Permeate



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解释

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• v. 扩散; 渗透
• ［英］ v. 扩散 ( to spread or diffuse through) ; 渗透 ( to pass through the pores or interstices )
• ［例］ Nasty water from the flood permeated our carpeting.

Webster Collegiate

verb (-ated; -ating)

• Etymology: Latin permeatus, past participle of permeare, from per- through + meare to go, pass; akin to Middle Welsh mynet to go, Czech míjet to pass
• Date: 1656
• intransitive verb
  • to diffuse through or penetrate something
• transitive verb
  • 1. to spread or diffuse through <a room permeated with tobacco smoke>
  • 2. to pass through the pores or interstices of
• ? permeative adjective

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