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porous

/pawr-uhs, pohr-/US // ˈpɔr əs, ˈpoʊr- //UK // (ˈpɔːrəs) //

多孔的,多孔性,多孔,多孔性的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : full of pores.
    • : permeable by water, air, etc.

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Examples

  • That, combined with the lengthy porous border with Pakistan’s least governed regions will give extremists a large field in which to train, plan and plot.

  • Instead water flows through and around the highly porous Venus’s-flower-basket and forms a gentle zone of water that flanks the sponge and displaces turbulence downstream, the team found.

  • The Titans likely won’t rocket to the top of the AFC just with the addition of Jones, given their porous defense, but he does fill key offensive needs for them.

  • We can have border controls and quarantine and they’re very important, but we can’t forget that these are porous land borders.

  • The outbreak reflects a broader one across Nepal, which shares a long, porous border with India.

  • Our porous borders are seen as a midterm election play-to-the-base appeal instead of a problem to be solved.

  • The Brazilian defense, touted as impenetrable in pre-tournament hype, proved to be bedraggled, and porous.

  • “The world is porous and full of holes…so you just find the cracks,” Austin says slyly.

  • Among the biggest problems is the porous border Afghanistan shares with Pakistan.

  • Functioning countries cannot have such porous borders, for security reasons let alone communitarian concerns.

  • On very sandy fields the heaviest rainfall may be taken up by the porous earth, so that no streams are found.

  • The azucarilla is a confection not unlike "Edinburgh rock," but more porous and of the nature of a meringue.

  • Then put the cell within the porous cup and fill the top with clear water, preferably rain water.

  • Water in porous jars, often flavoured with rose-leaves or verbena, is presented by servants as the meal proceeds.

  • It was with great difficulty however that I clambered down the side of the crag, for the lava just there was porous and bubbly.