1. 1

    Having many small holes or gaps that let liquid, air, or light pass through slowly — like a sponge, some rocks, or unglazed pottery. It's also used for a plan, border, or system that has weak points and lets things through that shouldn't get through, like 'a porous border' or 'porous security.'

    多孔的;(比喻)有漏洞的

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組成From 'pore' (a tiny opening) + -ous.

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  • porethe root noun this adjective comes from — a tiny hole

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

porousadj/ˈpɔːɹəs/

  • 1

    Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.

    • Sponges are porous so they can filter water while trapping food.
    • Concrete is porous, so water will slowly filter through it.
  • 2

    With many gaps or loopholes.

    • However, Wolves ^([sic]) porous defence opened up again to gift Sunderland a foothold in the game - Sessegnon sweeping in a Zenden corner that was inexplicably allowed to bounce in the six-yard box.
    • […] a porous border consequently positioned migrants from Mexico and ethnic Mexicans residing in the United States as potential terrorists.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。