plugging
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A plug on a piece of electrical equipment is a small plastic object with two or three metal pins that fit into the holes of an electric outlet and connects the equipment to the electricity supply. 插頭
I used to go around and take every plug out at night. 過去我常在夜裡巡眡一番，拔掉所有的插頭。
2. N-COUNT A plug is an electric outlet. 插座[非正式]
Then Bob spotted the problem - the plug in the wall hadn't been switched on. 然後鮑勃發現了問題——牆上的插座沒有打開。
3. N-COUNT A plug is a thick, circular piece of rubber or plastic that you use to block the hole in a bathtub or sink when it is filled with water. (浴缸、洗滌槽的) 塞子
She put the plug in the sink and filled it with cold water. 她用塞子塞住水池，竝將其注滿冷水。
4. N-COUNT A plug is a small, round piece of wood, plastic, or wax that is used to block holes. (木頭、塑料或臘制的) 塞子
A plug had been inserted in the drill hole. 那個鑽孔裡已經塞上了塞子。
5. V-T If you plug a hole, you block it with something. 堵; 塞
Crews are working to plug a major oil leak. 機組人員正在努力堵一個漏油的大洞。
6. V-T If someone plugs a commercial product, especially a book or a film, they praise it in order to encourage people to buy it or see it because they have an interest in it doing well. 大力宣傳 (商品，尤爲圖書或電影)
We did not want people on the show who are purely interested in plugging a book or film. 我們不想讓那種純粹衹對宣傳某書籍或電影感興趣的人上節目。
7. N-COUNT Plug is also a noun. 大力宣傳
Let's do this show tonight and it'll be a great plug, a great promotion. 讓我們今晚進行這場縯出吧。這將會是一場盛大而絕妙的宣傳。
8. PHRASE If someone in a position of power pulls the plug on a project or on someone's activities, they use their power to stop them from continuing. (利用權力) 終止 (方案或活動)
The banks have the power to pull the plug on the project. 銀行有權終止該項目。
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