单词 | processed |
释义 | processed (once / 4515 pages) adj Could you live off a diet of white bread and canned soup forever? You're a fan of processed food then — i.e., food that's undergone a special treatment or procedure to change it. When people are processed, the same rule applies: what goes in is different than what comes out. When the army processes you during recruitment, you enter a long-haired civilian and come out a shaven headed soldier. When the U.S. government processes your citizenship application, you start as an immigrant and come out a newly-minted citizen. Processed: the opposite of natural or original. WORD FAMILYprocessed: semi-processed, unprocessed+/microprocessor: microprocessors/process: processed, processes, processing, processor, reprocess/processing: multiprocessing/processor: microprocessor, multiprocessor, processors/reprocess: reprocessed, reprocesses, reprocessing USAGE EXAMPLESArrivals to be processed manually as CBP works to restore it. Time(Jan 03, 2017) Tiger Woods misses cut at British Open, eats processed cheese. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) My point isn’t that we spend hours or a fortune in the kitchen, just that we adopt an old-fashioned approach where we avoid processed food. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj subjected to a special process or treatment processed cheeses are easy to spread Syn prepared made ready or fit or suitable beforehand 2adj prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process processed ores Syn|Ant finished (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state purefree of extraneous elements of any kind cured, vulcanised, vulcanized(used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity) milled, polished(of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed semi-processedhaving been subjected to partial processing treatedsubjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent unprocessed not altered from an original or natural state unfinishednot brought to the desired final state impurecombined with extraneous elements natural, raw, rude(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes streaming(computer science) using or relating to a form of continuous tape transport; used mainly to provide backup storage of unedited data unvulcanised, unvulcanized(used of rubber) not subjected to the process of vulcanization untreatednot subjected to chemical or physical treatment 3adj freed from impurities by processing Syn|Ant refined crude, unprocessed, unrefined not refined or processed |
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