单词 | pervious |
释义 | pervious[ pur-vee-uhs ] / ˈpɜr vi əs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pervious ON THESAURUS.COM adjectiveadmitting of passage or entrance; permeable: pervious soil. open or accessible to reason, feeling, argument, etc.: Unfortunately, she was pervious to whatever rationale had been most recently presented. Origin of perviousFirst recorded in 1625–30; from Latin pervius “passable,” equivalent to per- “through” + vi(a) “way, road” + -us adjective suffix; see origin at per-, -ous OTHER WORDS FROM perviousWords nearby perviousperversive, pervert, perverted, per vias naturales, pervicacious, pervious, perv on, Pervouralsk, pes, Pesach, pesade Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for perviouspervious / (ˈpɜːvɪəs) / adjectiveable to be penetrated; permeable receptive to new ideas; open-minded Derived forms of perviousperviously, adverbperviousness, nounWord Origin for perviousC17: from Latin pervius, from per- (through) + via a way Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for perviouspervious [ pûr′vē-əs ] adj.Open to passage or entrance; permeable. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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