broadcast (past broadcast; past participle broadcast 或 broadcasted) [with obj.]
(常作 be broadcast)transmit (a programme or some information) by radio or television (无线电,电视)广播,播送,播放(节目或某些信息) the announcement was broadcast live. 这项声明被实况转播。 [as noun broadcasting]the state monopoly on broadcasting. 对广播的国家垄断。 ■[no obj.]take part in a radio or television transmission 参加(无线电或电视)节目 they regularly broadcast on Radio. 他们定期参加广播节目。
tell (something) to many people; make widely known 传播,宣传 we don't want to broadcast our unhappiness to the world. 我们不想把自己的不幸告知全世界。
scatter (seeds) by hand or machine rather than placing by drills or rows 播撒(种子)
noun
a radio or television programme or transmission (无线电,电视)节目;播送
adjective
of or relating to such programmes (有关)广播(或电视)节目的 a broadcast journalist. 电台(或电视台)记者。
adverb
by scattering 四散地,撒播地 green manures can be sown broadcast or in rows. 绿肥可以散开播撒,也可以一排排施放。
派生 broadcaster noun 语源
mid 18th cent. (in the sense 'sown by scattering'): from broad + the past participle of cast