Perforate



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 打洞
• ［英］ v. 打洞 ( to make a line of holes in to facilitate separation)
• ［记］ per ( 全部) ＋forate ( =pierce刺穿) -> 全部刺穿 -> 打洞
• ［同］ 派生词: perforation ( n. 孔; 穿孔, 贯穿)

Webster Collegiate

verb (-rated; -rating)

• Etymology: Latin perforatus, past participle of perforare to bore through, from per- through + forare to bore — more at bore
• Date: 1538
• transitive verb
  • 1. to make a hole through <an ulcer perforates the duodenal wall>; especially to make a line of holes in to facilitate separation
  • 2. to pass through or into by or as if by making a hole
• intransitive verb
  • to penetrate a surface
• ? perforate adjective
• ? perforator noun

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