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penetralia

/pen-i-trey-lee-uh/US // ˌpɛn ɪˈtreɪ li ə //UK // (ˌpɛnɪˈtreɪlɪə) //

渗透率,渗透性,渗透,穿透性

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Definitions

n.名词(复数) plural noun
  1. 1
    • : the innermost parts or recesses of a place or thing.
    • : the most private or secret things.

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Examples

  • She wants to make me the stepping-stone to social success; she sighs for the purple penetralia of the plutocracy.

  • Yet at such an hour it will now be necessary to enter its penetralia.

  • He wished to be what he called "safe" with all those whom he had admitted to the penetralia of his house and heart.

  • Here lay the penetralia of this domicile, this weak fortification against the world.

  • He saw them darting out from the hidden penetralia around, moving swiftly across and sometimes darting in shoals before him.