embed

verb

/ɪmˈbed/

(also imbed)

[usually passive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they embed	/ɪmˈbed/ /ɪmˈbed/
he / she / it embeds	/ɪmˈbedz/ /ɪmˈbedz/
past simple embedded	/ɪmˈbedɪd/ /ɪmˈbedɪd/
past participle embedded	/ɪmˈbedɪd/ /ɪmˈbedɪd/
-ing form embedding	/ɪmˈbedɪŋ/ /ɪmˈbedɪŋ/

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。
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）