单词 | infiltrate |
释义 | infiltrate —infiltrative /in"fil tray'tiv, in fil"treuh-/, adj. —infiltrator /in"fil tray'teuhr, in fil"tray-/, n. /in fil"trayt, in"fil trayt'/, v. , infiltrated, infiltrating, n. v.t. 1. to filter into or through; permeate. 2. to cause to pass in by filtering. 3. to move into (an organization, country, territory, or the like) surreptitiously and gradually, esp. with hostile intent: The troops infiltrated the enemy lines. 4. to pass a small number of (soldiers, spies, or the like) into a territory or organization clandestinely and with hostile or subversive intent: The intelligence agency infiltrated three spies into the neighboring country. v.i. 5. to pass into or through a substance, place, etc., by or as by filtering. 6. Pathol. to penetrate tissue spaces or cells. n. 7. something that infiltrates. 8. Pathol. any substance penetrating tissues or cells and forming a morbid accumulation. [1750-60; IN-2 + FILTRATE] |
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