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单词 penetrate
释义

penetrateverb

uk/ˈpen.ɪ.treɪt/us/ˈpen.ə.treɪt/

penetrate verb (MOVE INTO)

[ I or T ] to move into or through something:

Amazingly, the bullet did not penetrate his brain.
In a normal winter, the frost penetrates deeply enough to kill off insect eggs in the soil.

[ T ] to succeed in becoming part of an organization, etc. and working within it :

The organization had been penetrated by a spy.
The company has been successful in penetrating overseas markets this year (= it has started selling its products in them).

[ I or T ] to reach or affect something:

These changes had not yet penetrated as far west as the mountains of Merioneth.

[ T ] If your eyes penetrate somewhere dark, you manage to see through it:

Our eyes couldn't penetrate the dark/the gloom of the inner cave.

[ T ] When a man penetrates his partner during sex, he puts his penis into his or her body.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Using the eyes

  • before your very eyes idiom
  • beheld
  • bore
  • breathe
  • come to sb's attention/notice idiom
  • eye
  • feast
  • gawk
  • get a load of that! idiom
  • get him, her, you, etc.! idiom
  • glance
  • look-see
  • observational
  • ogle
  • out of/from the corner of your eye idiom
  • passer-by
  • rest
  • sneak
  • squint
  • visual

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penetrate verb (UNDERSTAND)

[ I or T ] to study or investigate something in order to understand it:

It's hard to penetrate her mind.
He penetrates deeper into the artist's life in the second volume of his autobiography.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Understanding and comprehending

  • apprehend
  • apprehension
  • at your fingertips idiom
  • attune
  • bear in on/upon
  • common
  • fathom
  • feel
  • fingertip
  • hit
  • make sth/sb of sth/sb
  • make sth/sb out
  • mind
  • picture
  • plumb
  • read between the lines idiom
  • reading
  • realization
  • take sth in
  • twig

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