Penetrate

(verb.) come to understand.

(verb.) pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; 'The bullet penetrated her chest'.

(verb.) insert the penis into the vagina or anus of; 'Did the molester penetrate the child?'.

(verb.) make one's way deeper into or through; 'The hikers did not manage to penetrate the dense forest'.

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• His quiver is not seen; if his arrows penetrate, their wound is like a thrill of new life. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She was too self-engrossed to penetrate the recesses of his shyness, and besides, why should she care to give herself the trouble? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The object now is subjected to the blast, and as the sand will not penetrate a softened material sufficient to abrade a surface beneath, the exposed portions alone will be cut away. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The native faculties of his mind qualified him to penetrate into every science: and his unremitted diligence left no field of knowledge unexplored. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• You must penetrate the ponderous vocabulary, the professional cant to the insight beneath or you scoff at the mountain ranges of words and phrases. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• And even if she were not, the sound of the bell would penetrate every recess of her tiny apartment, and rouse her to answer her friend's call. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I read these words over and over again: I felt that an explanation belonged to them, and was unable fully to penetrate their import. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Gerald had penetrated all the outer places of Gudrun's soul. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The opaque parts, through which no light has penetrated, leave the solution soft on the surface of the metal. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• A glance at his wound told me that it had not penetrated the bone. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• When evening came on, and the last rays of the setting sun penetrated through the side windows, this hall looked like a veritable Faust laboratory. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• As the question passed his lips, I penetrated the motive of the Indian's visit to my office at last! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Fair words and fair pretences; but I penetrated below those assertions of themselves and depreciations of me, and they were no better. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• He sent his cavalry by both flanks, and they penetrated to the enemy's rear. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• It was more a feeling of duty--a feeling that some good might come from my penetrating to this place. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• He had now announced his intention of returning to the scene of his exploits, and of penetrating into regions left still unexplored. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Other shells have been invented carrying a high explosive and capable of penetrating armour plates of great thickness, and exploding after such penetration has taken place. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The beaming sight, and the penetrating warmth, seemed to breed in him a cumulative cheerfulness, which soon amounted to delight. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• On any other, if you like, for I don't set up to be a penetrating character, and am well aware of my own deficiencies. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• This matter of lightning or of electricity is an extreme subtile fluid, penetrating other bodies, and subsisting in them, equally diffused. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• He held up two of his horrid fingers and gave me another of his unpleasantly penetrating looks. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• When yarn is dyed, the coloring matter penetrates to every part of the fiber, and hence the patterns formed by the weaving together of well-dyed yarns are very fast to light and water. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The azure of the sky penetrates the depths of the lake, and the waters are sweet and cool. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The stylus penetrates this film, meeting from it the slightest possible resistance, and traces thereon the message. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The light of the sun never penetrates here. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• It is the same before a fire, the heat of which sooner penetrates black stockings than white ones, and so is apt sooner to burn a man's shins. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Does it penetrate your heart, as it penetrates mine? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.

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