Definition of penetrating in English:

penetrating

adjective ˈpɛnɪtreɪtɪŋˈpɛnəˌtreɪdɪŋ

1Able to make a way through or into something.
有穿透力的，有渗透力的；能刺入的，能戳入的
the problem of penetrating damp
渗透性毒气问题。
Example sentencesExamples
- Infrared is particularly effective for penetrating thick, murky regions of space and revealing what lies beyond.
- Although alpha particles are not a very penetrating form of radiation, when inside the body they can do significant harm to any living cells they happen to pass through.
- As it happens, she plays a fierce doubles game, with a steady serve, a sure overhead, penetrating volleys and an occasional blazing return of serve.
- The sound system rolls out bass like a living beast, penetrating flesh and rattling the ribs beneath.
- Nor is it contended that it results from rising damp or penetrating damp.
- He has a low, soulful voice with penetrating anger and smarts.
- Driven by a penetrating east wind, it drifted until every hollow and depression was filled and the landscape assumed the appearance of a vast white prairie.
- As I stood outside the store, battered by the merciless, penetrating wind, I was reminded of days when I'd wear two pairs of pyjamas under my uniform in a vain attempt to keep warm.
- I started wondering about this penetrating chemical presence when some vile organic substance bubbled up from a clogged pipe in our basement floor the day after we moved in.
- No longer will your home be plagued by the penetrating effervescence that periodically resounds from the smallest room in the house.
- More often she presents her men and women with such a penetrating, somber empathy that a deliberate affective claustrophobia seizes the reader.
- I rushed into the living room to see poor Graham getting well and truly damp in a fine, penetrating rain.
- We're looking for ways of penetrating that economic community in an economic fashion.
- The puma nodded once and stepped outside into the penetrating cold.
- The mechanisms often seize through lack of use, but with the wiper motor removed - a relatively simple task - it's possible to get to the problem areas and apply penetrating oil.
- It was really cold, with a sneaky, penetrating breeze to provide an extra wind-chill.
- The peninsula is sandwiched between two sea lochs, Loch Fyne to the west and Loch Long to the east - the latter penetrating inland from the Firth of Clyde.
- It's turned suddenly rather cold, in that penetrating way that gets into the bones and takes an awful lot of shifting.
- A nasty, penetrating wind, and the sting of snizzle in the air once more.
- Acid or chemical stain is a penetrating stain that chemically etches the color into the concrete for a permanent marble like finish.
Synonyms
pungent, pervasive, strong, powerful, suffocating, stifling
sharp, acrid, acid, sour, biting, stinging, burning, smarting, irritating, nauseating, nauseous, sickly, offensive, astringent, bitter, fetid, cloying
heady, aromatic, flowery, fragrant
literary mephitic
1. 1.1 (of a sound) clearly heard through or above other sounds.
  （话音，声音）响亮的，尖刺的，尖锐的
  her scream was sudden and penetrating
  她的尖叫声突然而且尖得刺耳。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Some of these songs have a varying beat and indications of some intelligent musicianship, not like the penetrating bass that thunders out from cars and flats wherever you go.
  In an instant, he is there once more, with his familiar, intense, penetrating, braying sound.
  The wooden door burst open as if a bomb exploded behind it, the sound penetrating through the already deafening silence.
  The horns are very penetrating and to many it is a public nuisance.
  Opening her mouth Lula bellowed a penetrating snarl as her fist drove into the wall hammering a hole through it.
  The penetrating whine of the fighter-bombers and the blast of the missiles overwhelm my brain, robbing me of both understanding and psyche.
  Tim sat upright at the penetrating noise and flipped in his hammock.
  Delivering six full songs and other song fragments, her penetrating chest voice and her haunting ornaments in piquant modes were simply stunning.
  Simplistic chord structures and things just very impressive in the way that a lot of old heavy metal music is very penetrating and domineering and drowns things out.
  He created music of penetrating sadness and beauty, and with only four solo albums released in his career, he had much more to offer.
  Its penetrating tone could carry far and rise above the fracas.
  Synonyms
  shrill, strident, piercing, carrying, clearly audible, loud, strong, high, high-pitched, piping, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, screechy, intrusive
2. 1.2 (of a person's eyes or expression) reflecting an apparent ability to see into another's mind; intense.
  （人的目光或表情）敏锐的，锐利的
  her penetrating gaze
  Example sentencesExamples
  I looked at the doctor with penetrating eyes and declared, ‘I'll have this baby by midnight!’
  He was fairly short, a trifle rotund, with dark penetrating eyes that had a way of roving mercurially over objects under surveillance.
  One of the men was clearly a young Bill, with the same penetrating eyes and subdued smile.
  Her penetrating eyes moved to the two siblings, who apparently caught some hidden meaning that Evelyn didn't at watching the elder's haunting gaze.
  He was immediately distinguished by his diminutive figure, extremely long white beard, and dark, penetrating eyes.
  They call him a nobleman, but I knew that you, who see people so clearly with your penetrating eyes, would see him for what he was.
  They tend to feel warm, have somewhat oily skin, penetrating eyes, and sharp features.
  There were no secrets that could hide from his penetrating eyes.
  He stared at her, his piercing, penetrating gaze shooting right through her, reading her like a book.
  Or maybe I'm looking at this with a much more penetrating eye than is needed.
  Her penetrating eyes landed on her small, black school bag.
  Bobby peered into those pale, penetrating eyes, sort of shrugged and gave her a feeble chipmunk smile.
  His hair is a light brown, with very penetrating eyes, and a slightly brooding look.
  Only at nights did he fear the penetrating eyes of his wife.
  At her mother's penetrating stare, she muttered, ‘sorry’ and inhaled deeply.
  The flames of the many candles were mirrored in his deep, penetrating eyes.
  Above all, a viewer is made very conscious of the penetrating power of the artist's eyes as he stares into the mirror.
  I tried very hard that day, but I could not hear what she heard in his voice nor see what she saw in his starkly penetrating eyes.
  He wore a long, rough-looking, black cloak and looked out at you from under his hood with deep brown, penetrating eyes.
  I've never seen a child with such cold, penetrating eyes.
  Synonyms
  observant, searching, intent, alert, shrewd, perceptive, probing, piercing, sharp, keen
3. 1.3 Having or showing clear insight.
  深刻的，透彻的，有洞察力的
  the students asked some penetrating questions
  那些学生问了些深刻的问题。
  Example sentencesExamples
  My discovery, disconcerting though it was, gave me a penetrating insight into style.
  He had not expected such a penetrating question so quickly.
  How could a penetrating or insightful script emerge from such a process, which is more than anything else the working out of different financial and corporate arrangements?
  The book ends by posing and answering a series of lucid and penetrating questions that are aimed at about the level of undergraduates and informed general readers.
  He has, with sheer penetrating insight, portrayed the decadent values and human failings of his times in simple but effective words.
  He or she allows employees to think for themselves by encouraging them to show initiative, to think critically, to ask penetrating questions about their work.
  And it's not quite the penetrating insight into the human condition it thinks it is, either.
  Expert adversaries, who have the right to receive public answers to their most penetrating questions, police the scientific method.
  He had both the subtle mind of the metaphysician and the penetrating insight of the disillusioned moralist.
  And they asked these kind of penetrating questions that make you understand they really know what's going on.
  Instead, he is most often regarded as a man of penetrating insight.
  By depending on the religious inclination of the general public he has evinced extremely penetrating insight.
  Note the dramatic narrative and implicit autobiography that emerge from this penetrating insight.
  To several cohorts of students in Social Studies 10, I can only say that I learned more from your penetrating questions than I probably ever taught you in tutorial.
  As with all aggregate health care data, these statistics were not designed to answer the most penetrating questions.
  His penetrating insights into aspects of health policy during the 1950s and 1960s are unsurpassed.
  What is this penetrating insight that leads us to the direct experience of emptiness?
  And I asked him penetrating questions everybody told me not to ask him because that is my nature.
  It is not a pedagogical treatise, it is the reflections of an artist upon art in aphorisms of penetrating insight, ready wit, and profound wisdom.
  You have to be open to a penetrating insight deeply imbedded in the stuff of language.
  Synonyms
  perceptive, insightful, keen, sharp, sharp-witted, quick-witted, intelligent, clever, smart, incisive, piercing, knife-like, razor-edged, trenchant, astute, shrewd, subtle, quick, ready, clear, acute, discriminating, percipient, perspicacious, discerning, sensitive, thoughtful, penetrative, deep, profound
  North American informal whip-smart
  enquiring, searching, sharp, incisive, probing, deep, inquisitive, analytic, in-depth

Derivatives

penetratingly

adverb ˈpɛnɪtreɪtɪŋli

I realize I am helpless in the face of such penetratingly gauche cluelessness, and thus, I do the only thing I can do.
Example sentencesExamples
- he asked again, his eyes gazing penetratingly at the fair-skinned girl with an oval face, her hair cut short to reveal the nape of her neck.
- Because, believe me, the nights up here get penetratingly cold.
- There's something penetratingly strange about their songs, as their straight pop becomes unintentionally twisted in the process of trying to play it well.
- In writing that is elegant and penetratingly simple, she gives voice to some things we may know in our hearts but need an interpreter like her to help process.

Definition of penetrating in US English:

penetrating

adjectiveˈpenəˌtrādiNGˈpɛnəˌtreɪdɪŋ

1Able to make a way through or into something.
有穿透力的，有渗透力的；能刺入的，能戳入的
the problem of penetrating damp
渗透性毒气问题。
the penetrating scents of pine and eucalyptus
松树和桉树刺鼻的气味。
Example sentencesExamples
- It was really cold, with a sneaky, penetrating breeze to provide an extra wind-chill.
- Acid or chemical stain is a penetrating stain that chemically etches the color into the concrete for a permanent marble like finish.
- Nor is it contended that it results from rising damp or penetrating damp.
- Driven by a penetrating east wind, it drifted until every hollow and depression was filled and the landscape assumed the appearance of a vast white prairie.
- I started wondering about this penetrating chemical presence when some vile organic substance bubbled up from a clogged pipe in our basement floor the day after we moved in.
- The mechanisms often seize through lack of use, but with the wiper motor removed - a relatively simple task - it's possible to get to the problem areas and apply penetrating oil.
- I rushed into the living room to see poor Graham getting well and truly damp in a fine, penetrating rain.
- More often she presents her men and women with such a penetrating, somber empathy that a deliberate affective claustrophobia seizes the reader.
- The puma nodded once and stepped outside into the penetrating cold.
- It's turned suddenly rather cold, in that penetrating way that gets into the bones and takes an awful lot of shifting.
- Infrared is particularly effective for penetrating thick, murky regions of space and revealing what lies beyond.
- No longer will your home be plagued by the penetrating effervescence that periodically resounds from the smallest room in the house.
- The peninsula is sandwiched between two sea lochs, Loch Fyne to the west and Loch Long to the east - the latter penetrating inland from the Firth of Clyde.
- A nasty, penetrating wind, and the sting of snizzle in the air once more.
- As I stood outside the store, battered by the merciless, penetrating wind, I was reminded of days when I'd wear two pairs of pyjamas under my uniform in a vain attempt to keep warm.
- Although alpha particles are not a very penetrating form of radiation, when inside the body they can do significant harm to any living cells they happen to pass through.
- The sound system rolls out bass like a living beast, penetrating flesh and rattling the ribs beneath.
- We're looking for ways of penetrating that economic community in an economic fashion.
- He has a low, soulful voice with penetrating anger and smarts.
- As it happens, she plays a fierce doubles game, with a steady serve, a sure overhead, penetrating volleys and an occasional blazing return of serve.
Synonyms
pungent, pervasive, strong, powerful, suffocating, stifling
1. 1.1 (of a voice or sound) clearly heard through or above other sounds.
  （话音，声音）响亮的，尖刺的，尖锐的
  a single penetrating whistle
  Example sentencesExamples
  He created music of penetrating sadness and beauty, and with only four solo albums released in his career, he had much more to offer.
  In an instant, he is there once more, with his familiar, intense, penetrating, braying sound.
  Simplistic chord structures and things just very impressive in the way that a lot of old heavy metal music is very penetrating and domineering and drowns things out.
  Delivering six full songs and other song fragments, her penetrating chest voice and her haunting ornaments in piquant modes were simply stunning.
  The penetrating whine of the fighter-bombers and the blast of the missiles overwhelm my brain, robbing me of both understanding and psyche.
  The horns are very penetrating and to many it is a public nuisance.
  Some of these songs have a varying beat and indications of some intelligent musicianship, not like the penetrating bass that thunders out from cars and flats wherever you go.
  Opening her mouth Lula bellowed a penetrating snarl as her fist drove into the wall hammering a hole through it.
  The wooden door burst open as if a bomb exploded behind it, the sound penetrating through the already deafening silence.
  Tim sat upright at the penetrating noise and flipped in his hammock.
  Its penetrating tone could carry far and rise above the fracas.
  Synonyms
  shrill, strident, piercing, carrying, clearly audible, loud, strong, high, high-pitched, piping, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, screechy, intrusive
2. 1.2 (of a person's eyes or expression) reflecting an apparent ability to see into the mind of the person being looked at; piercingly intense.
  （人的目光或表情）敏锐的，锐利的
  attempting to avoid her penetrating gaze
  努力逃避她那凝视的锐利目光。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I looked at the doctor with penetrating eyes and declared, ‘I'll have this baby by midnight!’
  Or maybe I'm looking at this with a much more penetrating eye than is needed.
  I've never seen a child with such cold, penetrating eyes.
  He wore a long, rough-looking, black cloak and looked out at you from under his hood with deep brown, penetrating eyes.
  He was fairly short, a trifle rotund, with dark penetrating eyes that had a way of roving mercurially over objects under surveillance.
  At her mother's penetrating stare, she muttered, ‘sorry’ and inhaled deeply.
  He was immediately distinguished by his diminutive figure, extremely long white beard, and dark, penetrating eyes.
  Her penetrating eyes landed on her small, black school bag.
  His hair is a light brown, with very penetrating eyes, and a slightly brooding look.
  Above all, a viewer is made very conscious of the penetrating power of the artist's eyes as he stares into the mirror.
  There were no secrets that could hide from his penetrating eyes.
  Bobby peered into those pale, penetrating eyes, sort of shrugged and gave her a feeble chipmunk smile.
  He stared at her, his piercing, penetrating gaze shooting right through her, reading her like a book.
  They tend to feel warm, have somewhat oily skin, penetrating eyes, and sharp features.
  Only at nights did he fear the penetrating eyes of his wife.
  One of the men was clearly a young Bill, with the same penetrating eyes and subdued smile.
  They call him a nobleman, but I knew that you, who see people so clearly with your penetrating eyes, would see him for what he was.
  Her penetrating eyes moved to the two siblings, who apparently caught some hidden meaning that Evelyn didn't at watching the elder's haunting gaze.
  I tried very hard that day, but I could not hear what she heard in his voice nor see what she saw in his starkly penetrating eyes.
  The flames of the many candles were mirrored in his deep, penetrating eyes.
  Synonyms
  observant, searching, intent, alert, shrewd, perceptive, probing, piercing, sharp, keen
3. 1.3 Having or showing clear insight.
  深刻的，透彻的，有洞察力的
  the students asked some penetrating questions
  那些学生问了些深刻的问题。
  Example sentencesExamples
  You have to be open to a penetrating insight deeply imbedded in the stuff of language.
  It is not a pedagogical treatise, it is the reflections of an artist upon art in aphorisms of penetrating insight, ready wit, and profound wisdom.
  He has, with sheer penetrating insight, portrayed the decadent values and human failings of his times in simple but effective words.
  He or she allows employees to think for themselves by encouraging them to show initiative, to think critically, to ask penetrating questions about their work.
  And it's not quite the penetrating insight into the human condition it thinks it is, either.
  By depending on the religious inclination of the general public he has evinced extremely penetrating insight.
  He had not expected such a penetrating question so quickly.
  And I asked him penetrating questions everybody told me not to ask him because that is my nature.
  Note the dramatic narrative and implicit autobiography that emerge from this penetrating insight.
  He had both the subtle mind of the metaphysician and the penetrating insight of the disillusioned moralist.
  How could a penetrating or insightful script emerge from such a process, which is more than anything else the working out of different financial and corporate arrangements?
  His penetrating insights into aspects of health policy during the 1950s and 1960s are unsurpassed.
  Expert adversaries, who have the right to receive public answers to their most penetrating questions, police the scientific method.
  The book ends by posing and answering a series of lucid and penetrating questions that are aimed at about the level of undergraduates and informed general readers.
  Instead, he is most often regarded as a man of penetrating insight.
  And they asked these kind of penetrating questions that make you understand they really know what's going on.
  As with all aggregate health care data, these statistics were not designed to answer the most penetrating questions.
  To several cohorts of students in Social Studies 10, I can only say that I learned more from your penetrating questions than I probably ever taught you in tutorial.
  My discovery, disconcerting though it was, gave me a penetrating insight into style.
  What is this penetrating insight that leads us to the direct experience of emptiness?
  Synonyms
  perceptive, insightful, keen, sharp, sharp-witted, quick-witted, intelligent, clever, smart, incisive, piercing, knife-like, razor-edged, trenchant, astute, shrewd, subtle, quick, ready, clear, acute, discriminating, percipient, perspicacious, discerning, sensitive, thoughtful, penetrative, deep, profound
  enquiring, searching, sharp, incisive, probing, deep, inquisitive, analytic, in-depth

词汇	penetrating
释义	Definition of penetrating in English: penetrating adjective ˈpɛnɪtreɪtɪŋˈpɛnəˌtreɪdɪŋ 1Able to make a way through or into something. 有穿透力的，有渗透力的；能刺入的，能戳入的 the problem of penetrating damp 渗透性毒气问题。 Example sentencesExamples Infrared is particularly effective for penetrating thick, murky regions of space and revealing what lies beyond. Although alpha particles are not a very penetrating form of radiation, when inside the body they can do significant harm to any living cells they happen to pass through. As it happens, she plays a fierce doubles game, with a steady serve, a sure overhead, penetrating volleys and an occasional blazing return of serve. The sound system rolls out bass like a living beast, penetrating flesh and rattling the ribs beneath. Nor is it contended that it results from rising damp or penetrating damp. He has a low, soulful voice with penetrating anger and smarts. Driven by a penetrating east wind, it drifted until every hollow and depression was filled and the landscape assumed the appearance of a vast white prairie. As I stood outside the store, battered by the merciless, penetrating wind, I was reminded of days when I'd wear two pairs of pyjamas under my uniform in a vain attempt to keep warm. I started wondering about this penetrating chemical presence when some vile organic substance bubbled up from a clogged pipe in our basement floor the day after we moved in. No longer will your home be plagued by the penetrating effervescence that periodically resounds from the smallest room in the house. More often she presents her men and women with such a penetrating, somber empathy that a deliberate affective claustrophobia seizes the reader. I rushed into the living room to see poor Graham getting well and truly damp in a fine, penetrating rain. We're looking for ways of penetrating that economic community in an economic fashion. The puma nodded once and stepped outside into the penetrating cold. The mechanisms often seize through lack of use, but with the wiper motor removed - a relatively simple task - it's possible to get to the problem areas and apply penetrating oil. It was really cold, with a sneaky, penetrating breeze to provide an extra wind-chill. The peninsula is sandwiched between two sea lochs, Loch Fyne to the west and Loch Long to the east - the latter penetrating inland from the Firth of Clyde. It's turned suddenly rather cold, in that penetrating way that gets into the bones and takes an awful lot of shifting. A nasty, penetrating wind, and the sting of snizzle in the air once more. Acid or chemical stain is a penetrating stain that chemically etches the color into the concrete for a permanent marble like finish. Synonyms pungent, pervasive, strong, powerful, suffocating, stifling sharp, acrid, acid, sour, biting, stinging, burning, smarting, irritating, nauseating, nauseous, sickly, offensive, astringent, bitter, fetid, cloying heady, aromatic, flowery, fragrant literary mephitic 1.1 (of a sound) clearly heard through or above other sounds. （话音，声音）响亮的，尖刺的，尖锐的 her scream was sudden and penetrating 她的尖叫声突然而且尖得刺耳。 Example sentencesExamples Some of these songs have a varying beat and indications of some intelligent musicianship, not like the penetrating bass that thunders out from cars and flats wherever you go. In an instant, he is there once more, with his familiar, intense, penetrating, braying sound. The wooden door burst open as if a bomb exploded behind it, the sound penetrating through the already deafening silence. The horns are very penetrating and to many it is a public nuisance. Opening her mouth Lula bellowed a penetrating snarl as her fist drove into the wall hammering a hole through it. The penetrating whine of the fighter-bombers and the blast of the missiles overwhelm my brain, robbing me of both understanding and psyche. Tim sat upright at the penetrating noise and flipped in his hammock. Delivering six full songs and other song fragments, her penetrating chest voice and her haunting ornaments in piquant modes were simply stunning. Simplistic chord structures and things just very impressive in the way that a lot of old heavy metal music is very penetrating and domineering and drowns things out. He created music of penetrating sadness and beauty, and with only four solo albums released in his career, he had much more to offer. Its penetrating tone could carry far and rise above the fracas. Synonyms shrill, strident, piercing, carrying, clearly audible, loud, strong, high, high-pitched, piping, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, screechy, intrusive 1.2 (of a person's eyes or expression) reflecting an apparent ability to see into another's mind; intense. （人的目光或表情）敏锐的，锐利的 her penetrating gaze Example sentencesExamples I looked at the doctor with penetrating eyes and declared, ‘I'll have this baby by midnight!’ He was fairly short, a trifle rotund, with dark penetrating eyes that had a way of roving mercurially over objects under surveillance. One of the men was clearly a young Bill, with the same penetrating eyes and subdued smile. Her penetrating eyes moved to the two siblings, who apparently caught some hidden meaning that Evelyn didn't at watching the elder's haunting gaze. He was immediately distinguished by his diminutive figure, extremely long white beard, and dark, penetrating eyes. They call him a nobleman, but I knew that you, who see people so clearly with your penetrating eyes, would see him for what he was. They tend to feel warm, have somewhat oily skin, penetrating eyes, and sharp features. There were no secrets that could hide from his penetrating eyes. He stared at her, his piercing, penetrating gaze shooting right through her, reading her like a book. Or maybe I'm looking at this with a much more penetrating eye than is needed. Her penetrating eyes landed on her small, black school bag. Bobby peered into those pale, penetrating eyes, sort of shrugged and gave her a feeble chipmunk smile. His hair is a light brown, with very penetrating eyes, and a slightly brooding look. Only at nights did he fear the penetrating eyes of his wife. At her mother's penetrating stare, she muttered, ‘sorry’ and inhaled deeply. The flames of the many candles were mirrored in his deep, penetrating eyes. Above all, a viewer is made very conscious of the penetrating power of the artist's eyes as he stares into the mirror. I tried very hard that day, but I could not hear what she heard in his voice nor see what she saw in his starkly penetrating eyes. He wore a long, rough-looking, black cloak and looked out at you from under his hood with deep brown, penetrating eyes. I've never seen a child with such cold, penetrating eyes. Synonyms observant, searching, intent, alert, shrewd, perceptive, probing, piercing, sharp, keen 1.3 Having or showing clear insight. 深刻的，透彻的，有洞察力的 the students asked some penetrating questions 那些学生问了些深刻的问题。 Example sentencesExamples My discovery, disconcerting though it was, gave me a penetrating insight into style. He had not expected such a penetrating question so quickly. How could a penetrating or insightful script emerge from such a process, which is more than anything else the working out of different financial and corporate arrangements? The book ends by posing and answering a series of lucid and penetrating questions that are aimed at about the level of undergraduates and informed general readers. He has, with sheer penetrating insight, portrayed the decadent values and human failings of his times in simple but effective words. He or she allows employees to think for themselves by encouraging them to show initiative, to think critically, to ask penetrating questions about their work. And it's not quite the penetrating insight into the human condition it thinks it is, either. Expert adversaries, who have the right to receive public answers to their most penetrating questions, police the scientific method. He had both the subtle mind of the metaphysician and the penetrating insight of the disillusioned moralist. And they asked these kind of penetrating questions that make you understand they really know what's going on. Instead, he is most often regarded as a man of penetrating insight. By depending on the religious inclination of the general public he has evinced extremely penetrating insight. Note the dramatic narrative and implicit autobiography that emerge from this penetrating insight. To several cohorts of students in Social Studies 10, I can only say that I learned more from your penetrating questions than I probably ever taught you in tutorial. As with all aggregate health care data, these statistics were not designed to answer the most penetrating questions. His penetrating insights into aspects of health policy during the 1950s and 1960s are unsurpassed. What is this penetrating insight that leads us to the direct experience of emptiness? And I asked him penetrating questions everybody told me not to ask him because that is my nature. It is not a pedagogical treatise, it is the reflections of an artist upon art in aphorisms of penetrating insight, ready wit, and profound wisdom. You have to be open to a penetrating insight deeply imbedded in the stuff of language. Synonyms perceptive, insightful, keen, sharp, sharp-witted, quick-witted, intelligent, clever, smart, incisive, piercing, knife-like, razor-edged, trenchant, astute, shrewd, subtle, quick, ready, clear, acute, discriminating, percipient, perspicacious, discerning, sensitive, thoughtful, penetrative, deep, profound North American informal whip-smart enquiring, searching, sharp, incisive, probing, deep, inquisitive, analytic, in-depth Derivatives penetratingly adverb ˈpɛnɪtreɪtɪŋli I realize I am helpless in the face of such penetratingly gauche cluelessness, and thus, I do the only thing I can do. Example sentencesExamples he asked again, his eyes gazing penetratingly at the fair-skinned girl with an oval face, her hair cut short to reveal the nape of her neck. Because, believe me, the nights up here get penetratingly cold. There's something penetratingly strange about their songs, as their straight pop becomes unintentionally twisted in the process of trying to play it well. In writing that is elegant and penetratingly simple, she gives voice to some things we may know in our hearts but need an interpreter like her to help process. Definition of penetrating in US English: penetrating adjectiveˈpenəˌtrādiNGˈpɛnəˌtreɪdɪŋ 1Able to make a way through or into something. 有穿透力的，有渗透力的；能刺入的，能戳入的 the problem of penetrating damp 渗透性毒气问题。 the penetrating scents of pine and eucalyptus 松树和桉树刺鼻的气味。 Example sentencesExamples It was really cold, with a sneaky, penetrating breeze to provide an extra wind-chill. Acid or chemical stain is a penetrating stain that chemically etches the color into the concrete for a permanent marble like finish. Nor is it contended that it results from rising damp or penetrating damp. Driven by a penetrating east wind, it drifted until every hollow and depression was filled and the landscape assumed the appearance of a vast white prairie. I started wondering about this penetrating chemical presence when some vile organic substance bubbled up from a clogged pipe in our basement floor the day after we moved in. The mechanisms often seize through lack of use, but with the wiper motor removed - a relatively simple task - it's possible to get to the problem areas and apply penetrating oil. I rushed into the living room to see poor Graham getting well and truly damp in a fine, penetrating rain. More often she presents her men and women with such a penetrating, somber empathy that a deliberate affective claustrophobia seizes the reader. The puma nodded once and stepped outside into the penetrating cold. It's turned suddenly rather cold, in that penetrating way that gets into the bones and takes an awful lot of shifting. Infrared is particularly effective for penetrating thick, murky regions of space and revealing what lies beyond. No longer will your home be plagued by the penetrating effervescence that periodically resounds from the smallest room in the house. The peninsula is sandwiched between two sea lochs, Loch Fyne to the west and Loch Long to the east - the latter penetrating inland from the Firth of Clyde. A nasty, penetrating wind, and the sting of snizzle in the air once more. As I stood outside the store, battered by the merciless, penetrating wind, I was reminded of days when I'd wear two pairs of pyjamas under my uniform in a vain attempt to keep warm. Although alpha particles are not a very penetrating form of radiation, when inside the body they can do significant harm to any living cells they happen to pass through. The sound system rolls out bass like a living beast, penetrating flesh and rattling the ribs beneath. We're looking for ways of penetrating that economic community in an economic fashion. He has a low, soulful voice with penetrating anger and smarts. As it happens, she plays a fierce doubles game, with a steady serve, a sure overhead, penetrating volleys and an occasional blazing return of serve. Synonyms pungent, pervasive, strong, powerful, suffocating, stifling 1.1 (of a voice or sound) clearly heard through or above other sounds. （话音，声音）响亮的，尖刺的，尖锐的 a single penetrating whistle Example sentencesExamples He created music of penetrating sadness and beauty, and with only four solo albums released in his career, he had much more to offer. In an instant, he is there once more, with his familiar, intense, penetrating, braying sound. Simplistic chord structures and things just very impressive in the way that a lot of old heavy metal music is very penetrating and domineering and drowns things out. Delivering six full songs and other song fragments, her penetrating chest voice and her haunting ornaments in piquant modes were simply stunning. The penetrating whine of the fighter-bombers and the blast of the missiles overwhelm my brain, robbing me of both understanding and psyche. The horns are very penetrating and to many it is a public nuisance. Some of these songs have a varying beat and indications of some intelligent musicianship, not like the penetrating bass that thunders out from cars and flats wherever you go. Opening her mouth Lula bellowed a penetrating snarl as her fist drove into the wall hammering a hole through it. The wooden door burst open as if a bomb exploded behind it, the sound penetrating through the already deafening silence. Tim sat upright at the penetrating noise and flipped in his hammock. Its penetrating tone could carry far and rise above the fracas. Synonyms shrill, strident, piercing, carrying, clearly audible, loud, strong, high, high-pitched, piping, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, screechy, intrusive 1.2 (of a person's eyes or expression) reflecting an apparent ability to see into the mind of the person being looked at; piercingly intense. （人的目光或表情）敏锐的，锐利的 attempting to avoid her penetrating gaze 努力逃避她那凝视的锐利目光。 Example sentencesExamples I looked at the doctor with penetrating eyes and declared, ‘I'll have this baby by midnight!’ Or maybe I'm looking at this with a much more penetrating eye than is needed. I've never seen a child with such cold, penetrating eyes. He wore a long, rough-looking, black cloak and looked out at you from under his hood with deep brown, penetrating eyes. He was fairly short, a trifle rotund, with dark penetrating eyes that had a way of roving mercurially over objects under surveillance. At her mother's penetrating stare, she muttered, ‘sorry’ and inhaled deeply. He was immediately distinguished by his diminutive figure, extremely long white beard, and dark, penetrating eyes. Her penetrating eyes landed on her small, black school bag. His hair is a light brown, with very penetrating eyes, and a slightly brooding look. Above all, a viewer is made very conscious of the penetrating power of the artist's eyes as he stares into the mirror. There were no secrets that could hide from his penetrating eyes. Bobby peered into those pale, penetrating eyes, sort of shrugged and gave her a feeble chipmunk smile. He stared at her, his piercing, penetrating gaze shooting right through her, reading her like a book. They tend to feel warm, have somewhat oily skin, penetrating eyes, and sharp features. Only at nights did he fear the penetrating eyes of his wife. One of the men was clearly a young Bill, with the same penetrating eyes and subdued smile. They call him a nobleman, but I knew that you, who see people so clearly with your penetrating eyes, would see him for what he was. Her penetrating eyes moved to the two siblings, who apparently caught some hidden meaning that Evelyn didn't at watching the elder's haunting gaze. I tried very hard that day, but I could not hear what she heard in his voice nor see what she saw in his starkly penetrating eyes. The flames of the many candles were mirrored in his deep, penetrating eyes. Synonyms observant, searching, intent, alert, shrewd, perceptive, probing, piercing, sharp, keen 1.3 Having or showing clear insight. 深刻的，透彻的，有洞察力的 the students asked some penetrating questions 那些学生问了些深刻的问题。 Example sentencesExamples You have to be open to a penetrating insight deeply imbedded in the stuff of language. It is not a pedagogical treatise, it is the reflections of an artist upon art in aphorisms of penetrating insight, ready wit, and profound wisdom. He has, with sheer penetrating insight, portrayed the decadent values and human failings of his times in simple but effective words. He or she allows employees to think for themselves by encouraging them to show initiative, to think critically, to ask penetrating questions about their work. And it's not quite the penetrating insight into the human condition it thinks it is, either. By depending on the religious inclination of the general public he has evinced extremely penetrating insight. He had not expected such a penetrating question so quickly. And I asked him penetrating questions everybody told me not to ask him because that is my nature. Note the dramatic narrative and implicit autobiography that emerge from this penetrating insight. He had both the subtle mind of the metaphysician and the penetrating insight of the disillusioned moralist. How could a penetrating or insightful script emerge from such a process, which is more than anything else the working out of different financial and corporate arrangements? His penetrating insights into aspects of health policy during the 1950s and 1960s are unsurpassed. Expert adversaries, who have the right to receive public answers to their most penetrating questions, police the scientific method. The book ends by posing and answering a series of lucid and penetrating questions that are aimed at about the level of undergraduates and informed general readers. Instead, he is most often regarded as a man of penetrating insight. And they asked these kind of penetrating questions that make you understand they really know what's going on. As with all aggregate health care data, these statistics were not designed to answer the most penetrating questions. To several cohorts of students in Social Studies 10, I can only say that I learned more from your penetrating questions than I probably ever taught you in tutorial. My discovery, disconcerting though it was, gave me a penetrating insight into style. What is this penetrating insight that leads us to the direct experience of emptiness? Synonyms perceptive, insightful, keen, sharp, sharp-witted, quick-witted, intelligent, clever, smart, incisive, piercing, knife-like, razor-edged, trenchant, astute, shrewd, subtle, quick, ready, clear, acute, discriminating, percipient, perspicacious, discerning, sensitive, thoughtful, penetrative, deep, profound enquiring, searching, sharp, incisive, probing, deep, inquisitive, analytic, in-depth
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