プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
つたわる【伝わる】
❶〔伝導・伝達される〕be conveyed [transmitted] ((to))；travel
電気は銅線を伝わる
Electricity 「travels through [is carried by] copper wire.
この金網には電気が伝わっている
The wire mesh is charged with electricity.
列車の音はここ［この高さ］までは伝わって来ない
The noise of the trains does not reach [come up] this far.
彼の緊張が彼女にも伝わったようだ
His tension seems to have affected her, too.
彼の悲しみがひしひしと伝わって来る
I can really feel his grief.
❷〔知れ渡る〕spread ((to))
大地震があるといううわさが口から口へと伝わった
The rumor that there would be a strong earthquake spread by word of mouth.
彼が離婚するといううわさが伝わった
The rumor got abroad [around] that he was getting a divorce.
❸〔沿って行く〕go along ⇒つたう（伝う）
涙が彼女のほおを伝わって流れた
Tears streamed down her cheeks.
❹〔伝承される〕come down ((from))；be handed down ((to posterity))
この掛け軸は祖父の代から伝わった家宝だ
This scroll is a family treasure handed down from our grandfather's time.
❺〔伝来する〕be introduced ((into))
漢字は中国から日本に伝わった
Chinese characters were introduced [brought] into Japan from China.