fertile

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a. 可繁殖的, 肥沃的, 生产多的 [医] 能生育的

发音

UK /ˈfɜːtaɪl/
UK /ˈfɜːtəl/
US /ˈfɝːtəl/
US /ˈfɝːtaɪl/
CA /ˈfɝːtaɪl/

词形变化

fertilest more fertile 比较级 most fertile 最高级

别名

fertil

教材释义与例句

形容词

富饶的，肥沃的；能生育的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.

    肥沃

  2. 2.

    Of one's imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific.

    比喻
  3. 3.

    Capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful.

    能生育的

    生物

    Most women at the age of fifty are not fertile.

  4. 4.

    Capable of developing past the egg stage.

    生物
  5. 5.

    Not itself fissile, but able to be converted into a fissile material by irradiation in a reactor.

    物理

    There are two basic fertile materials: uranium-238 and thorium-232.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 5

rich fat productive prolific fecund

反义词 1

sterile

近义相关 7

rank productive fruitful impregnable conceptive fecund fertilizable

参见 5

strong stiff productive potent fruitful

相关短语

Fertile Crescent 肥沃月湾（一古代农业地区）；中东的阿拉伯世界 fertile as a turtle Fertile Valley Fertile Belt

词源

From Middle English, from Middle French fertile, from Old French fertile, from Latin fertilis (“fruitful, fertile”), from ferō (“to bear, carry”).

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