penetration
US: /ˌpɛnəˈtɹeɪʃən/
UK: /pˌɛnɪtɹˈeɪʃən/
UK: /pˌɛnɪtɹˈeɪʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
penetration /,peni'treiʃn/
- danh từ
- sự thâm nhập, sự lọt vào, sự thấm qua
- sự xuyên qua, sự xuyên vào
- (quân sự) tầm xuyên qua (của đạn)
- sự sắc sảo, sự thấu suốt, sự sâu sắc
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun [U]
1 the act or process of making a way into or through sth: The floor is sealed to prevent water penetration. + the company's successful penetration of overseas markets
2 the act of a man putting his PENIS into his partner's VAGINA or ANUS
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 piercing, perforation, puncturing, incision, puncture, penetrating; inroad, entry, entrance:
Penetration of the skull required great effort on the part of the surgeon. Tentatively we attempted the penetration of the jungle
2 insight, keenness, perception, percipience, intelligence, perspicacity, perspicuity, perspicaciousness, perceptiveness, acuteness, incisiveness, sensitivity, sentience, understanding, acuteness, discernment, discrimination, cleverness, shrewdness, wit, quick-wittedness:
We all admired the penetration that was shown by the examiner in the questions she asked.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
deep | greater | import, market
Our aim is to achieve greater market penetration.
| water | sexual
VERB + PENETRATION
achieve
Concise English dictionary
penetrations‚penɪ'treɪʃn
noun
+an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
+clear or deep perception of a situation
+the act of entering into or through something
+the ability to make way into or through something
+the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target)
+the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman
