embed

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em·bed1 /ɪmˈbed/ verb (embedded, embedding)

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]IN/INSIDE to put something firmly and deeply into something else, or to be put into something in this way (使)嵌入；把…插入

be embedded in something

A piece of glass was embedded in her hand.

一块玻璃扎在她的手上。

2 [transitiveT]EMOTIONAL if ideas, attitudes, or feelings etc are embedded, you believe or feel them very strongly 使〔思想、态度、感情等〕扎根于

Feelings of guilt are deeply embedded in her personality.

负罪感在她的性格里根深蒂固。

3 [transitiveT] to put something such as a graphic into a computer program or page on the Internet 将〔图表等〕嵌入〔计算机程序〕；把…放入〔网页内〕

n embedded hyperlinks

n Grammar

Embed is usually passive when used as a transitive verb.

Examples from the Corpus

embed• The remark just goes to show how embedded age-related stereotypes are.• The making of personal portraits was part of this popular aesthetic, firmly embedded in commercial practices.• Her feelings of guilt are deeply embedded in her personality.• This mythology is in part embedded in our history.• This denial is deeply embedded in politics.• Personal photographs are embedded in the lives of those who own or make use of them.• A punishment stake had been embedded in the turf opposite the west door of the church.• The blastocyst will now implant or embed itself in the endometrium, losing its membrane.• One solution is to embed your neural network in an expert system.

be embedded in something• Their techniques are embedded in a view that unusual energy is accessible to us all.• Personally, we would not consider delivering a neural network unless it was embedded in an expert system.• For most people, time is embedded in language, and the sense of time is a function of this fact.• Ageism is embedded in our attitudes and social structures.• Microscopic examinations show that crystals of zinc are embedded in the eutectic mixture.• It has also made clear that these problems are embedded in the overall trade-offs between the various methods of comparison.• Cold was embedded in the ruddiness of her wind-pressed cheeks.• This is because they are embedded in what I have called a teleology of the oppressed.

deeply embedded• It very nearly is us: as personal and as deeply embedded as childhood memories of Christmas or school terms.• Minded by corpulent nymphets with wings and frowns, in reticence they guard their deeply embedded doubts.• Had her dream hero been so deeply embedded in her heart that her mind had never stopped believing in him?• What research has shown is that these tendencies to behave in certain ways are deeply embedded in past experiences.• This denial is deeply embedded in politics.• Our roots are deeply embedded in polluted soil.• They were all so deeply embedded in themselves there was no love or support left for her.• Personal experience, if it happened, would have left them with a deeply embedded memory of an acutely unpleasant incident.