osmosis
noun /ɒzˈməʊsɪs/
/ɑːzˈməʊsɪs/
[uncountable]- (biology
生物 化学 渗透 - Water passes into the roots of a plant by osmosis.
水渗透至植物根部。
- Water passes into the roots of a plant by osmosis.
- the process of gradually learning or being influenced by something, as a result of being in close contact with it
耳濡目染；潜移默化 - As if by osmosis, the facts became clear over a period of time.
仿佛通过潜移默化，事实在一段时间后变得清晰。
- As if by osmosis, the facts became clear over a period of time.
词源mid 19th cent.: Latinized form of earlier osmose, from Greek ōsmos ‘a push’.