fructify

vi. 结果实 vt. 使结果实, 使肥沃

发音

其它 /ˈfɹʌktɪfaɪ/

词形变化

fructified fructifies 三单 fructifies fructifying fructifying 现在分词 fructified 过去式 fructified 过去分词

别名

frutify

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To bear fruit; to generate useful products or ideas.

    不及物

    1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries Then one evening early in November Beedel rang Mr Carrados up. The blind man happened to take the call himself, and at the first words he knew that the dull, patient shadowing of weeks was about to fructify.

  2. 2.

    To make productive or fruitful.

    及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

set

上位词 8

better improve multiply reproduce amend procreate ameliorate meliorate

词源

Borrowed into Middle English from Old French fructefier.

来源：wiktionary