- 1多孔的；(比喻)有漏洞的
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.'
From the word’s history
From Old French poros, from Latin porus 'an opening'; pore + -ous.
經古法文 poros，來自拉丁文 porus「開口、孔」。
組成From 'pore' (a tiny opening) + -ous.
同家族的字
- porethe root noun this adjective comes from — a tiny hole
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
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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.
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