filter
n
1 device containing paper, sand, cloth, etc used to hold back any solid material or impurities in a liquid or gas passed through it 過濾器: an oil filter 濾油器
a coffee filter 咖啡過濾器. =>illus 見插圖.
2 screen (esp of coloured glass) that allows light only of certain wavelengths to pass through 濾光鏡; 濾色鏡
I took this picture with a red filter. 這張照片我是用紅色濾光鏡拍攝的.
3 device for suppressing certain electrical or sound waves (電波、 聲波的)濾波器.
4 (Brit) device that signals to show that traffic may turn left while other traffic waiting to go straight ahead or turn right is still stopped by a red traffic light (在紅燈指示其他車輛不得直行或右轉時)指示車輛左轉的交通設施. =>illus 見插圖. filter, v
1 [Tn]
(a) pass (liquid, light, etc) through a filter 過濾(液體、 光等)
It won't take long to filter the coffee. 用不了多少時間就可以把咖啡過濾好.
(b) purify (a liquid) by using a filter 濾清(液體)
All drinking water must be filtered. 飲用水均須過濾凈化.
2 [I, Ipr, Ip]
~ in, out, through, etc (fig 比喻) pass or flow slowly in a specified direction; become known gradually 慢慢傳開; 滲透
New ideas are slowly filtering into people's minds. 新思想逐漸深入人心.
The news of the defeat started to filter through. 戰敗的消息開始傳出來.
3 [I] (Brit) (of traffic) turn left while other traffic waiting to go straight ahead or turn right is stopped by a red traffic light (指車輛)左轉行駛(有紅燈指示其他車輛不得直行或右轉).