Penetrate
['penɪtreɪt] or ['pɛnətret]
解释:
(verb.) come to understand.
(verb.) pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; 'The bullet penetrated her chest'.
(verb.) insert the penis into the vagina or anus of; 'Did the molester penetrate the child?'.
(verb.) make one's way deeper into or through; 'The hikers did not manage to penetrate the dense forest'.
整理:凯瑟琳--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness.
(v. t.) To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to touch with feeling; to make sensible; to move deeply; as, to penetrate one's heart with pity.
(v. t.) To pierce into by the mind; to arrive at the inner contents or meaning of, as of a mysterious or difficult subject; to comprehend; to understand.
(v. i.) To pass; to make way; to pierce. Also used figuratively.
卡洛斯录入
同义词及近义词:
v. a. [1]. Pierce, perforate, bore, enter, transfix.[2]. Discern, understand, comprehend.
海耶斯校对
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Pierce, enter, enter_into, reach, permeate, make_one's_way, disclose, fathom,[See PIERCE]
编辑:奥尔加
解释:
v.t. to thrust into the inside: to pierce into: to affect the mind or feelings: to enter and to fill: to understand: to find out.—v.i. to make way: to pass inwards.—ns. Penetrabil′ity Pen′etrableness.—adj. Pen′etrable that may be penetrated or pierced by another body: capable of having impressions made upon the mind.—adv. Pen′etrably so as to be penetrated—n.pl. Penetrā′lia the inmost parts of a building: secrets: mysteries.—ns. Pen′etrance Pen′etrancy the quality of being penetrant.—adjs. Pen′etrant subtle penetrating; Pen′etrating piercing or entering: sharp: subtle: acute: discerning.—adv. Pen′etratingly.—n. Penetrā′tion the act or power of penetrating or entering: acuteness: discernment: the space-penetrating power of a telescope.—adj. Pen′etrative tending to penetrate: piercing: sagacious: affecting the mind.—adv. Pen′etratively in a penetrative manner.—n. Pen′etrativeness the quality of being penetrative: penetrative power.
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例句:
- His quiver is not seen; if his arrows penetrate, their wound is like a thrill of new life. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- She was too self-engrossed to penetrate the recesses of his shyness, and besides, why should she care to give herself the trouble? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- The object now is subjected to the blast, and as the sand will not penetrate a softened material sufficient to abrade a surface beneath, the exposed portions alone will be cut away. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- The native faculties of his mind qualified him to penetrate into every science: and his unremitted diligence left no field of knowledge unexplored. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- You must penetrate the ponderous vocabulary, the professional cant to the insight beneath or you scoff at the mountain ranges of words and phrases. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- And even if she were not, the sound of the bell would penetrate every recess of her tiny apartment, and rouse her to answer her friend's call. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- I read these words over and over again: I felt that an explanation belonged to them, and was unable fully to penetrate their import. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Gerald had penetrated all the outer places of Gudrun's soul. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The opaque parts, through which no light has penetrated, leave the solution soft on the surface of the metal. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- A glance at his wound told me that it had not penetrated the bone. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- When evening came on, and the last rays of the setting sun penetrated through the side windows, this hall looked like a veritable Faust laboratory. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- As the question passed his lips, I penetrated the motive of the Indian's visit to my office at last! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Fair words and fair pretences; but I penetrated below those assertions of themselves and depreciations of me, and they were no better. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- He sent his cavalry by both flanks, and they penetrated to the enemy's rear. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- It was more a feeling of duty--a feeling that some good might come from my penetrating to this place. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- He had now announced his intention of returning to the scene of his exploits, and of penetrating into regions left still unexplored. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Other shells have been invented carrying a high explosive and capable of penetrating armour plates of great thickness, and exploding after such penetration has taken place. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- The beaming sight, and the penetrating warmth, seemed to breed in him a cumulative cheerfulness, which soon amounted to delight. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- On any other, if you like, for I don't set up to be a penetrating character, and am well aware of my own deficiencies. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- This matter of lightning or of electricity is an extreme subtile fluid, penetrating other bodies, and subsisting in them, equally diffused. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- He held up two of his horrid fingers and gave me another of his unpleasantly penetrating looks. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- When yarn is dyed, the coloring matter penetrates to every part of the fiber, and hence the patterns formed by the weaving together of well-dyed yarns are very fast to light and water. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- The azure of the sky penetrates the depths of the lake, and the waters are sweet and cool. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- The stylus penetrates this film, meeting from it the slightest possible resistance, and traces thereon the message. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- The light of the sun never penetrates here. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- It is the same before a fire, the heat of which sooner penetrates black stockings than white ones, and so is apt sooner to burn a man's shins. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- Does it penetrate your heart, as it penetrates mine? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
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