penetrating

动词 penetrate:

1. pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
   同义词：penetrate, perforate
2. come to understand
   同义词：penetrate, fathom, bottom
3. become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
   同义词：click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place
4. enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members
   同义词：infiltrate, penetrate
5. make one's way deeper into or through
   同义词：penetrate
6. insert the penis into the vagina or anus of
   同义词：penetrate
7. spread or diffuse through
   同义词：permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle

形容词 penetrating:

1. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
   同义词：acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrative, piercing, sharp
2. tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing
   同义词：penetrative

1. The penetrating odor of garlic soon filled the entire apartment.
   大蒜刺鼻的气味很快就弥散了整个屋子

pen.e.trat.ing

adj.（形容词）
Able or seeming to penetrate:
有穿透力的：能够或似乎能穿透的：
例句：
The penetrating odor of garlic soon filled the entire apartment.
大蒜刺鼻的气味很快就弥散了整个屋子

Keenly perceptive or understanding; acute:
有洞察力的或透彻了解的；敏锐的：
例句：
The lecture provided penetrating insight into foreign affairs.
这一演讲以敏锐的眼光透彻入理地分析了国外事务

【引伸】
pen.etrat.ingly
adv.（副词）