receptacle
英[r?'sept?k(?)l]
美[r?'s?pt?kl]
- n. [植] 花托；容器；插座
詞態變化
復數:?receptacles;
助記提示
1、re- "back" + cept- + -acle(復合后綴：-ace, -le[diminutive]).
2、字面含義：take back. => place to receive and store things.
中文詞源
receptacle 容器
來自 receive,接收，收到，-pt,過去分詞格，-acle,名詞后綴。
英文詞源
- receptacle (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French receptacle (14c.) and directly from Latin receptaculum "place to receive and store things," from receptare, frequentative of recipere "to hold, contain" (see receive). As an adjectival form, receptacular (1847) has been used.
雙語例句
- 1. The seas have been used as a receptacle for a range of industrial toxins.
- 海洋成了各種有毒工業廢料的大容器。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. A liquid filters through a strainer, into the receptacle beneath.
- 液體經過過濾器流入下面的容器.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Please put your cigarette ends into the receptacle provided.
- 請將煙蒂放入提供的盛器里.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Only the styles are left sticking up from the receptacle and ovary.
- 在花托和子房上面只剩下花柱.
來自辭典例句
- 5. We ladies of Barchester will erect for it a fitting receptacle.
- 我們巴徹斯特的婦女會給它豎立起一個合適的座子的.
來自辭典例句