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propagate

英 ['prɒpəgeɪt] 美['prɑpə'get]
  • vt. 传播;传送;繁殖;宣传
  • vi. 繁殖;增殖

英英释意


1. transmit from one generation to the next;
"propagate these characteristics"
2. travel through the air;
"sound and light propagate in this medium"
3. transmit;
"propagate sound or light through air"
4. become distributed or widespread;
"the infection spread"
"Optimism spread among the population"
5. transmit or cause to broaden or spread;
"This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"
6. cause to become widely known;
"spread information"
"circulate a rumor"
"broadcast the news"
7. cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
8. multiply sexually or asexually