Word · Frequency #23385
permeable
可渗透的；可透过的
Allowing liquids or gases to pass or diffuse through.
- 1.
Able to be permeated; absorbing or allowing the passage of fluids.
- 2.
allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through
允许流体或气体通过或扩散的
- 3.
Allowing the passage of persons, information, or other things, especially when such passage occurs despite hopes or expectations otherwise.
可被渗透的；可突破的；有漏洞的；允许流体或气体通过或扩散的；有渗透性的；能透过的；[化] 渗透性的; 可渗透的
In use
The soil in this garden is highly permeable, so water drains quickly after rain.
A permeable membrane allows certain gases to pass through while blocking others.
The new fabric is permeable to air, making it comfortable to wear in summer.
permeable membranes
rock that is permeable by water
be permeable to sth
The soil is permeable to water.
这种土壤可以让水渗透。
make sth permeable
They designed the fabric to make it permeable.
Connections
Collocations
- permeable membrane
- 渗透膜；可渗透的膜
- The permeable membrane filters the liquid by allowing small molecules to pass through.可渗透膜通过让小分子通过来过滤液体。
- permeable surface
- 透水表面；可渗透表面
- Permeable surfaces help reduce flooding by letting rainwater soak into the ground.透水表面让雨水渗入土壤，有助于减少洪水。
- permeable soil
- 渗透性土壤
- Permeable soil drains quickly after heavy rain.渗透性土壤在大雨后排水很快。
- permeable barrier
- 可渗透屏障
- A permeable barrier can block large objects while still allowing fluid to flow through.可渗透屏障能挡住大物体，同时仍允许流体通过。
- highly permeable
- 高渗透性的
- This spongy material is highly permeable to water.这种海绵状材料对水具有高渗透性。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
permeable 可拆着记：per 联想「穿过」，me 是「我」，able 是「能」，合起来「能穿过我」——液体或气体能透过，就是可渗透的。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：technical descriptions、scientific writing、environmental and geological texts permeable 通常用于正式或技术性语境，多出现在材料科学、地质、水文等描述物质让液体或气体透过的场合。日常会话中较少使用，可考虑用更口语化的说法。
Grammar Note
常接介词to，表示"对某物可渗透"。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词的结尾均为不重读的 /əbəl/，拼作 -able，与 permeable 的最后音节相同。但请注意，它们的主重音位置不同，因此并不与 permeable 构成整词押韵；只有末尾后缀的读音相近。另外，注意 able /ˈeɪbəl/ 的读音与 -able 后缀不同，容易混淆。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.