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单词 penetrative
释义 pen·e·tra·tive
adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French penetratif, from Medieval Latin penetrativus, from Latin penetratus, past participle + -ivus -ive
1. : tending to penetrate : of a penetrating quality : piercing
 < applying a toxic penetrative spray to the bark surface — F.C.Craighead b. 1890 & J.M.Miller >
2. : acute
 < stimulate in the reader intuitive faculties more penetrative than formal reasoning — C.E.Montague >
 < frequent penetrative observations — J.C.Ireson >
3. : impressive
 < penetrative lecturers … sent the hearer home with an idea, or a fact, or an enthusiasm firmly and usefully planted — H.S.Canby >
pen·e·tra·tive·ly \]ə̇vlē, -li\ adverb
pen·e·tra·tive·ness \]ivnə̇s\ noun -es
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