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propagate v.繁殖；增殖；传播；传送 (1) 大多数植物靠种子繁殖。(2) 昆虫以产卵繁殖后代。(3) 在温暖的环境中,这种细胞增殖更快。(4) 他们办了一份报纸来宣传他们的主张。(5) 传教士到远方去传播其信仰。 Propagate comes from the Latin word propagare, which means to "reproduce plants, breed." Plants love to propagate, especially when someone with a green thumb starts off with a jade plant stem in water and ends up with a garden full of the succulents. Plants aren't the only things to propagate like bunnies: In the movie Twelve Monkeys, a virus propagates quickly, killing almost everyone in the world. Sound and light can also spread, or propagate, through the air.

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英 ['prɒpəɡeɪt] 美 ['prɑːpəɡeɪt] (1) Most plants propagate by seed.(2) Insects propagate themselves by means of eggs.(3) This kind of cell propagates faster in warm environment.(4) They started a newspaper to propagate their ideas.(5) Missionaries went far afield to propagate their faith. To propagate is to be fruitful and multiply, by the usual routes of reproduction, or by spreading something around — like a rumor. 1[VERB 动词]宣传；传播；使普及 If people propagate an idea or piece of information, they spread it and try to make people believe it or support it.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]They propagated political doctrines which promised to tear apart the fabric of British society.他们鼓吹能颠覆英国社会结构的政治学说。propagation...the propagation of true Buddhism.传播真正的佛教2[VERB 动词]繁殖，培植（植物） If you propagate plants, you grow more of them from the original ones.   [V n]  [be V-ed from n]  [Also V n from n]  [TECHNICAL 术语]The easiest way to propagate a vine is to take hardwood cuttings...栽培葡萄最简便的方法就是硬条扦插。The pasque flower can be propagated from seed.欧白头翁可以通过种子进行繁殖。propagation...the successful propagation of a batch of plants.一批植株的成功繁殖

英语单词	propagate
英美音标	英 ['prɒpəɡeɪt] 美 ['prɑːpəɡeɪt]
中文释义	v.繁殖；增殖；传播；传送
英语例句	(1) Most plants propagate by seed. (2) Insects propagate themselves by means of eggs. (3) This kind of cell propagates faster in warm environment. (4) They started a newspaper to propagate their ideas. (5) Missionaries went far afield to propagate their faith.
中文例句	(1) 大多数植物靠种子繁殖。 (2) 昆虫以产卵繁殖后代。 (3) 在温暖的环境中,这种细胞增殖更快。 (4) 他们办了一份报纸来宣传他们的主张。 (5) 传教士到远方去传播其信仰。
vocabulary简明	To propagate is to be fruitful and multiply, by the usual routes of reproduction, or by spreading something around — like a rumor.
vocabulary扩展	Propagate comes from the Latin word propagare, which means to "reproduce plants, breed." Plants love to propagate, especially when someone with a green thumb starts off with a jade plant stem in water and ends up with a garden full of the succulents. Plants aren't the only things to propagate like bunnies: In the movie Twelve Monkeys, a virus propagates quickly, killing almost everyone in the world. Sound and light can also spread, or propagate, through the air.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]宣传；传播；使普及 If people propagate an idea or piece of information, they spread it and try to make people believe it or support it. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] They propagated political doctrines which promised to tear apart the fabric of British society. 他们鼓吹能颠覆英国社会结构的政治学说。 propagation ...the propagation of true Buddhism. 传播真正的佛教 2 [VERB 动词]繁殖，培植（植物） If you propagate plants, you grow more of them from the original ones. [V n] [be V-ed from n] [Also V n from n] [TECHNICAL 术语] The easiest way to propagate a vine is to take hardwood cuttings... 栽培葡萄最简便的方法就是硬条扦插。 The pasque flower can be propagated from seed. 欧白头翁可以通过种子进行繁殖。 propagation ...the successful propagation of a batch of plants. 一批植株的成功繁殖

Propagate N Propagation Plants Seed Means Verb 动词