slot
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 水沟,细长孔,硬币投币口,缝,狭槽,狭通道,位置,一档(广播节目等)
- vt.
- 开槽于,把...纳入机构
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演变路径(由近及远)
词源说明
From Middle English slot, from Old French esclot, likely from Old Norse slóð (“track”). As a gambling machine, via clipping of slot machine. Compare sleuth. The scheduling (calendar) sense is by a metaphor whereby the time span is equated with the segment of a page or part of a device that represents it.
释义(英文)
名词 Noun
- A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding into it.
- A period of time or position within a schedule or sequence.
- (gambling, informal, especially in the plural) Clipping of slot machine (“a game of chance
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演变路径(由近及远)
词源说明
From Middle English slot, from Middle Low German slot or Middle Dutch slot, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *slot, from Proto-Germanic *slutą, related to the verb *sleutaną (“to lock”). Cognate with Dutch slot, German Schloss (“door-bolt”).