【penetrate音标】 英[ˈpenɪtreɪt] 美[ˈpenətreɪt]
【单词释义】 penetrate是什么意思:
v.穿透,刺入;穿过;进入,渗入;秘密潜入;洞悉,明了;看穿;(penis)插入
[单词分级] 大学英语四级词汇
[第三人称单数] penetrates
[单词现在分词] penetrating
[单词过去式] penetrated
[单词过去分词] penetrated
【关联词/派生词】
penetration n.穿透;渗透;进入;[军]突破
penetrating adj.敏锐的;有洞察力的;犀利的;尖锐的;渗透的
【penetrate形近词/近似词】
demonstrate v.证明,证实;示范,演示
prostrate adj.俯卧的;趴着的;俯伏的 vt.使俯伏,使拜倒;使某人无能为力
magistrate n.地方法官;治安法官;文职官员
remonstrate v. 抗议;抱怨;埋怨
illustrate v.说明;表明;给…加插图
concentrate v.专心于;集中
frustrate v. 使沮丧,使懊恼;挫败,阻挠 adj.无益的,无效的;受挫折的
【单词例句】
◇ He also knew from his grandfather that many princes had come and tried to penetrate the thorn hedge, but they had become stuck in it and died a sorrowful death.
他还说,他曾听他的爷爷谈起有许许多多的王子来过这儿,他们都想穿过树篱,但都被缠在里面死去了。
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ In new study published in the American Chemical Society’s journal Nano Letters, experts found that simply washing your fruits and vegetables in the sink "cannot wholly remove pesticides" because they can actually "penetrate the peel layer into the pulp layer."
发表在美国化学学会期刊《纳米快报》上的一项新研究中,专家们指出,仅仅在水槽里清洗水果和蔬菜“不能完全去除农药”,因为农药实际上可以“穿透果皮层进入果肉层”。