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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}]
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