单词 | infiltrate |
释义 | infiltraten. An infiltrated substance; an infiltration. (In modern dictionaries.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019). infiltratev. 1. transitive. To introduce by filtration; to cause (a fluid) to permeate through pores or interstices. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > introduce by filtration infiltrate1739 1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. xxvi. 90 In most of these Abscesses the Pus seemed rather to be infiltrated than deposited. 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 537 Sands..which, by means of a calcareous juice which the sea infiltrates at that spot, harden gradually. 1854 tr. A. de Lamartine Mem. Celebrated Char. II. 5 The air of Naples, which infiltrated itself through his veins. 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xv. 293 The tissues becoming disorganized, and the blood thereupon being infiltrated into them, dark blotches appear on the skin. 2. To pass into or permeate by filtration; to pass through the pores or interstices of (a substance). Frequently in pass. infiltrated with (rarely by). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > pass into by filtration infiltrate1739 infiltera1846 1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. xliv. 139 Purulent Serum..with which the Parts were infiltrated. 1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) i. ii. 67 As this infiltrates the osseous substance. 1869 Eng. Mech. 10 Dec. 294/2 The blood..infiltrates the loose tissue. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 225 Carbonized remains, often infiltrated with mineral matter. 3. intransitive. To pass through or into a substance by filtration; to percolate through pores or interstices. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > percolation > pass through by percolation [verb (intransitive)] oozea1398 soakc1440 filter1576 percolate1684 infiltrate1828 leach1883 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > pass in by filtration infiltrate1828 1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1851 W. B. Carpenter Man. Physiol. (ed. 2) 362 The watery part of the blood from the small vessels..may either infiltrate into the areolar tissue, or it may be poured into some neighbouring serous cavity. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh ii. 85 Death's black dust..Infiltrated through every secret fold Of this sealed letter. 4. Military. transitive and intransitive. To penetrate (enemy lines) by the gradual or surreptitious movement of small numbers of troops; to move (one's own troops) surreptitiously into the enemy's lines. Also figurative, esp. for the purpose of political subversion. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [verb (intransitive)] > infiltrate infiltrate1934 society > armed hostility > military operations > [verb (transitive)] > infiltrate infiltrate1934 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > procedures used in spying > maintain surveillance [verb (intransitive)] > infiltrate infiltrate1934 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > procedures used in spying > surveillance [verb (transitive)] > infiltrate penetrate1922 infiltrate1956 1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1944 Times 1 Apr. 8/1 Skilfully infiltrating through the chain of Japanese outposts and garrisons, the force penetrated hostile territory as far as the Shan States. 1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 125 Some of its branches had been infiltrated by Communists. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Aug. p. xxviii/4 Sensational elements began to infiltrate like fifth-columnists into the work of serious novelists. 1972 Daily Tel. 21 Jan. (Colour Suppl.) 27/1 There CIA agents succeeded in infiltrating several of its groups. 1972 Daily Tel. 30 Mar. 4/6 Terrorist groups started infiltrating from neighbouring African States. 1972 Sunday Express 21 May 17/5 Security men fear that Moscow would take the chance to infiltrate agents into Britain. 1972 Daily Tel. 19 June 2/1 I was paid..about £500 for infiltrating the IRA network in London. 1974 Daily Tel. 1 Mar. (Colour Suppl.) 7/2 Equally insidious is the way in which Communists..are infiltrated into the sphere of education. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1900v.1739 |
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