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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Penetrate \Pen"e*trate\, v. i.
To pass; to make way; to pierce. Also used figuratively.
Preparing to penetrate to the north and west. --J. R.
Green.
Born where Heaven's influence scarce can penetrate.
--Pope.
The sweet of life that penetrates so near. --Daniel.
Penetrate \Pen"e*trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penetrated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Penetrating}.] [L. penetratus, p. p. of
penetrare to penetrate; akin to penitus inward, inwardly, and
perh. to pens with, in the power of, penus store of food,
innermost part of a temple.]
1. To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect
an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates
darkness.
2. To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to
touch with feeling; to make sensible; to move deeply; as,
to penetrate one's heart with pity. --Shak.
The translator of Homer should penetrate himself
with a sense of the plainness and directness of
Homer's style. --M. Arnold.
3. To pierce into by the mind; to arrive at the inner
contents or meaning of, as of a mysterious or difficult
subject; to comprehend; to understand.
Things which here were too subtile for us to
penetrate. --Ray.
资料来源 : WordNet®
penetrate
v 1: pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The
bullet penetrated her chest" [syn: {perforate}]
2: come to understand [syn: {fathom}, {bottom}]
3: become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It
dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was
penetrated with sorrow" [syn: {click}, {get through}, {dawn},
{come home}, {get across}, {sink in}, {fall into place}]
4: enter a group or organization in order to spy on the
members; "The student organization was infiltrated by a
traitor" [syn: {infiltrate}]
5: make one's way deeper into ar through; "The hikers did not
manage to penetrate the dense forest"
6: insert the penis into the vagina or anus of; "Did the
molester penetrate the child?"
7: spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has
permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the
entire building" [syn: {permeate}, {pervade}, {interpenetrate},
{diffuse}, {imbue}]