
好词典

源自拉丁语 'propagare',意为'繁殖、延伸',16世纪进入英语,最初指植物繁殖,后引申为思想传播。
❶ 指通过繁殖或培育使植物、动物等生物体数量增加的过程,常用于园艺或生物学领域。
“She is propagating roses from cuttings in her garden.”
(她正在花园里用插枝法繁殖玫瑰。)
“The farmer succeeded in propagating a new variety of wheat.”
(这位农民成功培育出了一种新的小麦品种。)
❶ 指传播、扩散信息、思想或信仰等抽象事物,使其被更多人知晓或接受。
“The organization is propagating the importance of environmental protection.”
(该组织正在宣传环境保护的重要性。)
“Rumors were propagating quickly through social media.”
(谣言通过社交媒体迅速传播开来。)
propagating wave — 物理学中指在介质中传播的波动现象,如声波或光波。
“Scientists studied the properties of the propagating sound waves.”
(科学家们研究了传播中的声波特性。)
propagating error — 指在计算或测量过程中,初始误差会随着计算步骤的进行而不断扩大的现象。
“The engineer considered the effect of propagating errors in the complex calculation.”
(工程师考虑了复杂计算中误差传播的影响。)