| 释义 |
embedding, vbl. n. (Formerly at embed, v.)|ɛm-, ɪmˈbɛdiŋ|
[f. embed v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb. a. In sense 1 a.
1863Lyell Antiq. Man 8, I have spoken of the embedding of organic bodies and human remains in peat. 1964G. H. Haggis et al. Introd. Molecular Biol. iv. 91 Osmium tetroxide fixation and methacrylate embedding technique.
b. Math. The action of embedding one mathematical entity in another; also, a function which does this, spec. a continuous injection, or the image of a given entity under such a function.
1939Duke Math. Jrnl. V. 58 (heading) Isometric embedding of flat manifolds in Euclidian space. 1946[see subspace n. 1]. 1969F. Harary Graph Theory xi. 102 Whitney..developed some important properties of the embedding of graphs in the plane. 1989Mem. Amer. Math. Soc. CDXII. 112 By the remarks made before the statement of the sublemma, Theorem A.6(iii) provides an embedding σp : P {car} Pmax .
c. Linguistics. The action of embedding a (partial) sentence in a larger sentence; an instance of this.
1961C. S. Smith in Language XXXVII. 348 Together the three embedding rules produce all sentences that contain adjectives and exclude ungrammatical sentences. Ibid. 360 If an adjective with verbal complement has been embedded to prenominal position in a given sentence, no further embeddings to the same noun are possible. 1976J. S. Gruber Lexical Struct. Syntax & Semantics i. vi. 174 There is a difference in meaning between the embedding of an active and a passive sentence. 1982D. Sutcliffe Brit. Black Eng. i. 12 BFY [sc. Ballad For You] shows various types of syntactic complexity, including left-hand embedding. |
