单词 | impacted |
释义 | impacted (once / 11773 pages) adj If your doctor tells you that something is impacted, that's not a good thing. It means wedged together and unable to move. Wisdom teeth are often impacted, which makes one question how wise they actually are. A fractured bone can be impacted as well, which means the two broken ends are wedged together. Perhaps you could say that your Christmas stocking is so jam packed and impacted with goodies that you can barely pull anything out — but that's about the only non-painful association with the word imaginable. WORD FAMILYimpact: impacted, impacting, impaction, impacts+/impaction: impactions USAGE EXAMPLESBrackets that were filled in by draws were a problem as they were often impacted by upsets in district tournaments. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) But not until recently did Coach Luke Walton see that Black was truly comfortable on the court and not impacted by the injury during practice. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) I flicked it open to a part about impacted faeces – the stuff that hangs around in your gut – for, like ever. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) adj wedged or packed in together an impacted tooth Syn wedged compact closely and firmly united or packed together |
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