Word familynounpenetrabilitypenetrablenesspenetraliapenetrancepenetrancypenetrationpenetrativenesspenetratorpenetrometeradjectivepenetrablepenetralianpenetrantpenetratingpenetrativeadverbpenetrablypenetratinglypenetrativelyverbpenetrate
1penetrating look/eyes/gaze etcLOOK 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。
Examples from the Corpus
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 toweringcap 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 darkpenetrating eyeslingered in her memory as though they'd been branded there.
2UNDERSTANDshowing an ability to understand things quickly and completely 有洞察力的,思维敏锐的
penetrating• Trying by cupping his hand over the clasps to avoid the penetratingclicks of opening, Georgelifted the lid.• penetratingcold• This differs radically from the popularimage of penetratingfalsehood by perception of the liar.• The book offers some penetratinginsights 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 penetratingsealer for wood• The closed clubface at impactreducesloft and results in a penetratingshot through the wind.• He spoke in a penetratingvoice that made all the other customers look on with interest.• a penetratingwhistle