English Dictionary

plug into

動詞

二重他動詞 比喩的用法 慣用表現

To connect an electric device into something using a plug. / (figuratively) To join something in the manner of a plug. / (idiomatic) To become aware of or knowledgeable about.

日本語の意味

電気機器をプラグで接続する。 / （比喩的に）物事にうまく組み入れる、または加える。 / （慣用句的に）情報や知識を得る、または気付く。

Before you use the coffee maker, plug into the wall outlet and switch it on.

コーヒーメーカーを使う前に、プラグでコンセントに差し込み、電源を入れてください。

意味（1）

To connect an electric device into something using a plug.

I spent ages trying to fix my computer, before realizing that it wasn't plugged into the wall.

意味（2）

(figuratively) To join something in the manner of a plug.

Those data points, and others, plug into an artificial intelligence model they’ve made. It spits out recommendations to each store leader, such as how many pies need to be on-hand in their shops by the hour. Last year, Sam’s Club sold enough pumpkin pies to fill up 450 football fields, officials said. (They declined to give an exact figure.)

意味（3）

(idiomatic) To become aware of or knowledgeable about.

Environmental education is just now grappling with this: how to enable a populace that will change jobs and locations frequently to plug into what is ecologically important in preserving whatever landscape it finds itself in?

意味（4）

(idiomatic, mathematics) To replace a variable with a number in order to solve an equation.

If you know two sides of a right triangle, you can find the third by plugging them into the Pythagorean Theorem.

plugs into （ present singular third-person ）

plugging into （ participle present ）

plugged into （ participle past ）

plugged into （ past ）