embed
verb(also imbed)
[usually passive]to fix something in a substance or solid object 把…牢牢地嵌入(或插入、埋入) - be embedded in something
an operation to remove glass that was embedded in his leg 取出扎入他腿部玻璃的手术 - (figurative)
These attitudes are deeply embedded in our society (= felt very strongly and difficult to change). 这些看法在我们这个社会中根深蒂固。 - embed something/itself (in something)
The bullet embedded itself in the wall. 子弹射进了墙里。
- be embedded in something
- embed somebody
to send a journalist, photographer, etc. to an area where there is fighting, so that he or she can travel with the army and report what is happening 派遣(战地记者、摄影记者等) embedded reporters in the war zone 战区特派记者
- embed something (
linguistics )语言学 to place a sentence inside another sentence. In the sentence ‘I’m aware that she knows’, she knows is an embedded sentence. 嵌入(在 I'm aware that she knows 句中,she knows 为内嵌句)