| 单词 | propagate |
| 释义 | propagate (once / 813 pages) 1v 2v 3v To propagate is to be fruitful and multiply, by the usual routes of reproduction, or by spreading something around — like a rumor. 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. WORD FAMILYpropagate: propagated, propagates, propagating, propagation, propagative, propagator+/propagation: propagations/propagator: propagators USAGE EXAMPLESAccording to Breitbart, those propagating hate were no more genuinely bigoted than 1980s heavy metal fans genuinely worshiped Satan. Slate(Dec 28, 2016) For the system to continue to propagate, all parts need to be present. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) This is a fallacy propagated by rejectionists of Israel and accepted unquestioningly by the international diplomatic community. Wall Street Journal(Dec 20, 2016) 1 1v multiply through reproduction Hypo|Hyper vegetate propagate asexually multiply, procreate, reproduce have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant 2v transmit propagate sound or light through air Hyper channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport send from one person or place to another 3v transmit from one generation to the next 2propagate these characteristics Hyper pass on give to or transfer possession of 1v become distributed or widespread Syn|Hypo|Hyper spread catch spread or be communicated move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 2v transmit or cause to broaden or spread This great civilization was propagated throughout the land Hyper distribute, spread distribute or disperse widely 3v cause to become widely known Syn|Hypo|Hyper broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, spread circulate, go around, spread become widely known and passed on podcast distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer sowintroduce into an environment generalise, generalize, popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarizecater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use carry, runinclude as the content; broadcast or publicize air, bare, publicise, publicize make public 4v cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering 3Hypo|Hyper inoculate insert a bud for propagation process, treat subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition v travel through the air sound and light propagate in this medium Hyper go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically |
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