中英互译
propagate
英 /ˈprɒpəɡeɪt/美 /ˈprɑːpəɡeɪt/
基本释义
- v.散播,宣传(观点、信仰等);传播(运动、光线、声音等);(动植物等)繁殖,使繁殖
第三人称单数propagates
现在分词propagating
过去式propagated
过去分词propagated
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词语例句
散播,宣传(观点、信仰等)vt.
Television advertising propagates a false image of the ideal family.
电视广告传播着理想家庭的一种假象。
传播(运动、光线、声音等)vt.
Our teacher did an experiment to show us how sound waves are propagated within a medium.
老师通过一个实验向我们展示了声音是如何通过介质进行传播的。
(动植物等)繁殖,使繁殖vt.
The easiest way to propagate a vine is to take hardwood cuttings.
繁殖葡萄藤最容易的办法就是采取硬木扦插。
Plants won't propagate in these conditions.
植物在这种条件下不能繁殖。
- Plants won't propagate in these conditions.植物在这种条件下不能繁殖。来自《牛津词典》
- The easiest way to propagate a vine is to take hardwood cuttings.繁殖葡萄藤最容易的办法就是采取硬木扦插。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- Many of the species native to California, such as the prickly chaparral, rely on fires to propagate.加利福尼亚有许多土生土长的物种,比如多刺的灌木荆棘丛,依靠火来繁殖。
网络短语
- propagate endangered animal species促进濒危动物种群的繁衍
- propagate extension宣传推广
- to propagate传种;繁殖;广传
- group propagate群传播
- up propagate组传送
词语扩展
- distribute/propagate/spread/circulate
- distribute指把一定数量的东西分成若干等份进行分发。
- propagate指自觉地努力推广,也指宣传或散布。
- spread普通用词,使用广泛。指传播疾病、思想、文化、习惯或谣言等。
- circulate既指某物在一物体内循环流动,又可指在一定范围内传播物品、刊物或思想、语言等。
词义分布
传播
61%
宣传
19.7%
繁殖
9.6%
宣扬
3.5%
传送
3.1%
增殖
2.2%
孳生
0.9%
英英释义
- v.transmit from one generation to the next
- v.travel through the air
- v.transmit
- v.become distributed or widespread
- v.transmit or cause to broaden or spread
- v.cause to become widely known
词源
- propagate宣传,传播,繁殖,增殖来自拉丁语propagare,延伸,扩展,繁殖,来自pro-,向前,-pag,固定,词源同page,compact.比喻用法,原指使植物新芽繁殖,扩大种植,引申词义宣传,传播。