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单词 infiltrate
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infiltraten.

Etymology: < infilter v.: compare filtrate n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: inˈfiltrate.
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.

/ˈɪnfɪltreɪt//ɪnˈfɪltreɪt/
Etymology: < in- prefix3 + filtrate v., perhaps after French infiltrer (Paré, 16th cent.).
1. transitive. To introduce by filtration; to cause (a fluid) to permeate through pores or interstices.
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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.
figurative.1876 J. Grant One of Six Hundred vi. 51 Love steals into the nature..infiltrating its sentiments..through every crevice of the being.1885 R. W. Dixon Hist. Church Eng. III. 354 Into the body of..ancient matter he skilfully infiltrated a leaven of spurious additions.
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).
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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.
figurative.1884 Expositor Dec. 457 Abstractions infiltrated with analogical conceptions.
3. intransitive. To pass through or into a substance by filtration; to percolate through pores or interstices.
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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.
figurative.1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 24 The Greek element of thought..infiltrating through the theosophy of Alexandria.1861 J. P. KAY-Shuttleworth Let. to Earl Granville 51 Education infiltrates from the upper and governing classes to the lower.
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.
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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).
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