propagate 详细解释

propagate

['prɔpəgeit]

v.繁殖, 增殖, 传播, 传送

vt.

1. 繁殖, 增殖

Trees propagate themselves by seeds.

树靠种子繁衍。

2. 使遗传

3. 传播; 使普及

propagate scientific knowledge

普及科学知识

4. 【物】传播, 传导

vi.

繁殖, 增殖

词形变化

形容词: propagable | 名词: propagator | 动词过去式: propagated | 动词过去分词: propagated | 动词现在分词: propagating | 动词第三人称单数: propagates |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.繁殖; 广为传播; 产生

produce  increase  breed  multiply  generate  procreate  

同义参见:

sire  reproduce  promote  

英英释义

动词 propagate:

transmit from one generation to the next

travel through the air

transmit

become distributed or widespread

同义词:spread

transmit or cause to broaden or spread

cause to become widely known

同义词:circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around

cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering

multiply sexually or asexually

补充

propagatepropagate英:[ˈprɔpəɡeit] 美:[ˈprɑpəˌɡet]vt. & vi.1.繁衍, 增殖Most plants propagate by seeds.大多数植物都是通过种子繁殖的。Insects propagate themselves by means of eggs.昆虫以产卵繁殖后代。vt.1.传播; 宣传, 普及The political party started the newspaper to propagate its ideas.那个政党创办一份报纸来宣传该党的观点。

例句

1. The easiest way to propagate a vine is to take hardwood cuttings.繁殖藤本植物最简便的方法是硬条扦插。 2. They propagated political doctrines which promised to tear apart the fabric of British society.他们鼓吹号称能颠覆英国社会结构的政治学说。 3. The weeds propagate themselves rapidly.杂草繁殖极快。 4. Human beings propagate their species by sexual reproduction,人类是通过有性生殖来繁衍同类的。 5. Scientists were hoping to propagate the best qualities of both types of sheep.科学家希望使这两种绵羊的最佳特性遗传给下一代。 6. to propagate and carry out the policies宣传和落实这些政策 7. to propagate radio waves over a great distance远距离传送无线电波 8. Most plants propagate by seed.大多数植物靠种子繁殖。 9. to cause the flame to propagate along the dry sticks使火焰沿着枯枝蔓延 10. try propagating your own house plants from cuttings.试着通过插枝繁殖自家的室内植物。 11. the plant propagates freely from stem cuttings.这种植物通过枝干扦插便可得以繁殖。 12. operational error includes those errors propagated during the digitizing process.运算错误包括数字转换过程中增多的错误。 13. the French propagated the idea that the English were violent and gluttonous drunkards.法国人传播这样的观念: 英国人是狂暴、贪婪的酒鬼。 14. electromagnetic effects can be propagated at a finite velocity only through material substances.电磁效应只能通过物质材料以一定的速度传送。 15. [as adj. propagated]a propagated electrical signal.电播信号。 16. a hydraulic fracture is generally expected to propagate in a vertical plane.水力断裂通常预计会沿纵面扩展。 17. The group propagates [=promotes] its antigovernment doctrine on the Web.这个团体在网上传播其反政府学说。 18. We are discovering new ways to propagate plants without seeds.我们正在探索无籽繁殖植物的新方法。 19. He propagated the apple tree by grafting.他通过嫁接来繁殖苹果树。 20. The plants failed to propagate.这些植物未能繁殖成功。 21. the propagation of plants/ideas植物繁殖;思想传播 22. a propagator of new ideas新思想的传播者 23. plant propagators植物繁殖培养箱