n.[C]

1. 容器，贮藏器；贮藏所
   Please put your cigarette ends into the receptacle provided.

   请将烟蒂放入提供的盛器里。

2. 【植】花托；囊托
3. （电源）插座

n.

1. an object or space used to contain something.
2. N. Amer. an electrical socket.
3. chiefly Zoology  an organ or structure which receives a secretion, eggs, etc.
4. Botany  the base of a flower, flower head, or other sexual organ.