osmosis
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/ɑːzˈməʊsɪs/
🇬🇧
/ɒzˈməʊsɪs/
noun
R
The movement of water through a thin layer, like a filter, because there are different amounts of stuff dissolved in the water on each side.
Plants take in water through their roots by osmosis.
植物透過根部的滲透作用吸收水分。
R
The way you slowly learn or pick up ideas by being around other people or things that have those ideas.
She learned about the culture through osmosis after living with her host family.
她透過與寄宿家庭生活，潛移默化地學習了文化。
translation
滲透作用, 潛移默化
詞形變化
Plural
osmoses