Slot



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 狭孔
• ［英］ n. 狭孔 ( a long straight narrow opening place)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, the hollow at the base of the throat above the breastbone, from Anglo-French esclot hoofprint, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle High German slag blow, hoofprint; probably from its resemblance to a hoofprint — more at schlock
• Date: 1523
• 1.
  • a. a narrow opening or groove ; slit, notch <a mail slot in a door>
  • b. a narrow passage or enclosure
  • c. a passage through the wing of an airplane or of a missile that is located usually near the leading edge and formed between a main and an auxiliary airfoil for improving flow conditions over the wing so as to increase lift and delay stalling of the wing
  • d. the area on a hockey rink in front of the crease and between the face-off circles
• 2. a place or position in an organization, arrangement, or sequence ; niche, spot
• 3. slot machine 2 — usually used in plural
• 4. a gap between an end and a tackle in an offensive football line

II. verb (slotted; slotting)

• Date: 1747
• transitive verb
  • 1. to cut a slot in
  • 2. to place in or assign to a slot
• intransitive verb
  • to fit easily <her ideas slot neatly into the theory>

III. noun (plural slot)

• Etymology: Middle French esclot track
• Date: 1575
• the track of an animal (as a deer)

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