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interpenetrate

/in-ter-pen-i-treyt/US // ˌɪn tərˈpɛn ɪˌtreɪt //UK // (ˌɪntəˈpɛnɪˌtreɪt) //

互通,相互渗透,互相渗透,互通有无

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    in·ter·pen·e·trat·ed, in·ter·pen·e·trat·ing.

    • : to penetrate thoroughly; permeate.
    • : to penetrate with mutually or reciprocally.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    in·ter·pen·e·trat·ed, in·ter·pen·e·trat·ing.

    • : to penetrate between things or parts.
    • : to penetrate each other.

Examples

  • When our glances encounter each other, our souls rush forth in them, and seem to join and interpenetrate each other.

  • Present-day man possesses four bodies of increasing fineness, the elements of which interpenetrate.

  • Ethics and science have their own domains, which touch but do not interpenetrate.

  • Each atom is surrounded by a field, formed of the atoms of the four higher planes, which surround and interpenetrate it.

  • All was so still that sleep seemed to interpenetrate the structure, causing the very moonlight to look discordantly awake.