a device containing paper, sand, chemicals, etc. that a liquid or gas is passed through in order to remove any materials that are not wanted 濾器;過濾器 an air/oil filter 空氣過濾器;濾油器 a coffee/water filter 咖啡過濾器;濾水器 filter paper for the coffee machine 咖啡機濾紙 He smokes cigarettes without filters. 他吸沒有過濾嘴的香煙。
a device that allows only particular types of light or sound to pass through it 濾光器;濾聲器;濾波器 The camera has an anti-glare filter. 這種相機有防眩光濾光器。
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computing )計算機 a program that processes information to leave out the types that are not wanted, or that stops particular types of electronic information, email, etc. from being sent to a computer 篩選(過濾)程序 Spam filters block out almost all threats. 垃圾郵件過濾器可以屏蔽幾乎所有的威脅。
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a light on a set of traffic lights showing that traffic can turn left (or right) while traffic that wants to go straight ahead or turn right (or left) must wait (交通紅燈指示不得直行的同時,表示可左轉或右轉的)分流指示燈 a filter lane 分流車道。
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a piece of felt): from French filtre, from medieval Latin filtrum ‘felt used as a filter’, of West Germanic origin and related to felt.