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单词 penetrator
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penetratorn.

Brit. /ˈpɛnᵻtreɪtə/, U.S. /ˈpɛnəˌtreɪdər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: penetrate v., -or suffix.
Etymology: < penetrate v. + -or suffix. Compare post-classical Latin penetrator a person who penetrates, literally or figuratively (4th cent.), Middle French penetrateur (c1480 as noun in an isolated attestation), Spanish penetrador (1495 or earlier as noun (now obsolete), 1508 or earlier as adjective), Portuguese penetrador (1614), Italian penetratore (14th cent. as adjective, a1519 as noun).
A person who or thing which penetrates something or someone (literal and figurative).
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > penetration > one who
penetrator1759
1759 S. Fielding Hist. Countess of Dellwyn I. p. vii The great Master, and the deepest Penetrator into the inmost Recesses of human Nature.
1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 209 A digger of Greek roots, or a penetrator of pyramids.
1860 R. W. Emerson Worship in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 196 We are all physiognomists and penetrators of character.
1989 New Scientist 4 Mar. 26/2 There will also be one or two penetrators that will be fired into the ground to investigate the Martian soil.
1995 M. Garber Vice Versa iii. xiv. 319 The crucial distinctions for men were not between ‘homosexual’ and ‘heterosexual’ but between inserter or penetrator and insertee.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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