imbed

verb

/ɪmˈbed/

(also embed)

[usually passive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they imbed	/ɪmˈbed/ /ɪmˈbed/
he / she / it imbeds	/ɪmˈbedz/ /ɪmˈbedz/
past simple imbedded	/ɪmˈbedɪd/ /ɪmˈbedɪd/
past participle imbedded	/ɪmˈbedɪd/ /ɪmˈbedɪd/
-ing form imbedding	/ɪmˈbedɪŋ/ /ɪmˈbedɪŋ/

imbed something (in something) to fix something in a substance or solid object嵌入：将某物固定在物质或固体物体中
- an operation to remove glass that was imbedded in his leg移除嵌在他腿上的玻璃的手术
- The bullet imbedded itself in the wall.子弹嵌进了墙壁。
- (figurative) These attitudes are deeply imbedded in our society (= felt very strongly and difficult to change).这些态度在我们的社会中根深蒂固。
imbed 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）
- imbedded reporters in the war zone在战区安插记者
imbed 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 imbedded sentence.嵌入：将一个句子放在另一个句子中。在“我知道她知道”这句话中，她知道这是一个嵌入式句子。