Implant



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 注入; 灌输
• ［英］ v. 注入 ( to plant firmly or deeply) ; 灌输 ( instill; inculcate)
• ［记］ im ( 进入) +plant ( 种植) -> 种入 -> 灌输
• ［例］ to implant all words in your mind by repetition

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to fix or set securely or deeply <a ruby implanted in the idol's forehead>
    • b. to set permanently in the consciousness or habit patterns ; inculcate
  • 2. to insert in living tissue (as for growth, slow release, or formation of an organic union) <subcutaneously implanted hormone pellets>
• intransitive verb
  • to undergo implantation <the failure of embryos to implant>
• ? implantable adjective
• ? implanter noun
• Synonyms:
  • implant, inculcate, instill, inseminate, infix mean to introduce into the mind. implant implies teaching that makes for permanence of what is taught <implanted a love of reading in her students>. inculcate implies persistent or repeated efforts to impress on the mind<tried to inculcate in him high moral standards>. instill stresses gradual, gentle imparting of knowledge over a long period of time<instill traditional values in your children>. inseminate applies to a sowing of ideas in many minds so that they spread through a class or nation<inseminated an unquestioning faith in technology>. infix stresses firmly inculcating a habit of thought<infixed a chronic cynicism>.

II. noun

• Date: 1890
• something (as a graft or device) implanted in tissue — compare cochlear implant

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