单词 | interpenetrate |
释义 | interpenetrateadj. Interpenetrated. (Construed as past participle) ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adjective] > pervading heady1559 rifeful1614 transfusive1677 pervading1682 pervasive1736 perfusive1817 interpenetrate1877 ambient1883 1877 J. S. Blackie Wise Men Greece 303 That true world above..Peopled with stars, and interpenetrate By native glory. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018). interpenetratev. 1. a. transitive. To penetrate between the parts or particles of (anything); to penetrate thoroughly; to pass through and through, permeate, pervade. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > penetrate > thoroughly interpenetrate1816 1816 S. T. Coleridge Statesman's Man. App. C p. viii It follows, that Reason.., must be interpenetrated by a Power, that represents the concentration of All in Each. 1819 P. B. Shelley Lines Euganean Hills in Rosalind & Helen 83 Living things..And my spirit..Interpenetrated lie By the glory of the sky. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 59 The water is everywhere interpenetrated by air, which the fishes breathe. 1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) vi. 144 The food..thus becomes interpenetrated..with the salivary fluid. 1883 Contemp. Rev. Nov. 645 Greeks, Romans, Arabs, and Levantines interpenetrating the country. b. intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > penetrate > thoroughly interpenetrate1879 1879 A. R. Wallace Australasia xiv. 269 Owing to the great amount of sea which interpenetrates among the islands. 2. a. intransitive. To penetrate each other; to unite or mingle by mutual penetration. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > become mixed or blended [verb (intransitive)] > interpenetrate interpenetrate1809 interflow1844 interosculate1885 interpermeate1909 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > be or become connected [verb (intransitive)] > form continuity of substance > inosculate inosculate1713 interpenetrate1809 anastomose1830 interosculate1882 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1850) I. xiii. 119 Law and religion thus interpenetrating neutralized each other. 1820 P. B. Shelley Vision of Sea in Prometheus Unbound 179 At one gate They encounter, but interpenetrate. 1870 J. B. Brown First Princ. Eccl. Truth 278 No order keeps to itself, they all interlock and interpenetrate. b. transitive. To penetrate reciprocally. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > interpenetrate interpenetrate1843 1843 R. C. Trench 5 Serm. Cambr. 43 Sin and suffering do ever interpenetrate one another. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets ii. 61 The influence of love and harmony kept the elements joined and interpenetrated. 1875 J. Croll Climate & Time xiii. 219 The polar current and the Gulf-stream are mutually interpenetrated. 1884 Expositor Jan. 18 Two main spheres of thought..overlapping and interpenetrating each other. 3. Architecture (transitive and intransitive) To appear as if penetrating or passing through a moulding, etc. See interpenetration n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [verb] > interpenetrate interpenetrate1840 1840 R. Willis in J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. (1876) iii. iii. 933 Knobs..which really represent the Gothic base of a square mullion on the same plinth with the hollow chamfered mullion, and interpenetrating with it. 1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xxx. 451 Their shafts interpenetrating the mouldings of the panels and tracery. Derivatives interˈpenetrating adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [adjective] > that mixes or blends > interpenetrating interfluous1818 interpenetrant1848 interpenetrative1860 interfluent1872 interpenetrating1873 interflowing1898 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xii. 409 They blend and mingle in a concord of separate yet interpenetrating beauties. 1888 Spectator 22 Sept. 1292 The extreme complexity of the various interpenetrating systems of law under which the American citizen lives makes him a slave to lawyers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < adj.1877v.1809 |
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