penetrate/permeate/pierce/prick.导航词义：穿透

1. penetrate:v. 穿过，穿透；渗透.尤指人或物困难地进入或穿过某物、某地区等；也指人渗入某团体或组织中以窃取机密等。

Can bullets penetrate the armour plating?

子弹能穿过装甲吗？

Clean the windows so that sunlight can penetrate them.

把窗户擦干净，这样阳光可以照进来。

They had penetrated into enemy territory.

他们已经进入敌军领地。

The secret police were not encouraged to penetrate the army.

不鼓励秘密警察打入军队内部。

2. permeate:v. 渗入，渗透.指液体、气体等渗入并充满某物或某处。

The smell of gas permeated the air.

空气中充斥着煤气味。

Rain permeates through the ground.

雨水渗入地下。

3. pierce:v. 刺入；;穿过.指用尖锐的东西刺破或刺穿某物；也指声音或光线透入某物。

After being steamed for a long time, the corn can easily be pierced with a fork.

蒸了很长一段时间之后，玉米可以用叉子轻易地扎透。

A sudden shot pierced the silence.

突如其来的一声枪响划破了寂静。

4. prick:v. 刺，戳.指用尖利之物在某物上扎出小洞。

She got her finger pricked by a thorn.

她的手指被刺扎了一下。

Remember to prick some holes into the dough to avoid bubbles.

记得在面团上戳几个洞以免产生气泡。

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1·They failed to pierce the Liverpool defence.

他们未能突破利物浦队的防线。《牛津词典》

2·Testud lost in straight sets to countrywoman Mary Pierce.

泰斯图德连续几盘输给了女同胞玛丽•皮尔斯。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·A tap on the door interrupted him and Sally Pierce came in.

轻轻的敲门声打断了他，萨莉•皮尔斯进来了。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·Make sure that you do not pierce the skin when boning the chicken thighs.

给鸡腿去骨时，确保不要刺破皮。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·Buffington flew to New Hampshire to deliver the message to Paula Pierce.

布芬顿飞往新罕布什尔向波拉·皮尔斯传达了这一信息。

6·The company hired the President's special trade representative to lobby Mr. Pierce.

公司雇用了总统的特别商业顾问去游说皮尔斯先生。

7·The little old man asked, more and more worried as he tried to pierce the faraway shadows.

矮小的老人问，当他试图穿透远处的阴影时，他越来越担心。

8·Law and accountancy firms in the Caribbean country have been busy restructuring funds, said Ingrid Pierce.

“这个加勒比海国家的律师事务所和会计师事务所都在忙着基金重组。”英格丽·皮尔斯说。

9·All night long you must sing to me, and my thorn must pierce your heart, and your life-blood must flow into my veins, and become mine.

你必须整夜对我歌唱，我的刺必须刺穿你的心，你的生命之血必须流进我的血管，成为我的血液。

10·There's no way on earth that genes from an alga should work inside an animal cell, says Sidney Pierce from the University of South Florida.

来自南佛罗里达大学的西德尼·皮尔斯说：“在地球上，藻类的基因不可能在动物细胞内起作用。”

穿透

1·The little old man asked, more and more worried as he tried to pierce the faraway shadows.

矮小的老人问，当他试图穿透远处的阴影时，他越来越担心。

2·Sculpture and painting, by virtue of never turning off, can pierce the familiarity of their surroundings.

雕塑和绘画，由于它们永远不能被“关掉”的特点，会穿透他们周围环境原本令人熟悉的氛围。

3·Some tarantulas can also shoot the hairs off their legs which can Pierce human skin and cause great discomfort.

有些狼蛛还能使其腿上的“毛”脱落，但这些退掉的毛可以穿透人体的皮肤，让你有非常不舒服的感觉。

4·Multiple rainbows pierce the trees of a rain forest in French Guiana .

多重的彩虹穿透在法属圭亚那热带雨林的树丛。

5·All night long you must sing to me, and the thorn must Pierce your heart, and your life-blood must flow into me veins, and become mine.

你要为我歌唱整个夜晚，我的刺必须穿透你的心脏，你的生命之血将流入我的叶脉，成为我的血液。

刺穿

1·Conservative cartoonists are struggling to Pierce Mr Obama's armour.

保守派漫画家正在努力刺穿奥巴马的保护甲。

2·The most popular method is to carefully Pierce the shell and catch drops of the egg white in a glass of water.

最流行的方法是小心的刺穿蛋壳收集蛋清滴入一杯白水中。

3·There is no technology to plug volcanoes which Pierce the earth's crust, or to bind the faults which cause earthquakes.

没有技术能阻止火山刺穿地壳，或者缝补引发地震的断裂带。

4·The man gave me a look so sharp that I sincerely believed it could Pierce my heart and see my innermost fears.

那名男子看我的眼神如此的犀利，我真的相信它能刺穿我的心，看清我内心的恐惧。

5·The Pierce the clouds the sun like root gold, arranged in a crisscross pattern, the grayish blue and gray clouds sewn into a very beautiful pattern.

那刺穿云块的阳光就像根根金线，纵横交错，把浅灰蓝灰的云朵缝缀成一幅美丽无比的图案。

突破

1·They failed to pierce the Liverpool defence.

他们未能突破利物浦队的防线。《牛津词典》

捅破

1·Life, like a thin paper, many people would not like and do not know how to Pierce.

生活这张薄纸，许多人不愿意也不知道如何捅破。

2·Whether the reality of who I thought of but we do not want to go pierce .

是否能现实我想过但我们谁也不愿意先去捅破。

(1)pierce through突破，穿刺入

(1)pierce brosnan皮尔斯·布鲁斯南（美国电影演员）