late 14c., "full of pores," from Old French poros (14c., Modern French poreux), from Medieval Latin porosus; or directly from Latin porus "an opening" (see pore (n.)). Figurative use from 1640s.
权威例句
1. Swimming is helpful for bones that are porous and weak.
游泳有助于改善骨质疏松和骨骼脆弱。
2. The water slowly drained away, down through the porous soil.
水慢慢流走了,渗入了疏松的土壤。
3. He added sand to the soil to make it more porous.
他往土里掺沙子以提高渗水性能.
4. The soil is porous.
土质疏松.
5. Mr Balaguer is deploying more soldiers along his country's porous border with Haiti.