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filter

英  [ˈfɪltə]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • filters

    1[C 可数名词] 过滤器

    A filter is a device through which a substance is passed when it is being filtered.

    双语例句

    例:

    a paper coffee filter.

    一张咖啡滤纸。

    例:

    Sediment from the fuel filters had been stirred up.

    从燃油过滤器里滤出来的沉淀物被搅拌起来。

    2[C 可数名词] 滤声器 , 滤光器

    A filter is a device through which sound or light is passed and which blocks or reduces particular sound or light frequencies.

    双语例句

    例:

    You might use a yellow filter to improve the clarity of a hazy horizon.

    你可以用一个黄色滤光器使模糊的地平线变得更清晰。

    例:

    Most filters used in air-conditioning systems are inefficient at removing many of these particles.

    大多数用在空调系统上的过滤器对于去除许多这些微粒没什么作用。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • filter out

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 滤除

    To filter out something from a substance or from light means to remove it by passing the substance or light through something acting as a filter.

    双语例句

    例:

    Children should have glasses which filter out UV rays.

    孩子们应该佩戴可以滤除紫外线的眼镜。

    例:

    Plants and trees filter carbon dioxide out of the air and produce oxygen.

    花草树木能滤除空气中的二氧化碳并制造出氧气。

    VERB. 动词
  • filters , filtering , filtered

    1[T 及物动词] 过滤

    To filter a substance means to pass it through a device which is designed to remove certain particles contained in it.

    双语例句

    例:

    The best prevention for cholera is to boil or filter water, and eat only well-cooked food.

    预防霍乱最好的方法是把水煮沸或过滤,并且只吃煮熟的食物。

    例:

    The liver filters toxins from the body.

    肝脏可以过滤身体里的毒素。

    2[I 不及物动词] (光、声)透入

    If light or sound filters into a place, it comes in weakly or slowly, either through a partly covered opening, or from a long distance away.

    双语例句

    例:

    Light filtered into my kitchen through the soft, green shade of the honey locust tree.

    光线透过皂荚树柔和的绿荫,照进了我的厨房。

    3[I 不及物动词] (新闻、信息等)逐渐传开

    When news or information filters through to people, it gradually reaches them.

    双语例句

    例:

    It took months before the findings began to filter through to the politicians.

    几个月后调查结果才开始逐渐传到政治家耳朵里。

    例:

    News of the attack quickly filtered through the college.

    袭击的消息很快就在这所大学传开了。

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