| 释义 |
propagate /'propageit; 'prapaet/ vt, vi (formal) (走式用语) 1 [VP6A] increase the number of (plants, animals, diseases) by natural process from the parent stock: 繁殖; 增殖(植物，动物); 使(疾病)蔓延： ~ plants by taking cuttings. 借插枝繁殖植物。 Trees ~ themselves by seeds. 树木籍种子繁殖。 2 [VP6A] spread more widely: 传播： ~ news/ knowledge. 传播消息(知识)。 3 [VP6A] transmit; extend the operation of: 传导; 传宗： vibrations ~d through rock. 由岩石传导的震动。 4 [VP2A] (of animals and plants) reproduce; Multiply. (拾动植物)繁殖; 増殖。 propagator /-ta(r); -t/ n props gs lion /, props'geijn; zprapa'gejan/ n [U] propagating: 繁殖; 增殖; 传播; 传导： the propagation of disease by insects/of plants by cuttings. 由昆魏传播疾病(借插枝繁殖植物)。 |