单词 | transmit |
释义 | transmit —transmittable, transmittible, adj. /trans mit", tranz-/, v. , transmitted, transmitting. v.t. 1. to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey. 2. to communicate, as information or news. 3. to pass or spread (disease, infection, etc.) to another. 4. to pass on (a genetic characteristic) from parent to offspring: The mother transmitted her red hair to her daughter. 5. Physics. a. to cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through a medium. b. to convey or pass along (an impulse, force, motion, etc.). c. to permit (light, heat, etc.) to pass through: Glass transmits light. 6. Radio and Television. to emit (electromagnetic waves). v.i. 7. to send a signal by wire, radio, or television waves. 8. to pass on a right or obligation to heirs or descendants. [1350-1400; ME transmitten < L transmittere to send across, equiv. to trans- TRANS- + mittere to send] Syn. 1. transfer, remit. 2. bear. See carry. |
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