| 釋義 |
propagate /'propageit; 'prapaet/ vt, vi (formal) (走式用語) 1 [VP6A] increase the number of (plants, animals, diseases) by natural process from the parent stock: 繁殖; 增殖(植物，動物); 使(疾病)蔓延： ~ plants by taking cuttings. 借插枝繁殖植物。 Trees ~ themselves by seeds. 樹木籍種子繁殖。 2 [VP6A] spread more widely: 傳播： ~ news/ knowledge. 傳播消息(知識)。 3 [VP6A] transmit; extend the operation of: 傳導; 傳宗： vibrations ~d through rock. 由巖石傳導的震動。 4 [VP2A] (of animals and plants) reproduce; Multiply. (拾動植物)繁殖; 増殖。 propagator /-ta(r); -t/ n props gs lion /, props'geijn; zprapa'gejan/ n [U] propagating: 繁殖; 增殖; 傳播; 傳導： the propagation of disease by insects/of plants by cuttings. 由昆魏傳播疾病(借插枝繁殖植物)。 |