1[transitive] formal to spread an idea, belief etc to many people: The group launched a website to propagate its ideas.2[intransitive, transitive] if you propagate plants, or if they propagate, they start to grow from a parent plant to produce new plants: Propagate your plants in fresh soil.3[transitive] if an animal, insect etc propagates itself or is propagated, it increases in numberSYN reproduce—propagation /ˌprɒpəˈɡeɪʃən $ ˌprɑː-/ noun [uncountable]
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传播(61%),繁殖(34%),增殖(4%),传送(1%)
n.传播;繁殖;增殖
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