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插
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Definitions
- 1. to insert
- 2. stick in
- 3. pierce
- 4. to take part in
- 5. to interfere
- 6. to interpose
Example Sentences
1 shown插 頭 插 到 插 座裡了嗎？
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 插
plug-and-play
socket (for an electric plug)
to interrupt (sb speaking)
interjection
plug and play (computing)
to insert
endotracheal intubation (medicine)
to insert; to stick in; to plug in
to interrupt (sb talking)
to interrupt (a radio or TV program) with a commercial insert, breaking news etc
socket
to be unable to intervene
electric socket
mortise lock
interpolation (math.)
(genetics) insertion element
episode
to install (hardware) internally (rather than plugging it in as a peripheral)
to shove in
to transplant rice seedlings
to join a class partway through the course
lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure
to replug
lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you
to cut in line
to place in a certain position
to extrapolate
hot swapping
plug-in (software or hardware)
unplugged (of rock musicians performing on acoustic instruments)
to plug into
(medicine) to intubate
(idiom) (of a good outcome) unanticipated
to get involved in
jack
slot advertisement
power strip
to insert
slot
to slide in and out
lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree
to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest
to marry and live with the bride's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)
bolt (for locking a window, cabinet etc)
(coll.) to intubate
lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)
music played during a movie, play etc
power strip
illustration
power strip
to squeeze in
crowded tightly
(of a device, e.g. public telephone, ticket inspection machine) designed to have a card or ticket inserted
flower arranging
illustration
lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape
plug
lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch
illustrator
interpolation (math.)
power strip