Penetrate

['penɪtreɪt] or ['pɛnətret]

解釋/意思:

(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

解釋/意思:

(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.

卡洛斯錄入

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Pierce, perforate, bore, enter, transfix.[2]. Discern, understand, comprehend.

海耶斯校對

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Pierce, enter, enter_into, reach, permeate, make_one's_way, disclose, fathom,[See PIERCE]

編輯:奥尔加

解釋/意思:

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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