmE a plug-in piece of electrical equipment is designed to be connected directly to the main electricity supply: ▪ a plug-in 110 volt motor plug into 1. plug sth into sth to connect a piece of electrical equipment to another piece of electrical equipment or to a supply of electricity: ▪ Plug the microphone into your videocassette recorder. ▪ an electric pump that can be plugged into an ordinary 13 amp wall socket 2. plug into sth if a piece of electrical equipment plugs into another piece of electrical equipment or into a supply of electricity, it can be connected to it: ▪ The printer plugs into a socket at the back of your computer. 3. plug into sth to connect your computer to an information system: ▪ An Edinburgh boys' school is the first in Britain to plug into the French government's new technology learning centre. be plugged into sth (=have a computer that is connected to an information system) ▪ Almost all the students are plugged into the Internet. plug up plug up sth • plug sth up to fill or block a small hole by putting something in it: ▪ We used mud and straw to plug up the holes in the roof. ▪ With his ears plugged up, Albert could sleep undisturbed by the noise around him. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑block up |
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