osmosis

osmosis
[ɒzˈməʊsɪs]
noun
  1. [mass noun](Biology & Chemistry)a process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one
    (生,化)渗透(作用)
    ■(figurative)the process of gradual or unconscious assimilation of ideas, knowledge, etc
    (喻)潜移默化,耳濡目染;逐渐同化
    by some strange political osmosis, private reputations became public.
    通过某种奇怪的政治上的潜移默化,私人声誉变得人人皆知了。
派生
osmotic
adjective
osmotically
adverb
语源
  1. mid 19th cent.: Latinized form of earlier osmose, from Greek ōsmos 'a push'
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