infiltrate
- IPA[inˈfilˌtrāt]
美式
- enter or gain access to (an organization, place, etc.) surreptitiously and gradually, especially in order to acquire secret information；permeate or become a part of (something) by infiltration
- an infiltrating substance or a number of infiltrating cells
verb: infiltrate, 3rd person present: infiltrates, gerund or present participle: infiltrating, past tense: infiltrated, past participle: infiltrated
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. enter or gain access to (an organization, place, etc.) surreptitiously and gradually, especially in order to acquire secret information the organization has been infiltrated by informers 同義詞
- ▪ permeate or become a part of (something) by infiltration computing has infiltrated most professions now
- ▪ (of a tumor, cells, etc.) spread into or invade (a tissue or organ) one of the tumors infiltrated the submucosa
- 2. (of a liquid) permeate (something) by filtration virtually no water infiltrates deserts such as the Sahara 同義詞
- ▪ introduce (a liquid) into something by filtration lignocaine was infiltrated into the wound
名詞
- 1. an infiltrating substance or a number of infiltrating cells a chest radiograph revealed a patchy infiltrate in the left lower lobes
