penetrate

B2 CET-4 大学 FREQ #11012 ★★☆☆☆

vt. 穿透, 刺穿, 渗透, 看穿, 洞察, 了解, 使充溢 vi. 刺入, 看穿, 渗透, 打进

发音

US /ˈpɛnɪtɹeɪt/

词形变化

penetrated penetrates 三单 penetrates penetratest penetrating penetrating 现在分词 penetrated 过去式 penetrated 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

渗透；刺入；看透

动词

渗透；穿透；洞察

释义与例句

v. B2
  1. 1.

    To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.

    深入

    穿透

    穿入

    贯穿

    Light penetrates darkness.

  2. 2.

    To achieve understanding of, despite some obstacle; to comprehend; to understand.

    比喻

    I could not penetrate Burke's opaque rhetoric.

  3. 3.

    To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to move deeply.

    to penetrate one's heart with pity

  4. 4.

    To infiltrate an enemy to gather intelligence.

  5. 5.

    To insert the penis into an orifice, such as a vagina, mouth, or anus.

    a male elephant comes up and penetrates the female

  6. 6.

    To move a piece past the defending pieces of one's opponent.

    游戏

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

bottom dawn click riddle infiltrate fathom diffuse permeate imbue pervade

上位词 10

see understand join realize introduce enter goin progress advance realise

下位词 10

cut break force strike storm tunnel pierce grain probe thrust

相关短语

double penetrate

词源

From Latin penētrātus, perfect passive participle of penētrō (“to put, set, or place within, enter, pierce, penetrate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from penes (“within, with”) by analogy to intrō (“to go in, enter”). Compare French pénétrer.

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