filters
filters — 名詞
- filterssingular
- filtersesplural
1. a device or material with tiny holes that catches unwanted bits when liquid, air
過濾器
用來去除液體或氣體中雜質的裝置
a device or material with tiny holes that catches unwanted bits when liquid, air, or light passes through it
Yuki poured the tea through a paper filter and handed me the warm cup.
Yuki 把茶倒進紙質過濾器,然後把溫熱的杯子遞給我。
collocation: paper filter
The water filter under Fatima's kitchen sink needed replacing after six months.
Fatima 廚房水槽下方的濾水器用了六個月,需要更換了。
collocation: water filter
Diego cleaned the air filter in his car, and the engine started running much better.
Diego 清理了車子的空氣過濾器,引擎便順暢多了。
collocation: air filter
A coffee filter made of cloth lasts longer than the paper kind.
用布做的咖啡過濾器比紙做的更耐用。
collocation: coffee filter
The lab technician placed a fine filter over the beaker to catch any solid bits.
實驗室技術員在燒杯上放了一個細密的過濾器,以攔住固體微粒。
- water filter
- air filter
- coffee filter
- oil filter
- paper filter
2. a thin sheet of glass or plastic that fits over a camera lens to adjust the colo
相機濾鏡
裝在鏡頭前改變光線的薄片
a thin sheet of glass or plastic that fits over a camera lens to adjust the colour or brightness of the picture
Kwame screwed a red filter onto his lens before shooting the sunset over the lake.
Kwame 在拍攝湖上夕陽之前,把紅色濾鏡旋上鏡頭。
typical use: screw a filter onto a lens
Olga uses a UV filter to protect her expensive camera glass from scratches.
Olga 用 UV 濾鏡來保護昂貴的相機鏡片不被刮傷。
collocation: UV filter
The photographer switched to a polarising filter to cut the glare off the sea.
攝影師換上偏光濾鏡,以消除海面上的反光。
collocation: polarising filter
Hana bought a warming filter to give her portrait shots a soft golden tone.
Hana 買了一片暖色濾鏡,讓她的肖像照呈現柔美的金色調。
Without a neutral density filter, the waterfall photos looked too bright and washed out.
少了減光濾鏡,瀑布的照片顯得過亮又缺乏層次。
collocation: neutral density filter
- UV filter
- polarising filter
- lens filter
- neutral density filter
- lens filter
interchangeable with this sense in photography contexts
用法筆記
Often used with material names (UV, polarising, neutral density) that describe what kind of light the filter affects. Distinguish from noun sense 4, which is a software effect in an app.
3. a setting or program that picks out or hides certain information from a larger s
篩選工具
挑選或排除特定資訊的軟體功能
a setting or program that picks out or hides certain information from a larger set — for example, showing only emails from last week, or blocking websites with adult content
Jamal set an email filter so messages from his boss go straight to a starred folder.
Jamal 設了郵件篩選條件,讓老闆的信直接進到星號資料夾。
collocation: email filter
The library website has a filter to show only books published after 2020.
圖書館網站有篩選功能,只顯示 2020 年後出版的書籍。
typical use: a filter to + verb phrase
Petra turned on the spam filter and her inbox finally became manageable again.
Petra 開啟垃圾郵件篩選後,收件匣總算不再雜亂。
collocation: spam filter
Parents can activate a content filter to keep young children away from violent videos.
家長可以啟用內容過濾功能,避免年幼孩子接觸暴力影片。
Rashid applied a price filter to show only jackets under two thousand dollars.
Rashid 在購物 App 上設定價格篩選,只顯示兩千元以下的外套。
collocation: price filter
- search filter
- spam filter
- content filter
- email filter
- price filter
- search filter
specifically for narrowing online search results
4. a feature in a photo app or social media platform that changes how a picture loo
修圖濾鏡
改變照片外觀的手機特效
a feature in a photo app or social media platform that changes how a picture looks, such as making it black-and-white or adding a warm glow
Keiko tried five different filters on her holiday photo before posting it online.
Keiko 在她的假期照片上試了五種不同濾鏡,才發佈到網上。
typical use: try a filter on a photo
Ivan added a vintage filter to make his street photo look like it was taken decades ago.
Ivan 加了復古濾鏡,讓街拍照片看起來像幾十年前拍的。
collocation: vintage filter
The app's newest filter smooths the skin and brightens the eyes in one tap.
這個 App 最新的濾鏡一鍵就能柔化肌膚並提亮雙眼。
Zainab felt the filter made her look nothing like her real self and deleted the picture.
Zainab 覺得這個濾鏡讓她完全不像自己,便把照片刪了。
A simple black-and-white filter can turn an ordinary snapshot into something quite striking.
一個簡單的黑白濾鏡,就能讓普通快照變得很有韻味。
collocation: black-and-white filter
- photo filter
- vintage filter
- beauty filter
- black-and-white filter
- photo effect
broader term; a filter is one type of photo effect
用法筆記
Common in social media contexts. Different from noun sense 2, which is a physical glass or plastic accessory attached to a camera lens.
5. the mental check that stops a person from blurting out remarks that would hurt,
自制力
阻止不當發言的心理界線
the mental check that stops a person from blurting out remarks that would hurt, offend, or embarrass others
After three drinks, Tariq's filter disappeared and he told his boss exactly what he thought.
三杯酒下肚,Tariq 的自制力消失無蹤,直接把對新政策的想法全告訴了老闆。
typical use: someone's filter disappears
Most children lack a social filter and will say whatever pops into their heads.
多數孩子缺乏社交自制力,想到什麼就說什麼。
collocation: lack a filter
Amara wished she had a better filter during meetings, as she often blurted out complaints.
Amara 真希望自己開會時自制力強一點,因為她常忍不住脫口抱怨。
A good friend knows when to apply a filter and when to be completely honest.
真正的好朋友知道何時該管住嘴巴,何時該全然坦誠。
typical use: apply a filter
The new supervisor spoke without any filter, which upset several team members in the first week.
新主管說話完全不經修飾,第一週就得罪了好幾位同事。
typical use: speak without a filter
- no filter
- without a filter
- social filter
- self-control
broader; covers all kinds of impulses, not just speech
- tact
the natural ability to avoid giving offence; a filter is the internal mechanism behind tact
用法筆記
Almost always used with 'no' or 'without' in everyday speech: 'he has no filter,' 'she speaks without a filter.' Most often applied to blunt or tactless people.
常見錯誤
6. a green arrow on a traffic signal that lets drivers know it is safe to turn in a
轉彎箭頭
綠燈時允許轉彎的箭頭燈號
a green arrow on a traffic signal that lets drivers know it is safe to turn in a particular direction
Wei waited for the green filter arrow before turning right at the busy crossing.
Wei 等到綠色轉彎箭頭亮起,才在繁忙的路口右轉。
collocation: filter arrow
The filter arrow at the town hall junction lets drivers turn left before the main light turns green.
市政廳路口的轉彎箭頭讓駕駛人在主燈變綠前就能左轉。
typical use: filter arrow at a junction
When the filter arrow went out, Sven braked sharply and stopped behind the white line.
轉彎箭頭一熄,Sven 立即煞車,在白線後方停了下來。
Drivers new to the area often miss the left-turn filter and sit through two light cycles.
不熟悉這區的駕駛常錯過左轉箭頭燈,白白等了兩個燈號週期。
A broken filter signal at the intersection caused a long queue of cars waiting to turn.
路口的轉彎燈號故障,導致一排車輛等候許久仍無法轉彎。
collocation: filter signal
- filter arrow
- filter light
- filter signal
- left-turn filter
- turn arrow
American English equivalent
- green arrow
informal term, used in both British and American English
用法筆記
Mainly British English. In American English, drivers say 'turn arrow' or 'green arrow' instead.
7. an electronic component that blocks certain frequencies in a signal — used in au
濾波器
阻擋特定頻率的電子元件
an electronic component that blocks certain frequencies in a signal — used in audio equipment, radio, and power supplies to clean up unwanted noise
The audio engineer added a low-pass filter to remove the hissing noise from the recording.
音訊工程師加了一個低通濾波器,去除錄音中的嘶嘶雜音。
collocation: low-pass filter
Fatima's old radio uses a simple filter to separate the different stations from each other.
Fatima 的老收音機用一個簡單的濾波器來區分不同電臺。
A power-line filter keeps electrical hum from leaking into the amplifier and spoiling the music.
電源線濾波器能阻止電流哼聲滲入擴大機、破壞音樂品質。
collocation: power-line filter
The new speaker system has a built-in filter that cuts out frequencies the human ear cannot hear.
新款揚聲器系統內建濾波器,會濾掉人耳聽不到的頻率。
Without the correct filter in the circuit, the signal became too noisy to decode.
電路中少了正確的濾波器,訊號就會變得雜亂無法解碼。
typical use: filter in a circuit
- low-pass filter
- band-pass filter
- power-line filter
- noise filter
- frequency filter
more descriptive synonym used in introductory explanations
用法筆記
Technical term in electronics and audio engineering. Outside these fields, most speakers use the general sense (noun 1).
filters — 動詞
- filterspresent simple I / you / we / they
- filterses3rd person singular
- filtersing-ing form
- filtersedpast simple
1. to spread slowly through a group or place in small amounts — said of news, infor
逐漸擴散
消息或光線慢慢傳開
to spread slowly through a group or place in small amounts — said of news, information, people, or light
News of the merger filtered through the office by lunchtime, long before any official announcement.
併購的消息在午餐前就逐漸傳遍了辦公室,遠早於任何正式公告。
filter + through (for information spreading)
Sunlight filtered through the thin curtains and woke Diego earlier than he wanted.
陽光透過薄薄的窗簾照進來,Diego 比預想的更早被喚醒。
filter + through (for light)
Details about the celebrity divorce filtered out slowly over several weeks.
那位名人的離婚細節在幾週內慢慢流傳出來。
filter + out (for information emerging)
More students filtered into the lecture hall as the morning went on and found seats near the back.
隨著上午過去,更多學生陸續走進講堂,在後排找到位子坐下。
filter + into (for people arriving gradually)
The smell of fresh bread filtered up from the bakery below and filled the whole apartment.
新鮮麵包的香氣從樓下麵包店飄上來,充滿了整間公寓。
- filter through
- filter into
- filter out
文法句型
filter + through
filter + into
filter + out
用法筆記
Intransitive. Subject is usually news, information, light, or a crowd of people. Often followed by 'through,' 'into,' or 'out.' Distinguish from verb sense 2: this sense describes something moving on its own, not being actively cleaned.
常見錯誤
2. to pass a liquid, gas, or light through a device that catches unwanted particles
過濾
用裝置去除液體中的雜質
to pass a liquid, gas, or light through a device that catches unwanted particles, making it cleaner or clearer
Yuki filtered the cooking oil through a fine cloth to reuse it for frying.
Yuki 用細布過濾食用油,以便再次用來油炸。
filter + something + through + material
The campers filtered river water before drinking it to avoid getting sick.
露營的人先過濾河水再飲用,以免生病。
filter + something (water)
Kwame filtered the cloudy solution in the chemistry lab until it ran perfectly clear.
Kwame 在化學實驗室過濾了那杯混濁溶液,直到它變得完全清澈。
filter + something (lab context)
The factory must filter its wastewater before releasing it into the stream behind the building.
工廠必須先過濾廢水,才能排放到後方的溪流中。
A specialised mask filters out dust and pollen, helping Olga breathe easier in spring.
特製口罩能過濾掉灰塵和花粉,讓 Olga 在春天呼吸順暢許多。
filter + out + something (remove specific particles)
- filter water
- filter out
- filter through
文法句型
filter + something
filter + out + something
用法筆記
Transitive. Object is the substance being cleaned (water, air, oil). Use 'filter out' when specifying what is removed: 'filter out impurities.'
3. to sort through information and keep only what you need, hiding or deleting the
篩選
從大量資訊中挑出需要的
to sort through information and keep only what you need, hiding or deleting the rest
Jamal filtered the search results to show only articles written in the last twelve months.
Jamal 篩選了搜尋結果,只顯示最近十二個月內的文章。
filter + something + to show only + criterion
The software filters customer reviews automatically and flags any that seem fake.
軟體會自動篩選顧客評論,並標記出看起來造假的內容。
filter + something + automatically
Petra filtered her photo collection by date and found the pictures from her trip to Bangkok.
Petra 按日期篩選照片庫,找到了她去曼谷旅行的照片。
filter + by + criterion (date)
The analyst filtered out duplicate entries before running the final report.
分析師在產出最終報告前,先篩除了重複的記錄。
filter + out + something (remove unwanted items)
Filter the spreadsheet by region to see which area had the most sales.
按地區篩選試算表,就能看出哪一區的銷售額最高。
filter + by + criterion (region) — imperative form
- filter results
- filter by date
- filter out
- filter data
文法句型
filter + something
filter + by + criterion
filter + out + something
用法筆記
Transitive. Object is usually data, results, or information. Common in computing and office contexts. Use 'filter out' to remove items and 'filter by' to narrow down by a criterion.
同根字
- filter名詞B1
- filter動詞B2
- filtration名詞C1
- filtrate名詞C2
常見搭配
介系詞搭配
- filter for
- filter through
- filter out
- filter by