| 单词 | penetrable |
| 例句 | She looked frail to him, and penetrable everyplace except at one foot, the left, where her man’s work shoe remained. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In later years they change faces, places and maybe races, tactics, intensities and goals, but beneath those penetrable masks they wear forever the stocking-capped faces of childhood. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As they argue, Kurt’s defensiveness is laced with acidity: “He realized,” he tells her, “he wasn’t experiencing the attack in the emotionally penetrable way that she was.” ‘The Answers’ raises haunting questions about a young woman’s mind and body 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Together, they form a wall; one is simply more penetrable than the other. It’s about time: The coming of a female Doctor Who is even more consequential than you thought 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Towering pillars and penetrable recessions ... details of Leonardo's Virgin of the Rocks. Leonardo Da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks ? more to Mary than meets the eye? 2010-07-14T13:24:00Z A lot of other penetrable recessions appear in the painting – most strangely of all, the dark void at the heart of the figure of Mary herself. Leonardo Da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks ? more to Mary than meets the eye? 2010-07-14T13:24:00Z And then there are steel ceilings, ones that are not penetrable, no matter what skills, education or work ethic a person brings. Perspective | Young undocumented immigrants in Maryland can’t grow up to be whatever they want. This graduate student is trying to change that. 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z It also sends a message that Iran’s most sensitive nuclear site is “penetrable,” he added. Iran blames Israel for sabotage at Natanz nuclear site 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z But Seattle’s defense has been so bad, so inconsistent and so penetrable that even Wilson’s greatness on the other side of the ball can’t solve all the problems. Seahawks stumble into halfway mark with defensive concerns 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z This is a good time to have a wall because, you know, we have that wall and it is not penetrable. Rallies Are the Core of Trump’s Campaign, and a Font of Lies and Misinformation 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z “This revelation was a game changer. America’s electoral infrastructure was penetrable.” Review | Could Obama have stopped Putin’s election interference? A new book argues he didn’t think he needed to. 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z They are penetrable, and their immune systems are corruptible. Opinion | Americans must take care of their health-care heroes 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z In reality, it’s not a wall; it’s not hundreds of miles; it can be climbed; it’s penetrable, and in one instance, it failed to withstand wind gusts of 37 miles per hour. Wind topples part of Trump's 'impenetrable' border wall 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z At the time, Ms Martin said: "To the outsider, the ordinary person, law and politics are complex and daunting. But both are penetrable if you believe in yourself and find the right support." Upskirting now a crime after campaign 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Here was a place in the heart of the capital where the media, politicians and the demos still mixed - a "Westminster bubble" maybe, but a penetrable one at that. From Blair to Brexit on College Green 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z She said: "To the outsider, the ordinary person, law and politics are complex and daunting. But both are penetrable if you believe in yourself and find the right support." Upskirting to be crime after Lords back bill 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Our main concern - especially regarding the educational facilities - is that while the mold and moisture are gone, do the structures remain as vulnerable and penetrable to rain as they obviously were when Florence hit. North Carolina editorial roundup 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z The concept seems, I know, risible, chaining one of the purest and least penetrable forms of theater to “Unchained Melody.” A Japanese Elvis play and a Rosa Parks-inspired jazz ode are connected in surprising ways — no, really. - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z “One of the reasons I like using the pins in these open configurations, is I’m creating a work that is porous and penetrable and changing. That’s the worldview that I believe in.” Elliott Hundley's painting at the Broad puts ancient history under a modern magnifying glass 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z If the Islamic State fighters regroup in Turkey, they can return in small groups to Europe or elsewhere via the old refugee route, which is less fluid than it was but still penetrable. ISIS Fighters Are Not Flooding Back Home to Wreak Havoc as Feared 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z “Testing will look at things like the aesthetics of it, how penetrable they are, how resistant they are to tampering and then scaling or anti-climbing,” he added. 4 U.S. Companies Contracted to Build Prototype Border Walls 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z "Testing will look at things like the aesthetics of it, how penetrable they are, how resistant they are to tampering, and scaling or anti-claim features." US hands out first contracts for border wall prototypes - BBC News 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Here, the workspace was elevated to art, and the boundaries between student and professional, between product and process, between the child and adult worlds blurred, and were made penetrable. The Other Side of the Wall: A New Generation of Latino Art 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Researchers discovered this month that even Apple products, typically less penetrable to hackers, are not immune. These hackers can hold a town hostage. And they want ransom — paid in bitcoin. 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Just 28 percent indicated they've made up their minds, and that means the race remains penetrable. In Third GOP Debate, a Battle for No. 3 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Two, these entrepreneurial and socially invested individuals will see policy and government as penetrable and changeable- and perhaps even effective. Resolution for Youth Voices Reaches the Senate 2012-12-06T18:35:51Z The Steel Curtain was quite penetrable that season and didn't make the playoffs. Saints offseason problems linger 2012-07-21T04:03:11Z To this all our limitations seem penetrable; it seemed to play at will with all the elements of our being; it compressed time and dilated space. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z The country is easily penetrable in every part. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Queen Charlotte's conscience was not of a penetrable nature as her bitter enmity to the Princess of Wales continued even to her death! Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z He could see nothing of the companies on the left and right flank, even though this was thin and penetrable bush. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z So back and forth it ran, its green vines hardening to woody stems, and then to the thickness of branches, curling and twisting upon one another, until the leaf screen had become hardly penetrable. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z Meantime, here's what it might look like: Our skin is fragile, penetrable and flammable. Rare Javan rhinos caught on tape in Indonesia 2011-02-28T21:42:00Z The contour of the country is favourable to railroad-building and the region is easily penetrable. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z We had entered the pine-forest, and were travelling among trees whose stems stood thickly around us, and whose leafy boughs, interlocking overhead, formed an umbrageous canopy scarcely penetrable by the sun. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z Science "Skin cell gun" regenerates cells in days Our skin is fragile, penetrable and flammable. "Skin cell gun" regenerates cells in days 2011-02-05T01:05:00Z By this, then, we peer into the depths of faith, and find them gradually and steadily growing more and more clear and penetrable. The Abiding Presence of the Holy Ghost in the Soul 2011-01-06T03:00:50.440Z There are some people in the profession who to some degree enjoy the mystification of what they do, that it's not penetrable. Computer jargon baffles users, hinders security 2010-02-19T13:37:00Z Though covered with magnificent forests it was easily penetrable all the way across to the Paraná. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Lime is the decomposition of putrescent animal substances; and is whitish, absorbent, mealy, penetrable, and effervescent. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Shadows, creeping upward from the ground, shrouded all else in thin, penetrable half-gloom, through which the stark grey emblems of mortality sent forth more solemn suggestions. Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame That there must be some assailable point, some port-hole, some door, something penetrable he felt sure. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies The higher mysteries of being, if penetrable at all by the human intellect, require other weapons than those of calculation and experiment. The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer In 1632 they utterly destroyed the great Jesuit settlements on the Upper Paraná, though this involved an expedition of fifteen hundred miles, much of which is to this day rarely penetrable. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Originating from animal earth; penetrable by fire, and becoming more porous, their powder mealy; and when burnt, they fall into a fine powder; as limestone, marble, gypsum. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History I observed that as a consequence of this Long looked neither at Mrs. Server nor at Obert; he looked only at me, and with quite a penetrable shade of shyness. The Sacred Fount Apart from the complete breaches mentioned, the South Downs, scored on the south with many deep vales, are generally more easily penetrable than the North Downs, and the coast is less continuous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Here the fragments lay together, a mass of beams penetrable by the waves, but still breaking their force. Toilers of the Sea Thence it proceeds to climb the next nearest stem, and so on, until the woods are rendered impassable by this insidious, swift-growing vegetable cordage, forming, with the undergrowth, a jungle only penetrable by wild animals. The Pearl of India Now the gray web had a central point, and received a sort of illumination and vividness through the probable and penetrable criminality of a single individual. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature It is good ground, penetrable, retentive; it does not send up thorns of unkind thoughts, to choke the weak seed; it is hungry and thirsty too, and drinks all the dew that falls on it. Frondes Agrestes Readings in 'Modern Painters' At last we came, not to a region where the boughs were less penetrable, but to an open space where the downpour had us entirely at its mercy. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire Density and tenacity, opacity and transparency, homogeneous or heterogeneous bodies, are all equally penetrable. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 No spirit power was in the vision; it was a being of clay strength and human passion, foul, fierce, and changeful; of penetrable arms and vulnerable flesh. Modern Painters Volume II (of V) Fortune should indeed have set him on high, and turned her wasted malice on folk more penetrable by its stings. Captain Dieppe Hard applies to anything that resists our endeavors as a scarcely penetrable mass resists our physical force. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions The veil that the blue mist of distance left behind her was penetrable by memory, but the future was hidden from her gaze, as it was hidden from her imagination. The River Prophet From this one would gather that the region in question, which is one of the most thickly star-strewn in the Milky Way, is penetrable right through with the means at our command. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language Also, the structure of the roasted bean renders it more readily penetrable by solvents than does that of the green bean. All About Coffee The word penetrability is not derived from the English word penetrable, by the addition of -ty. A Handbook of the English Language And let me wring your heart; for so I shall, If it be made of penetrable stuff. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Similarly form may be divided at first into two kinds; closed and sealed form, too pure and holy to be combined with matter; and open and penetrable form, which is fit to unite with matter. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Until then the future had held its possible secrets, its imaginable revelations of change, which, like the luminous suggestions in dark clouds, allured with a promise of a brief and penetrable gloom. Apologia Diffidentis The niche set apart for them to inhabit in our secret hearts is not penetrable by the lights and noises of common day. Tolstoy on Shakespeare A Critical Essay on Shakespeare The path was hardly visible: merely the worn road of some small beasts, for, though it showed in the crisp grass, the bushes above grew thick and hardly penetrable. Black Spirits and White A Book of Ghost Stories Pressley pointed to the east, where a sort of inner glow seemed to illuminate the haze and make it thinner and more penetrable. A Tar-Heel Baron The pure, self-subsistent form gazes at and illuminates the penetrable form, and helps it to clothe matter with all the forms of which the latter is capable. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy For about two hundred yards from the shore, the ground was covered so thickly with shrubs and plants as scarcely to be penetrable further inland. Famous Islands and Memorable Voyages It then became partly penetrable, and anything close behind it would be destroyed. The Fire People Doubtless it is undeniable that a man may arm his hand with a sword: and that his flesh will be found penetrable to the sword, happy or not. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 A horrible something, as penetrable as mist, as keen as the sting of conscience, as inevitable as the burden of life, seemed to inwrap him. A Tar-Heel Baron The forest lay behind; the forest, easily penetrable to a man in moccasins. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life But, if penetrability is to mean identity, the theory that souls are penetrable seems to me mainly unintelligible. Philosophy and Religion Six Lectures Delivered at Cambridge It is precisely through this that there seems hope, from the very beginning, of his proving to be made of "penetrable stuff." Charles Dickens as a Reader Is my body, then, But penetrable flesh, and must my mind Follow my blood? Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois The mountains stood a deep and penetrable blue against a golden break behind the Balsams. A Tar-Heel Baron Spirits are the only solids, matter being endlessly penetrable and transmutable. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life From the unavailing pursuit of him through marshes which were scarcely penetrable, Tarlton was called to a different quarter, where an enemy supposed to be entirely vanquished, had reappeared in considerable force. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States The darkness of the night was penetrable, so that they could see a fairly large circle of water about them, but there was no shadow of the Jeanne D'Arc. The Stolen Singer But to quit this point," I continued; "if immortality be a delusion, I fear we say that it covers the divine administration with an penetrable cloud,—one which we cannot hope will removed. The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic Obstructions scarcely penetrable by any foe, crowded the pathways to his tent; and no footstep not practiced in the secret, and to "the manner born," might pass unchallenged to his midnight rest. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader Building higher meant arrival in a fluid world where all aggregates were penetrable. Foes European civilization has discovered a penetrable spot in the dense armor Page 416of African barbarism. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 The spur itself is penetrable by two passes, one where it joins the Elburz, which is the more difficult of the two, and another, further to the south, which is easier. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Entering then into the woods, all of which are penetrable by any numerous army in any way whatsoever, and whose trees, oaks, cypresses, and others are unknown in our Europe. Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682 The night filled with so much driving snow had become a kind of white gloom, less penetrable than the darkness. The Hosts of the Air Ye would not attend to the impressions by God's Holy Spirit, when your feelings were tender and penetrable, and therefore now, the day having passed over, ye have lost the power of discerning them. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2 The world they lived in was not only beautiful to the imagination, it was also reasonable, penetrable, and governable by the intellect. The Unity of Civilization The most noble Element of Air ... is volatile, but may be fixed, and when fixed renders all bodies penetrable.... The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry Her clear skin was of wonderful brown; and her eyes, large and dark, with something of the oriental watchfulness, were like opaque gems and not more penetrable. Romance Island But mercifully for them both, his pride came into play; his shrewd intelligence also, and his affection for his father--the most penetrable spot so far in his hard and splendid youth. Lady Connie It is also true that in all the regions of the earth that are easily penetrable by civilized man, the wild life is being killed faster than it breeds, and of necessity it is disappearing. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation This land so briefly shadowed forth was penetrable only in summer: that he well knew. The Rules of the Game Antonyms: See obedient. perversion, n. debasement, vitiation, corruption, falsification. pervert, v. lead astray, corrupt, debase, vitiate; misuse, misapply, misinterpret, distort, falsify. pervious, a. permeable, penetrable. Putnam's Word Book Thus shall Nature become ever more transparent and penetrable to human perception, even to its innermost secrets. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English Before calcination it is of a grey colour, is not penetrable by water, and takes a polish. Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) The historical myths we must leave the masters of history to follow; they, and the events they record, being yet involved in great, though attractive and penetrable, mystery. The Queen of the Air Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm Twilight, and that of the dreariest and least penetrable, overtook them before Faircloth, still carrying the white-clothed figure, reached the jetty. Deadham Hard Mrs. Conyers' voice trembled with anger as she passed on and on, seeking a penetrable point for conversation. The Mettle of the Pasture It had struck him in the forehead, and running around the skull in search of a penetrable spot, tradition--which sometimes jests--says came out despairingly, exactly where it had entered. The Grandissimes This case is easily penetrable with a knife, and is of pearly whiteness, more resembling cocoa-nut in appearance and texture than anything else I can compare it with. The Illustrated London Reading Book This latter gentleman is tolerably shady in scientific matters, nay, to say sooth, light-proof, or only so far penetrable as to make darkness visible. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 Had not every man a secret, or secrets, only penetrable, both for his peace of mind and for your own, at considerable risk? Deadham Hard The crew were beginning to fail in provisions, and it is not probable that, without the aid of this man, they would ever have extricated themselves from these scarcely penetrable woods. The Voyage of the Beagle But the village witches and local ghosts have long since disappeared, excepting perhaps in a few of the less penetrable districts, where they may still survive. The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain Obstructions, scarcely penetrable by any foe, crowded the pathways to his tent;—and no footstep, not practised in the secret, and 'to the manner born', might pass unchallenged to his midnight rest. The Life of Francis Marion The river-side bushes were certainly very thick; but the undergrowth behind was evidently penetrable. Heart of Darkness The riverside bushes were certainly very thick; but the undergrowth behind was evidently penetrable. Heart of Darkness At a certain depth, the excavations are no longer penetrable by the spirit of civilization, the limit breathable by man has been passed; a beginning of monsters is possible. Les Misérables Their defensive armour, than which none can be less penetrable, is equanimity; their weapons, unstudied indifference and dignified neglect. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 Every man's secret is penetrable, if his neighbor be sharp-sighted. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 I am told the Derby way to Manchester is good, but further is not penetrable.' Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 Neither have you succeeded in that deeper stratagem and less penetrable deceit, the assumption of the form of him she loved. Imogen A Pastoral Romance The lady seemed not to be made of penetrable stuff. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 Went into a terrible thick wood and scrub for eleven miles and a half, without the least sign of a change—the scrub, in fact, becoming more dense; it is scarcely penetrable. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart It seems to me a great delusion to call or suppose the imagination of a subtle fluid, or molecules penetrable with the same, a legitimate hypothesis. Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge The one penetrable point in his ironclad nature had not been reached yet. Heart and Science A Story of the Present Time And many of them were really quite valuable as decoration, because of their fine old coats of gilded leather; and such were ranged in the more penetrable shadows or even in the lamp-light. The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.] "I am armed with innocence, Less penetrable than the steel-ribbed coats That harness round thy warriors." Natalie A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds How few penetrable regions can we now find where the rail-car is a novelty! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 The interminable forest is richer and greener than anything I have yet seen, but penetrable only by narrow tracks which have been made for hauling timber. The Hawaiian Archipelago She sat handsome and upheld and not altogether penetrable, a kind of gipsy to their understanding, though indeed the Romany strain in her was beyond any divining of theirs. The Imperialist This was the first time he had smarted in his penetrable part—the skin—and it made him very spiteful. It Is Never Too Late to Mend Dark, sombre, and hardly penetrable on the side of the land, they were little likely to be entered after a first examination. Oak Openings The disguise he threw over his heart was penetrable to the girl's eye. Foul Play With the Scoliae we come once again to a soft prey, with a skin penetrable by the sting no matter where it be attacked. More Hunting Wasps What HE appeared to her was not so plain; she looked him over—he was rather short; through him—he was easily penetrable; and then her eyes rested with a frank recognition on the driver. Trent's Trust, and Other Stories During a lull of the wind, towards midday, we ran the cuberta aground in shallow water and waded ashore; but the woods were scarcely penetrable, and not a bird was to be seen. The Naturalist on the River Amazons The whole of the interior is jungle penetrable for a few miles by shallow and rapid rivers, and by nearly smothered trails made by the Ainos in search of game. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Love and love's beauty only hold their revels In life's familiar, penetrable levels: What of its ocean-floor? Sister Songs; an offering to two sisters At this point the skin is finer and more easily penetrable than elsewhere. More Hunting Wasps The water about us turned a blue that none there had ever seen, so turquoise, so cerulean, so penetrable by the eye! 1492 You will see that the mysteries which the police discover are, almost without exception, mysteries made penetrable by the commonest capacity, through the extraordinary stupidity exhibited in the means taken to hide the crime. My Lady's Money To a shower of gold most things are penetrable. The French Revolution It was penetrable for only a few rods. Heritage of the Desert But this is not how you understand the matter: you mean accessible to the sting, in a word, penetrable. More Hunting Wasps Now, the clay is easily penetrable, and the original hole probably pierced a bed of china clay. Lair of the White Worm And of this infinity of points, which are equally penetrable, the Wasp selects ten, always the same, differing in no way from the rest, unless it be by the close proximity of the nerve-centres. More Hunting Wasps The thoughtless objection about the only penetrable points is, I hope, swept aside forever. More Hunting Wasps The points wounded are not stung because they are the only points penetrable by the lancet; they are stung because they fulfil an important condition, without which penetrability loses its value. More Hunting Wasps |
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