osmosis
/ɒzˈməʊsɪs/noun
mass noun
1- Biology & Chemistry a process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one【生, 化】渗透（作用）。
1.1
- figurative the process of gradual or unconscious assimilation of ideas, knowledge, etc.〈喻〉潜移默化, 耳濡目染; 逐渐同化：
by some strange political osmosis, private reputations became public.
通过某种奇怪的政治上的潜移默化, 私人声誉变得人人皆知了。
派生词
osmotic
adjectiveosmotically
adverb词源
mid 19th cent.: Latinized form of earlier osmose, from Greek ōsmos 'a push'.