| 单词 | porous |
| 释义 | Related topics: Geologypo·rous /ˈpɔːrəs/ adjective 1 HEGHOLEallowing liquid, air etc to pass slowly through many very small holes 能渗透的，透水[气]的 porous material 渗透性材料2 easy to pass through or get into something 多漏洞的；松懈的 the porous border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic 海地和多米尼加共和国之间防备松懈的边界线Examples from the Corpusporous• The gas bubbles get trapped if you add flour, lifting the dough and making it porous.• It is caused by a loss of calcium in the bones that makes them become softer, porous and weaker.• The original porous bone has been consolidated to become much heavier than it would have been in life.• Now, thanks to modern architecture and a porous defense, neither is a problem.• If a garage has a porous floor, it can become extremely damp.• Plants in containers made of porous material, must be watered more often than those in plastic pots.• porous rock• Others, like sponges, consisted of a colony of cells with a porous skeleton.• Some rocks are more porous than others.• The elaborate nets thrown out by air proved far too porous to trap major enemy units.• Normally, most of the water in urine is recycled through the porous walls of the collecting tubes.Origin porous (1300-1400) French poreux, from pore; → PORE1po·rous adjectiveChineseSyllable slowly pass air Corpus through allowing liquid, to etc |
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