Receptacle

(noun.) a container that is used to put or keep things in.

(noun.) an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert.

(noun.) enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts.

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• The sand after it strikes is carried off by a blast to some receptacle, from which it is returned to its former place for further use. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• A silo is a place or receptacle for storing green feed to preserve it for future feeding on the farm. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The key was in the lock, and a few moments of investigation and experimentation were rewarded with the successful opening of the receptacle. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• In one hand he bore a light, in the other a receptacle containing a gruel-like mixture--the common prison fare of Barsoom. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Next we went to visit the Morgue, that horrible receptacle for the dead who die mysteriously and leave the manner of their taking off a dismal secret. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• This being dangerous and destructive, a receptacle was devised and fastened to the frame below the reel, into which the film passed. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The development began by replacing the gavel receptacle on the right of that machine (Fig. 152) with a platform on which stood men who rode on the machine as they bound the grain. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The Pitt machine, however, had a revolving cylinder on which were rows of comb teeth, which tore off the heads of grain and discharged them into a receptacle. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• By means of a simple device (Fig. 157), the soap escapes from a receptacle when needed. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• At E a series of fingers press the cakes down through the sheet of dough, while the surrounding scraps are raised on a belt F and delivered into a suitable receptacle. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Scattered over the country one still finds isolated charcoal kilns, crude earthen receptacles, in which wood thus deprived of air was allowed to smolder and form charcoal. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Nor are outward objects alone the receptacles of the Spirit of Good. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• A number of receptacles containing charges of calcium carbide are made to successively receive a regulated quantity of water, the gas being collected in a rising and falling holder. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The means have varied in many instances, but chiefly consist of bags and other receptacles to hold and distribute the oil upon the surrounding water with economy and uniformity. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• On this platform were placed tracks, and from the tracks were suspended trucks, baskets, or other merchandise receptacles, having wheels resting on and adapted to roll on the tracks. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Is it not possible that graft is the cracking and bursting of the receptacles in which we have tried to constrain the business of this country? 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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