thẩm thấu
Definition
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.
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.)