im·plant1 /ɪmˈplɑːnt $ ɪmˈplænt/ verb 1 START TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETCCAUSE[transitiveT] to strongly fix an idea, feeling, attitude etc in someone’s mind or character 灌输〔思想、感情、态度等〕implant something in something A deep sense of patriotism had been implanted in him by his father. 他父亲向他灌输了强烈的爱国主义思想。
2 MH[transitiveT] to put something into someone’s body by performing a medical operation 〔通过手术〕把〔某物〕植入 Surgeons successfully implanted an artificial hip. 外科医生成功地植入了一个人工髋关节。
implant something in/into something A donor egg fertilised by her husband’s sperm will be implanted in her womb. 一个由她丈夫的精子授精的供卵将植入到她的子宫内。
3 [intransitiveI] medical if an egg or embryo implants, it begins to develop normally 〔卵子或胚胎〕着床 The fertilized egg implants and becomes a foetus. 受精卵着床后发育成胎儿。
—implantation /ˌɪmplɑːnˈteɪʃən $ -plæn-/ noun [uncountableU]