单词 | filter |
释义 | filter (fɪltəʳ ) Word forms: filters , filtering , filtered 1. verb To filter a substance means to pass it through a device which is designed to remove certain particles contained in it. The best prevention for cholera is to boil or filter water, and eat only well-cooked food. [VERB noun] Synonyms: purify, treat, strain, refine 2. countable noun A filter is a device through which a substance is passed when it is being filtered. ...a paper coffee filter. Synonyms: sieve, mesh, gauze, strainer 3. countable noun A filter is a device through which sound or light is passed and which blocks or reduces particular sound or light frequencies. You might use a yellow filter to improve the clarity of a hazy horizon. 4. countable noun A filter is an effect that allows you to decorate or change an image before publishing it. Filters are available on many social media apps. Everything looks amazing through the right Instagram filter. 5. verb 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. Light filtered into my kitchen through the soft, green shade of the cherry tree. [V + into/through] 6. verb When news or information filters through to people, it gradually reaches them. It took months before the findings began to filter through to the politicians. [V + through to] News of the attack quickly filtered through the college. [VERB + through] ...as indications filter in from polling stations. [VERB + in] ...the horror stories which were beginning to filter out of Germany. [V + out of] Synonyms: seep, trickle, percolate, reach gradually 7. countable noun A traffic filter is a traffic signal or lane which controls the movement of traffic wanting to turn left or right. [British] Phrasal verbs: filter out phrasal verb 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. Children should have glasses which filter out UV rays. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Plants and trees filter carbon dioxide out of the air and produce oxygen. [V n P + of/from] Collocations: filter information We sit in the middle and filter information - you begin to foresee problems that may occur when negotiating. Times, Sunday Times In fact, how organisms perceive and filter information from their environment varies widely. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To be well-informed, the parent must filter information according to the reliability of the source. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Therefore, trance may be understood as a way for the mind to change the way it filters information in order to provide more efficient use of the mind's resources. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A passive low-pass filter removes the unwanted high-frequency components, i.e., smoothes the pulses out and recovers the desired low-frequency signal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This filter removes liquid water, oil and particulate from the compressed air. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The clay filter removes any oil-soluble substances, organometallic compounds (especially copper) and particulate matter, which might prevent meeting jet fuel product specifications. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Downstream, a bioreactive biological filter removes and retains additional particulate matter down to a particle size of 100 micrometres. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The filter removes almost every trace of arsenic from well water. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I was advised to have the fuel filter changed and this seemed to cure the problem. Times, Sunday Times Nevertheless, it would be a good precaution to have the fuel filter renewed, in the unlikely event that it becomes clogged. Times, Sunday Times Remember that in very cold conditions wax crystals can form in diesel, blocking the fuel filter and preventing fuel flow. Times, Sunday Times At 60,000 miles the fuel filter of the diesel engines should be changed (50). Times, Sunday Times Diagnostic tests have found no fault, so my dealer replaced the fuel filter, but the fault has recurred. Times, Sunday Times The firm have also created a special 'green filter' for job hunters looking for eco roles. The Sun For 20 minutes very early yesterday morning the entire channel's output appeared to be broadcast through an emerald green filter. Times, Sunday Times The film was then printed and projected through the same alternating red and green filter at the same speed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He opined that the only people who currently watch the series are the ones who can quickly identify the red filter from the green filter and figure things out accordingly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The filters separated the images, the green filter blocking the green image and browning the red, and the red filter blocking the red image and browning the green. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He used a 5in refracting telescope equipped with a hydrogen-alpha solar filter as he tracked the 'smile', known as a filament, for five days. Times, Sunday Times The photographer has a solar filter to take the pictures, she said. Times, Sunday Times He made 44 exposures on a single frame of film all taken from the same location with a solar filter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 People used special eclipse glasses or solar filters on telescopes to witness the event. The Sun Once you remove the solar filters, the binoculars will operate like a normal pair. Smithsonian Mag My spam filter blocked the electronic missive on the grounds of a certain word. Times, Sunday Times Check with your email provider to see whether it has enabled a spam filter for your account. Times, Sunday Times It may be used to display a sample of fonts, generate text for testing, or to spoof an e-mail spam filter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Be wary, too, of sellers trying to pile on extra paid-for services, such as spam filtering and web-hosting space. Times, Sunday Times And spam filters can't get all of it. The Sun Never click on an attachment in a spam e-mail, and use a filter to avoid getting junk messages in your inbox. Times, Sunday Times After registering, you can use the filter to whittle down results to those artists who specialise in buildings and/or landscapes, and liaise with them about the brief. Times,Sunday Times I use a filter on 95 per cent of my photos and wouldn't dream of sharing a picture of myself without one. The Sun They use a filter which acts passively on air inhaled by the wearer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After a certain time of use the filter cake has to be removed from the filter, e.g. by backflushing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 过滤器, 过滤 Japanese: 濾過器, 濾過する |
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