propagate

增殖, 繁殖

遗传(特征等)

传播; 宣传, 传导, 播送

传染, 使蔓延

【物】传播

propagate disease

propagate

繁殖；增殖

Most plants propagate by seed.

遗传（特征等）

传播；普及

传送

Water easily propagates sound.

propagate

繁殖, 传播, 宣传

propagate

to reproduce or cause to reproduce; breed

to produce (plants) by layering, grafting, cuttings, etc

to promulgate; disseminate

to move through, cause to move through, or transmit, esp in the form of a wave

to propagate sound

to transmit (characteristics) from one generation to the next

propagate

1. transmit from one generation to the next; "propagate these characteristics"

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2. travel through the air; "sound and light propagate in this medium"

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3. transmit; "propagate sound or light through air"

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4. become distributed or widespread; "the infection spread"; "Optimism spread among the population"

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5. transmit or cause to broaden or spread; "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"

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6. cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

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7. cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering

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8. multiply sexually or asexually

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