种植的英文(propagate「传播；繁殖；宣传；增殖」)

Word of the Day：May 28, 2022

propagate

传播；繁殖；宣传；增殖

verb /PRAH-puh-gayt/ ˈprɑpəˌɡeɪt]

What It Means

Propagate is used in contexts relating to biology to mean "to produce offspring," and in general contexts to mean "to make (something, such as an idea or belief) known to or accepted by many people."

Propagate 在生物学上表示“产生后代”，一般文本是指“使（某些东西，例如想法或信仰）为许多人所知或接受”。

The tree is readily propagated by grafting.

这棵树很容易嫁接繁殖。

The group's members increasingly rely on social media to propagate their ideas.

该组织的成员越来越依赖社交媒体来传播他们的想法。

PROPAGATE in Context

"The Michigan birds were allowed to propagate, and when flocks became large enough, some would be live-trapped and moved elsewhere in the state to propagate further, and more turkeys were obtained from other states, such as Iowa." — Tom Lounsbury, The Manistee (Michigan) News Advocate, 17 Apr. 2022

“The Michigan birds 被允许繁殖，当flocks 变得足够多时，会捉一些转移到该州的其他地方去进一步繁殖，并像爱荷华州从其他州得到更多的火鸡。”

Did You Know?

The origins of propagate are firmly rooted in the field of horticulture. The word is a 16th century Latin borrowing, ultimately from the verb propagare, which means "to set (onto a plant) a small shoot or twig cut for planting or grafting." The word's meaning quickly extended from the realm of the farm and field to less material kinds of reproduction, such as the spreading of ideas and beliefs. The similarity between propagate and propaganda is not coincidental; that word also comes to us from propagare, although it took a more circuitous route.

The propagate 起源于园艺学。 它借用于 16 世纪的一个拉丁语，最终来自动词 propagare，意思是“ to set （onto a plant）a small shoot or twig cut for planting or grafting 「将（在植物上）小枝条切割用于种植或嫁接」。” 这个词的含义很快从农场、田野领域扩大到了少量物质的再生上面，就如同思想和信仰的传播。 propagate and propaganda 的相似绝非偶然； 因为它也是从 propagare 传来的，尽管它绕了个远道儿。​

Quiz

Fill in the blanks to complete a synonym of propagate: d _ _ s e _ _ n a _ e

填空完成propagate 的同义词

disseminate