penetrate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.
    — Light penetrates darkness.
  2. To achieve understanding of, despite some obstacle; to comprehend; to understand. figuratively
    — I could not penetrate Burke's opaque rhetoric.
  3. To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to move deeply.
    — to penetrate one's heart with pity
  4. To infiltrate an enemy to gather intelligence.
  5. To insert the penis into an orifice, such as a vagina, mouth, or anus.
    — a male elephant comes up and penetrates the female
  6. To move a piece past the defending pieces of one's opponent.

词形变化

penetrates present,singular,third-person penetrating participle,present penetrated participle,past penetrated past

词汇关系

衍生词
impenetrate interpenetrate nonpenetrated overpenetrate penetrable penetrance penetratee penetrating fluid penetrating oil penetration penetrator repenetrate underpenetrated unpenetrated
相关词
double-penetrate

词源

From Latin penētrātus, perfect passive participle of penētrō (“to put, set, or place within, enter, pierce, penetrate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from penes (“within, with”) by analogy to intrō (“to go in, enter”). Compare French pénétrer.
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