fertilize

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vt. 施肥, 使丰饶, 使受精

发音

US /ˈfɜː(ɹ)tɪlaɪz/

词形变化

fertilized fertilizes 三单 fertilizes fertilizing fertilizing 现在分词 fertilized 过去式 fertilized 过去分词

别名

fertilise

教材释义与例句

动词

使受精；使肥沃

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.

  2. 2.

    To make more creative or intellectually productive.

    比喻

    to fertilize one's imagination

  3. 3.

    To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

feed fertilise fecundate inseminate

上位词 4

change alter modify enrich

下位词 10

dung impregnate bang up cross-fertilise cross-fertilize cross-pollinate knock up nitrify pollenate pollinate

词源

From French fertiliser; equivalent to fertile + -ize.

来源：wiktionary