1867, Latinized from osmose (1854), shortened from endosmosis (1830s), from endosmose "inward passage of a fluid through a porous septum" (1829), from French endo- "inward" + Greek osmos "a thrusting, a pushing," from stem of othein "to push, to thrust," from PIE *wedhe- "to push, strike" (cognates: Sanskrit vadhati "pushes, strikes, destroys," Avestan vadaya- "to repulse"). Figurative sense is from 1900. Related: Osmotic (1854, from earlier endosmotic).
雙語例句
1. Water passes into the roots of a plant by osmosis.
水滲透至植物根部。
來自《權威詞典》
2. She allowed her life to be absorbed by his, taking on as if by osmosis his likes and dislikes.
她讓自己融入他的生活，似乎是潛移默化地養成和他同樣的好惡。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Children seem to learn about computers by osmosis.
孩子們似乎不知不覺地就了解了計算機。
來自辭典例句
4. The membrane process is usually accomplished by either electrodialysis or reverse osmosis.
通常薄膜法用電滲析法或逆滲析法完成.
來自辭典例句
5. If we put the salt water under pressure, we achieve reverse osmosis.