单词 | embedded |
释义 | embedded (once / 2267 pages) adj The adjective embedded describes something that is encased in a surrounding substance. On a walking tour of Fredericksburg, Virginia, you can see buildings with embedded Civil War cannonballs. Embedded also means to insert as part of a whole. In wartime, embedded journalists are stationed with military units so that they can make first-hand reports on the news, and so that viewers can have a more in-depth understanding of issues facing the soldiers. This use arose during the Iraq war in 2003. Embedded comes from the verb embed, which originally applied to materials embedded in rocks, such as fossils. WORD FAMILYembed: embedded, embedding, embeds USAGE EXAMPLES“In simple terms, that’s because the middle class is largely embedded in the party-state,” he said. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) I was a chubby child, not good at games, unpopular with peers, and embedded in a dysfunctional family. New York Times(May 02, 2016) “Models are opinions embedded in mathematics,” she writes. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass found pebbles embedded in the silt stone containing many embedded fossils peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp Syn enclosed closed in or surrounded or included within 2adj inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole confused by the embedded Latin quotations an embedded subordinate clause Syn integrated formed into a whole or introduced into another entity |
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