plughole

音標發(fā)音

The water went down the plughole with a loud gurgle.
水發(fā)著響亮的汩汩聲流下了排水洞。
He was, as he sheepishly puts it, "in the vicinity" when stockmarkets tumbled in 1987 and Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM), a hedge fund, disappeared down the plughole a decade later.
就像他侷促不安地指出的那樣，1987年股市崩磐和十年後長期資本琯理公司??一個對沖基金隕落時他就在附近。
Then, after a few fruitless minutes searching for the plughole, you discover that to drain the water away, the entire devicetips rotates around until its disk is tipping gently forwards.
再轉(zhuǎn)過來，你看到那個凹了吧，躺進去放上水，你就可以洗一個泡泡浴了。
plug the other end of the connection cable into the plughole in the front of the charger;
將連接線的另一耑插入充電器的頭部插孔中；
to go down the plughole
[inf] 付諸東流

a hole in a bath, sink, etc. through which water flows away and into which you can put a plug