单词 | infiltration |
释义 | infiltration/ɪnfɪlˈtreɪʃ(ə)n/noun [mass noun] 1The action of entering or gaining access to an organization or place surreptitiously, especially in order to acquire secret information or cause damage: the army fenced parts of the border in an effort to stop militant infiltration [count noun]: cross-border infiltrations 1.1 Medicine The spread of a tumour, cells, etc. into a tissue or organ: swelling of the lymph nodes due to infiltration of cancerous cells 2Permeation of a liquid into something by filtration: improved water infiltration into the soil this mosaic was in danger of being lost because of the infiltration of rainwater 3The process of gradually permeating or becoming a part of something: the gradual infiltration of Boyce’s music into the national consciousness |
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