| 单词 | penetrable |
| 释义 | penetrable (once / 1106 pages) adj Something can be called penetrable if substances can pass through it. A coffee filter is penetrable, for example, because it allows water to drip through it. Your curtains are penetrable if they let sunlight peek through, and a country's borders are considered penetrable if they allow people to pass through them unnoticed by guards or customs officials. In basketball, having a penetrable defense is bad news — it means it allows the opposition's players to get right up to the basket, where they can easily shoot. Sometimes penetrable means "understandable," as in a penetrable poem or penetrable song lyrics. WORD FAMILYpenetrable: impenetrable, penetrability+/impenetrability: impenetrabilities/impenetrable: impenetrability, impenetrableness, impenetrably/interpenetrate: interpenetrated, interpenetrates, interpenetrating, interpenetration/interpenetration: interpenetrations/penetrability: penetrabilities/penetrate: interpenetrate, penetrable, penetrated, penetrates, penetrating, penetration, penetrative, penetrator/penetrating: penetratingly/penetration: penetrations/penetrator: penetrators USAGE EXAMPLESThe wall in some measure would need to be penetrable and porous. Slate(Sep 01, 2016) "I'm going to work to make that network that we installed on the east side of town penetrable in those buildings," he said. The Verge(May 09, 2016) Researchers discovered this month that even Apple products, typically less penetrable to hackers, are not immune. Washington Post(Mar 18, 2016) 1adj admitting of penetration or passage into or through a penetrable wall penetrable defenses Ant impenetrable not admitting of penetration or passage into or through dense, thickhard to pass through because of dense growth 2adj capable of being penetrated penetrable defenses Syn vulnerable susceptible to attack |
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