having many small holes that allow water or air to pass through slowly 多孔的;透水的;透氣的 porous material/rocks/surfaces 滲透性材料/岩石/表面 He added sand to the soil to make it more porous. 他往土裏攙沙子以提高滲水性能。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPorous is used with these nouns:- border
- rock
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French poreux, based on Latin porus ‘pore’.