a device containing paper, sand, chemicals, etc. that a liquid or gas is passed through in order to remove any materials that are not wanted 滤器;过滤器 an air/oil filter 空气过滤器;滤油器 a coffee/water filter 咖啡过滤器;滤水器 filter paper for the coffee machine 咖啡机滤纸 He smokes cigarettes without filters. 他吸没有过滤嘴的香烟。
a device that allows only particular types of light or sound to pass through it 滤光器;滤声器;滤波器 The camera has an anti-glare filter. 这种相机有防眩光滤光器。
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computing )计算机 a program that processes information to leave out the types that are not wanted, or that stops particular types of electronic information, email, etc. from being sent to a computer 筛选(过滤)程序 Spam filters block out almost all threats. 垃圾邮件过滤器可以屏蔽几乎所有的威胁。
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a light on a set of traffic lights showing that traffic can turn left (or right) while traffic that wants to go straight ahead or turn right (or left) must wait (交通红灯指示不得直行的同时,表示可左转或右转的)分流指示灯 a filter lane 分流车道。
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a piece of felt): from French filtre, from medieval Latin filtrum ‘felt used as a filter’, of West Germanic origin and related to felt.