receptacle
receptacle 英 [rɪˈseptəkl] 美 [rɪˈsɛptəkəl]
n. [植] 花托；容器；插座
名词复数:receptacles
- A receptacle is a container that's used for holding or storing things. If you are having a party on a rainy day, you can put a receptacle outside your door for your guests' umbrellas.
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- n. [植] 花托；容器；插座
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1. But the wine bottle was a safe receptacle for my message.
但这个葡萄酒瓶是我那封信的安全容器。
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2. If you have a cookout, extinguish coals with water and discard them in a designated receptacle.
如果你要进行野炊，请结束后用水熄灭煤炭，然后把它扔在指定的容器里。
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3. An alternative method was to use a large shallow receptacle rather than a cauldron; oil, tallow or pitch then being poured in.
另一种方法是不用大锅,而是使用一个大的浅性容器，油,牛油或沥青随后被浇入.
- 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.
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