slot
slot 英 [slɒt] 美 [slɑt]
n. 窄缝；位置，时间，机会 vt. 投放；插入
进行时:slotting 过去式:slotted 过去分词:slotted 第三人称单数:slots 名词复数:slots
- A thin opening or groove in something is a slot. You can put letters and postcards through the mail slot at the post office.
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- n. 窄缝；位置，时间，机会
- vt. 投放；插入
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1. to put some coins in the slot
往投币口中塞几个硬币
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2. He has a regular slot on the late-night programme.
他在深夜节目中有一档固定栏目。
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3. Their album has occupied the Number One slot for the past six weeks.
他们的唱片在最近六周占据排行榜首位。
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4. the airport's take-off and landing slots
机场的起飞降落时间表
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5. He slotted a cassette into the VCR.
他把录像带插入录像机中。
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6. The bed comes in sections which can be quickly slotted together.
这种床以散件出售，可以快速组装起来。
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7. The dishwasher slots neatly between the cupboards.
洗碗机刚好可以放在两个碗橱之间。
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8. I can slot you in between 3 and 4.
我可以把你插到第 3 和第 4 之间。
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9. We slotted in some extra lessons before the exam.
我们在考试前加了几节课。
- slot (n.1) late 14c., "hollow at the base of the throat above the breastbone," from Old French esclot "hoofprint of a deer or horse," of uncertain origin, probably from Old Norse sloð "trail" (see sleuth). Original sense is rare or obsolete in Modern English; sense of "narrow opening into which something else can be fitted" is first recorded 1520s. Meaning "middle of the (semi-circular) copy desk at a newspaper," the spot occupied by the chief sub-editor, is recorded from 1917. The sense of "opening in a machine for a coin to be inserted" is from 1888 (slot machine first attested 1891). The sense of "position in a list" is first recorded 1942; verb sense of "designate, appoint" is from 1960s. Slot car first attested 1966.
- slot (n.2) "bar or bolt used to fasten a door, window, etc.," c. 1300, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German slot (compare Old Norse slot, Old High German sloz, German Schloss "bolt, bar, lock, castle;" Old Saxon slutil "key," Dutch slot "a bolt, lock, castle"), from Proto-Germanic stem *slut- "to close" (source also of Old Frisian sluta, Dutch sluiten, Old High German sliozan, German schliessen "to shut, close, bolt, lock"), from PIE root *klau- "hook," also "peg, nail, pin," all things used as locks or bolts in primitive structures.
- slot (v.1) 1747, "provide with a slot, cut slots in," from slot (n.1). Meaning "drop a coin in a slot" is from 1888. Sense of "take a position in a slot" is from 1940; that of "fit (something) into a slot" is from 1966. Oldest sense is obsolete: "stab in the base of the throat" (c. 1400). Related: Slotted; slotting.
- slot (v.2) 1560s, "to bolt a door," from slot (n.2). Related: Slotted; slotting.
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