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).
双语例句
1. Water passes into the roots of a plant by osmosis.
水渗透至植物根部。
来自《权威词典》
2. She allowed her life to be absorbed by his, taking on as if by osmosis his likes and dislikes.
她让自己融入他的生活，似乎是潜移默化地养成和他同样的好恶。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Children seem to learn about computers by osmosis.
孩子们似乎不知不觉地就了解了计算机。
来自辞典例句
4. The membrane process is usually accomplished by either electrodialysis or reverse osmosis.
通常薄膜法用电渗析法或逆渗析法完成.
来自辞典例句
5. If we put the salt water under pressure, we achieve reverse osmosis.