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GRE 红宝书

• v. 牢牢插入, 嵌于
• ［英］ v. 牢牢插入, 嵌于 ( to set or fix firmly in a surrounding mass; wedge)
• ［类］ 反义词: extract ( 拔出)
• ［例］ a gold crown embedded with jewel

Webster Collegiate

also imbed verb (embedded; also imbedded; embedding; also imbedding)

• Date: circa 1794
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix <fossils embedded in stone>
    • b. to make something an integral part of <the prejudices embedded in our language>
    • c. to prepare (a microscopy specimen) for sectioning by infiltrating with and enclosing in a supporting substance
  • 2. to surround closely <a sweet pulp embeds the plum seed>
• intransitive verb
  • to become embedded
• ? embedment noun

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