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单词 transmit
释义 trans·mit
\tran(t)ˈsmit, traan-, -nzˈm-, ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷, usu -id.+V\ verb
(transmitted ; transmitted ; transmitting ; transmits)
Etymology: Middle English transmitten, from Latin transmittere, from trans- + mittere to send — more at smite
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to cause to go or be conveyed to another person or place : send
  < he secured soldiers' pay and transmitted it to their families — A.V.D.Honeyman >
  < prophets who are … a vehicle through which to transmit a revelation to the people — W.W.Howells >
  < said it sounded to him like common sense, and he would transmit it to his father — Upton Sinclair >
  < lists they shall sign and certify and transmit sealed to the seat of government — W.S.Sayre >
 b.
  (1) : to pass on or spread about : disseminate, communicate
   < the knowledge that objects of different weights fall at different speeds was transmitted in western society — Ralph Linton >
   < visual aids … are no better than the amount of information they transmit — J.K.Blake >
   < some of the original power of the master is transmitted to the disciple — C.D.Lewis >
  (2) : to pass on by inheritance or heredity : hand down
   < through the legacy of their art the great ages have transmitted to us a dim image of their glorious vitality — J.W.Krutch >
   < drew the inference that acquired habits cannot be transmitted — G.B.Shaw >
   < selective breeding aims to eliminate bad characteristics and transmit the good >
 c. : to give or convey (a disease or infection) to another person or organism
  < attempts to transmit colds artificially … are successful — C.H.Andrews >
  < human beings who are apparently well can transmit infectious disease — Morris Fishbein >
  < mosquitos transmit malaria >
2.
 a.
  (1) : to cause (as light or force) to pass or be conveyed through space or a medium
   < the telephone transmits sound >
   < the power which an engine develops is transmitted to the wheels … by certain essential parts — Joseph Heitner >
   < objects of higher temperature than the skin … transmit heat to it — F.A.Geldard >
   < arches … transmit their loads to the walls of the river gorge — American Guide Series: Minnesota >
  (2) : to admit the passage of : conduct
   < glass transmits light >
   < metals transmit electricity >
 b. : to send out (a signal) either by radio waves or over a wire line
intransitive verb
1. : to pass by transmission an obligation entailing either a right or a duty
2. : to send out a signal either by radio waves or over a wire line
Synonyms: see carry, send
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