Definition

1. Verb:

   • To permeate: To spread or diffuse through something gradually, often referring to liquids, ideas, or influences passing into or through a substance or medium.
   • To be absorbed: To be taken in or soaked up, typically by a porous material.
   • To infiltrate: To enter or pass into something by filtering or seeping through small openings.

2. Noun:

   • Osmosis: (In physics and chemistry) The process by which molecules of a solvent pass through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one, equalizing the concentrations on both sides.
   • Permeation: The process of a substance spreading throughout or penetrating another.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nước mưa thẩm thấu vào đất khô. (Rainwater permeates the dry soil.)
  • Những tư tưởng mới đang dần thẩm thấu vào xã hội. (New ideas are gradually permeating society.)
• Noun:
  • Thẩm thấu là một hiện tượng quan trọng trong sinh học. (Osmosis is an important phenomenon in biology.)
  • Quá trình thẩm thấu của nước qua màng tế bào. (The process of water osmosis through the cell membrane.)

Advanced Usage

• "Áp suất thẩm thấu": Osmotic pressure.

  • Áp suất thẩm thấu giúp cây hút nước từ rễ. (Osmotic pressure helps plants absorb water from their roots.)

• "Sự thẩm thấu ngược": Reverse osmosis.

  • Công nghệ lọc nước bằng sự thẩm thấu ngược. (Water purification technology using reverse osmosis.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thấm (v): To soak, to absorb (a more general term for absorption).

  • Giấy thấm nước rất nhanh. (The paper absorbs water very quickly.)

• Ngấm (v): To seep, to soak in (often implying a slower, deeper absorption).

  • Thuốc cần thời gian để ngấm vào cơ thể. (The medicine needs time to seep into the body.)

Synonyms

• Permeate: To spread throughout.
• Osmose: To undergo osmosis (less common verb form).
• Infiltrate: To enter secretly or gradually.
• Diffuse: To spread over a wide area.

Related Idioms

• Thẩm thấu vào tiềm thức: To seep into the subconscious.

  • Những bài học từ thời thơ ấu đã thẩm thấu vào tiềm thức của anh ấy. (Lessons from childhood have seeped into his subconscious.)

• Thẩm thấu văn hóa: Cultural osmosis.

  • Quá trình thẩm thấu văn hóa diễn ra thông qua giao tiếp. (The process of cultural osmosis occurs through communication.)