[VERB 动词]使插入;使嵌入 If an object embeds itself in a substance or thing, it becomes fixed there firmly and deeply.
[V n in n]
[Also V n prep]
One of the bullets passed through Andrea's chest before embedding itself in a wall.
其中一颗子弹射穿了安德烈亚的胸部,打入一面墙中。
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The fossils at Dinosaur Cove are embedded in hard sandstones...
恐龙峡谷中的化石都嵌在坚硬的砂岩中。
There is glass embedded in the cut.
有一片玻璃扎在伤口里。
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[VERB 动词]使(态度、感情等)植根于;使融入 If something such as an attitude or feeling is embedded in a society or system, or in someone's personality, it becomes a permanent and noticeable feature of it.
[be V-ed in n]
[usu passive]
This agreement will be embedded in a state treaty to be signed soon.
这份协议将被纳入即将签署的国家条约中。
embedded
I think that hatred of the other is deeply embedded in our society.
我觉得对异己的仇恨在我们的社会中根深蒂固。
Oxford
embed(alsoimbed)/ɪmˈbed; NAmEɪmˈbed/verb(-dd-)[usually passive ]1embedsth (in sth) to fix sth firmly into a substance or solid object 把…牢牢地嵌入(或插入、埋入)◆an operation to remove glass that was embedded in his leg取出扎入他腿部玻璃的手术◆The bullet embedded itself in the wall.子弹射进了墙里。◆( 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。2embedsb 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3embedsth ( linguistics 语言) to place a sentence inside another sentence. In the sentence ‘I'm aware that she knows’, she knowsis an embeddedsentence. 嵌入(在 I'm aware that she knows 句中,she knows 为内嵌句)embedembedsembeddedembeddingembed/ɪmˈbed; NAmEɪmˈbed/
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embedem‧bed1 /ɪmˈbed/ ●○○ verb (past tense and past participle embedded, present participle embedding)
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1[intransitive, transitive] to put something firmly and deeply into something else, or to be put into something in this waybe embedded in something A piece of glass was embedded in her hand.2[transitive] if ideas, attitudes, or feelings etc are embedded, you believe or feel them very strongly: Feelings of guilt are deeply embedded in her personality.3[transitive] to put something such as a graphic into a computer program or page on the Internet: embedded hyperlinksGRAMMAREmbed is usually passive when used as a transitive verb.