penetrate

verbB2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

penetrates

V_ing/Gerund

penetrating

V_ed/pp

penetrated

1.
To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.
Light penetrates darkness.
Đồng nghĩa: ransack
2.
(figuratively)To achieve understanding of, despite some obstacle; to comprehend; to understand.
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.
(chess) To move a piece past the defending pieces of one's opponent.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

ransack

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

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