penetrative 1470 |
透；进入：The floor is sealed to prevent water penetra- tion•地板加了 —封涂料防止渗水。◊ the company’s successful penetration of overseas markets 场的顺利弁拓 2
the act of a man putting his penis into
his partner’s vagina or anus (男又阴莲的）插入
pene-tra-tive /'pemtretiv; NAmE -treitiv/ adj. 1 (of sexual activity 性行为）involving putting tiie
penis into sb’s vagina or anus 行房的；交媾的：pmctrativc sex 房事 2
able to make a way into or through sth 能穿]^ 的；能进入的：penetrative vveaporw穿透性武器3 deep and thorough 深入的；彻底的：a penetrative survey 全 面深&的调査
pen-friend /'penfrend/ (6r£) (also 'pen pal NAmE, Br£) noun a person that you make friends with by
writing letters，often sb you iiave never met 笔友 peri-guin /'perjgwm/ noun a black and white bird that lives in the
Antarctic. Penguins cannot fly but use their wings for swimming. There are
several types of penguin, some of them very large but some of them quite small.企鹤
'penguin
suit noun [BrE, informal) a black dinner jacket and trousers/pants，worn with a white
shirt 企 鹅_,(p黑色晚礼服和长裤配白衬衣） peni-cil-lin /.pem'silin/ noun [U] a substance obtained from mould, used as a drug to treat or
prevent infections caused by bacteria; a type of antibiotic 青
霉素；盘尼西林
pen-ile /'pirnail/ adj. [only before noun] (technical i§) relating to the penis _ 垄的
pen-in-sula /pa'nmsjala; NAmE -sale/ noun an area of land that is almost surrounded by water
but is joined to a larger piece of land 半岛：the Iberian
peninsula (=Spain and Portugal)伊比利亚半岛
pen-in-su-lar /p0'nmsjala(r); NAmE -salar/ adj. on or connected witli a peninsula半岛上的；与单岛有关的： peninsular Spanish (= that is spoken in Spain, not in Latin
America)半岛;土西班牙语
penis /'pirnis/ noun the organ on the body of a man or male
animal that is used for urinating and
sex 阴莲
peni-tence /'pemtans/ noun [U] a feeling of being sorry because you
have done sth wrong 忏悔；悔罪；愧疚
penhtent /'penitant/ adj., noun
madj. feeling
or showing that you are sorry for having done sth wrong忏悔的；后悔的；愧疚的HEI
REMORSEFUL
■
noun a person who shows
that they are sorry for doing sth wrong, especially a religious person who
wants God to fprgive pem忏悔者；（尤指宗教）悔罪者
peni-ten-tial /.pem'tenjl/ adj. (formal) showing that you are
sorry for having done sth wrong 悔悟的；悔罪命；
忏$的
peni-ten-tiary /.pemtenjari/ noun (pi. -ies) (also in- /o，7r?fl/
pen) (botA a prison 监狱
penknife小折刀
pen-knife /'pennaif/ noun {pi. -knives /-narvz/) (also pock-et-knife especially in NAmE) a
small knife with one or more blades that fold down into the handle /Jn
折刀 <
pen-man-ship /'penmanjip/ noun [U] {formal) the art of writing by
hand; skill in doing this ‘写艺术；书法；书
写技巧
'pen-name
noun a name used by a
writer instead of their real name 笔名 SEInom de plume —compare
PSEUDONYM
pen-nant
/'penant/
noun 1 a long narrow
pointed flag, for example one used on a ship to give signals (船上 用作信号等的）三角旗2 (in the US美国）a flag given to the
winning team in a sports league, especially in base- BALL<(奖给棒球等联赛优胜队的）锦旗
pen-ni-less
/'penilas/
adj. having no money; very
poor 一文不名的；穷困的 destitute o note at POOR penn^orth /'penaG; NAmE -nar0/ noun [usually sing.] {old-fashioned, 6r£) = pennyworth Pennsylvania
Dutch /.pensilveinie
'dAtJ/ noun
1
the
Pennsylvania Dutch [pi.] a group of people originally from
In
senses 1 and 2, pennies is used to
refer to the coins, and pence to refer to an amount of money. In sense 3, the
plural is pennies.在第 1
及第 2
义中， pennies指硬币，pence指款额。在第3义中，复数形式为
pennies。1 (fl办加.p) a small British coin
and unit of money. There are 100 pence in one pound (£1)•便士 (英国的小硬币和货币单位，1英镑为100便士）： ffe had a/ew pennies
in his pocfcet.他口 袋里有几个便士的硬
币。◊ TTiat
wfH be 45 pence, pZease_ —共善 45 便士。◊ TTiey cost 20^ each.这些东西每个要 20 會士。2 (abbr. d) a British coin in use
until 1971. There were twelve pennies in one shilling.便士（英国1971年前使用的硬
币，十二便士为一先令）3 a cent 分 IRB1
.every
_
penny all of the money iff 有的钱；每一分钱：We coHected £700 and
every penny went to charity•我们募集
了 700英镑，悉数捐给了慈善事业。in for a 'penny，
,in
for a 'pound (BrE, saying) used to say that
since you have
started to do sth, it is worth spending as much time or money as you need to in
order to complete it — 不做，..土’不休；有始有终 not
a 'penny no
money at all 奋女没有；榼本木角‘：ft didn’t cost a pe/my•那东西没 花一分钱。the ’penny drops (/n/orma/， used to say that sb has finally understood or realized
sth that they had not understood or realized before 恍 然大悟；终于明白丨茅塞顿开a ,penny for your
thoughts |
a
penny for them {saying) used to ask sb what they are thinking
about (_争询问别人想什么）
你在呆呆地寻思什么呢turn up丨ike a bad 'penny (informal) (of a person A) to
appear when they are not welcome or not wanted, especially when this happens
regularly (不愿碰上的）却总出现；冤家路窄，two/,ten a 'penny (fir£) {NAmE a .dime a 'dozen) very common and
therefore not valuable 普通得-不值 @
;(因常见 而）价值低一more at pinch
v., pretty adj.,
spend v. penny black noun an old British stamp worth one penny, first used
in 1840. It was the first stamp in the world that could be
stuck to an envelope.黑便：i：1(英国 1840年首次发行的1便士邮票，是世界上第一枚可粘贴在
信封上的邮票)_
.penny-'farthing
noun (6r£) an early type
of bicycle with a very large front wheel and a very small back wheel早产的g行车（前轮大，后轮小）
'penny-pinching
adj.
{disapproving) unwilling to spend money吝啬的；惟吝的；小气的HEI mean ► ' penny- pinching noun [U]
.penny
'whistle/?〇i//i = tin whistle penny-worth /_peniw3:0; NAmE -W3：r0/ noun [sing.] {old-fashioned,
Br£)
as much as you can buy with a penny; a small amount of sth 值一便士 的量；少量；些
许 IlilTni put in your two
'pennyworth (also put in your two 'penn’orth) (both 8r£) (AMmf put in your two
’cents’ worth) (informal) to give your opinion
about sth, even if other people do not want to hear it 发表意见（即使别人不想听）
pen-ology /pi:'nDl0d3i; pi-; NAmE -'na:l-/ noun [U] the scientific study of the punishment of
criminals and the operation of prisons 刑罚学；监狱管理学► pen.o丨o.gist /pi:'nDl0d3ist; pi-; NAmE-na'l-/
noun 'pen
pal noun
{especially NAm£) = penfriend