penetrating

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pen·e·trat·ing /ˈpenətreɪtɪŋ/ adjectiveadj

1 penetrating look/eyes/gaze etc LOOK ATa look etc which makes you feel uncomfortable and seems to see inside your mind 锐利的目光/眼睛/凝视等

a pair of penetrating dark eyes

一双穿透人心的黑眼睛

He gave her a penetrating stare.

他眼神犀利地看了她一眼。

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penetrating look/eyes/gaze etc• Although most people would have stared at his nose Adam was more struck by his penetrating eyes.• He was from Fukien province, was missionary-trained, and had bright, penetrating eyes.• Matron was equally dignified, with a towering cap of white linen and a penetrating gaze.• The woman scrutinized me from across the office, holding her penetrating gaze as I walked toward her.• They were the blackest, brightest, most penetrating eyes I ever saw...• Take a long hard, and penetrating look into the way you handle your life and the pattern of your partnerships in general.• Nomatterwhat she did to distract herself, his dark penetrating eyes lingered in her memory as though they'd been branded there.

2 UNDERSTANDshowing an ability to understand things quickly and completely 有洞察力的，思维敏锐的

questions that are intelligent and penetrating

机智而尖锐的问题

a penetrating analysis of the issue

对那个问题精辟的分析

3 SPREADspreading and reaching everywhere 弥漫的；渗透的

the penetrating cold

刺骨的寒气

4 CLOUD/NOISYa penetrating sound is loud, clear, and often unpleasant 〔声音〕响亮的，刺耳的尖利的

a high, penetrating voice

尖利刺耳的嗓音

—penetratingly adverbadv

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penetrating• Trying by cupping his hand over the clasps to avoid the penetrating clicks of opening, George lifted the lid.• penetrating cold• This differs radically from the popular image of penetrating falsehood by perception of the liar.• The book offers some penetrating insights into how government works.• Fish do not find worms that look like that and hooks lose so much of their penetrating power.• a penetrating question• He then answered the many penetrating questions put to him.• a penetrating sealer for wood• The closed clubface at impact reduces loft and results in a penetrating shot through the wind.• He spoke in a penetrating voice that made all the other customers look on with interest.• a penetrating whistle

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