英语词汇“fertile”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINfertile

Origin:

1400-1500 French, Latin ferre ‘to carry, bear’

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

fertile farmland
Farmers left the rocky hills of New England for the fertile plains of the Middle West.
The valley was fertile, and a good crop was a near certainty.
This shrub likes sun and water as well as a fertile well-drained soil.
While most men remain fertile into old age, women do not.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

For instance, fertile land and buckets of rain lead Iowans to plant corn.
He brought the fertile blackness of the earth with him.
I know that negotiations do not only constitute a bargaining process, but also serve as fertile ground for creativity.
In this country, the plains states and the Southwest are fertile areas for a wide variety of game breeding.
Journey north through the fertile Kikuyu heartland to Nyeri where a buffet lunch will be served at the Outspan Hotel.
That is why science has been so fertile.
That period had made the city a fertile news ground for freelancers such as myself.
This was a fertile source of incomprehension between him and Ellen.

Longman Language Activatorto be able to have babies► be able to have children

to be physically able to have a baby: · After the operation will I still be able to have children?

► fertile

able to have a baby or be the father of a baby: · While most men remain fertile into old age, women do not.

land where the soil is good for growing plants► fertile

land or soil that is fertile is good for growing plants because it contains substances that plants need: · This shrub likes sun and water as well as a fertile well-drained soil.· Farmers left the rocky hills of New England for the fertile plains of the Middle West.· The valley was fertile, and a good crop was a near certainty.

► rich

soil or land that is rich contains a lot of substances that help plants to grow: · Potato plants are easy to grow and do not require rich soil.· the rich farmland of the Ukrainerich in: · The soil in this area is rich in nitrogen.

WORD SETS► Biology

aerobic, adjectiveafterbirth, nounalgae, nounalimentary canal, nounamber, nounameba, nounamino acid, nounamoeba, nounanaconda, nounanaerobic, adjectiveandrogynous, adjectiveantibody, nounantigen, nounantitoxin, nounappendage, nounarm, nounarmour, nounasexual, adjectiveassimilation, nounatrophy, verbaviary, nounbacteria, nounbacteriology, nounbarnacle, nounbile, nounbinocular vision, nounbio-, prefixbiochemistry, nounbiodegradable, adjectivebiodiversity, nounbiohazard, nounbiological, adjectivebiological clock, nounbiology, nounbiomass, nounbiome, nounbiosphere, nounblind, nounbrain, nounbreathe, verbbreed, verbbreed, nounbreeding, nounbristle, nounbulb, nouncapsule, nouncarbohydrate, nouncarbon dioxide, nouncarnivore, nouncell, nouncellular, adjectivecellulose, nouncentral nervous system, nouncervical, adjectivecholesterol, nounchromosome, nouncirculation, nouncirculatory, adjectiveclass, nounclone, nouncold-blooded, adjectiveconceive, verbconch, nounconnective tissue, nouncopulate, verbcoral reef, nouncornea, nouncoronary, adjectivecorpuscle, nouncortex, nouncortisone, nouncowrie, nouncrab, nouncrawfish, nouncrayfish, nouncreature, nouncross, verbcrossbreed, nounculture, nouncytoplasm, noundecay, verbdecay, noundecompose, verbdefecate, verbdenizen, noundextrose, noundiaphragm, noundigest, verbdigestion, noundigestive, adjectiveDNA, noundorsal, adjectivedry rot, nounduct, noundwarf, noundwarf, adjectiveecological, adjectiveecology, nounecosystem, nounegg, nounejaculate, verbembryo, nounembryonic, adjectiveenzyme, nounepidermis, nounevolution, nounevolutionary, adjectiveexcrement, nounexcrescence, nounexcrete, verbexcretion, nounexhale, verbexoskeleton, nounextinction, nounfaeces, nounfamily, nounfang, nounfat, nounfatty acid, nounfauna, nounfeces, nounfeed, verbfemale, adjectivefemale, nounferment, verbferment, nounfertile, adjectivefertility, nounfertilize, verbfission, nounflank, nounflatulence, nounflesh, nounfleshy, adjectiveflightless, adjectiveflora, nounfoetal, adjectivefoetus, nounfoliage, nounfossil, nounfreak, nounfreshwater, adjectivefructose, noungamete, nounganglion, noungene, noungene pool, noungenera, genetic, adjectivegenetic code, noungenetic engineering, noungenetic fingerprinting, noungenetics, noungenome, noungenus, noungestation, noungland, nounglandular, adjectiveglucose, noungluten, noungonad, noungrass snake, noungrow, verbgrowth, nounhabitat, nounhaemoglobin, nounhearing, nounheart, nounhemisphere, nounherbivore, nounhereditary, adjectiveheredity, nounhermaphrodite, nounhibernate, verbhistamine, nounhoming, adjectivehormone, nounhost, nounimpregnate, verbimpulse, nounincubate, verbindigenous, adjectiveinfected, adjectiveinfertile, adjectiveinfest, verbingest, verbinhale, verbinseminate, verbinsensate, adjectiveinsulin, nounintegument, nounintercourse, nouninterferon, nounintestine, nouninvertebrate, nouninvoluntary, adjectiveiris, nounjaw, nounjelly, nounkidney, nounkrill, nounlactate, verblactation, nounlactic acid, nounleech, nounleg, nounlesser, adjectivelichen, nounlife, nounlife cycle, nounlife form, nounligament, nounlimb, nounlimpet, nounlipid, nounliver, nounliving fossil, nounlocomotion, nounlymph, nounlymph node, nounmale, adjectivemale, nounmammal, nounmandible, nounmate, nounmate, verbmembrane, nounmetabolism, nounmetabolize, verbmetamorphosis, nounmicrobe, nounmicrobiology, nounmicroorganism, nounmicroscopic, adjectivemigrate, verbmigratory, adjectivemiscarriage, nounmolar, nounmorphology, nounmotor, adjectivemould, nounmouth, nounmucous membrane, nounmucus, nounmulticellular, adjectivemuscle, nounmuscular, adjectivemutant, nounmutate, verbmutation, nounnatural history, nounnatural selection, nounnature, nounneck, nounnectar, nounnerve, nounnervous, adjectivenervous system, nounneural, adjectiveneuro-, prefixneurology, nounnode, nounnose, nounnostril, nounnucleic acid, nounnucleus, nounnutrient, nounnutriment, nounoesophagus, nounoestrogen, nounolfactory, adjectiveoptic, adjectiveorgan, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic chemistry, nounorganism, nounorifice, nounossify, verbosteo-, prefixoutgrowth, nounova, ovary, nounoverwinter, verboviduct, nounoviparous, adjectiveovulate, verbovum, nounparasite, nounpathogen, nounpedigree, nounpelvic, adjectivepelvis, nounpenile, adjectivepenis, nounpepsin, nounperiod, nounperspiration, nounperspire, verbphotosynthesis, nounphylum, nounpigment, nounpigmentation, nounplankton, nounplasma, nounpollinate, verbpostnatal, adjectivepregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectiveprenatal, adjectiveproduct, nounproliferation, nounpropagate, verbprotein, nounprotoplasm, nounprotozoan, nounpuberty, nounpulmonary, adjectivepulp, nounpulsation, nounputrefy, verbputrid, adjectivered blood cell, nounregurgitate, verbrenal, adjectivereproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverespiration, nounrespiratory, adjectiverespire, verbretina, nounroot, nounrot, verbrot, nounruff, nounsac, nounsaliva, nounsalivary gland, nounsalivate, verbsaltwater, adjectivescale, nounscallop, nounscaly, adjectivesebaceous, adjectivesecrete, verbsecretion, nounsemen, nounsense organ, nounsensory, adjectiveserum, nounsex, nounsex, verbsexless, adjectivesexual intercourse, nounsheath, nounshell, nounsibling, nounskeletal, adjectiveskeleton, nounskin, nounskull, nounspasm, nounspasmodic, adjectivespecies, nounspecimen, nounsperm, nounspiderweb, nounspinal cord, nounspine, nounspineless, adjectivestarch, nounstem cell, nounstimulate, verbstimulus, nounstrain, nounsubject, nounsubspecies, nounsucker, nounsucrose, nounsweat, verbsweat, nounsweat gland, nounsymbiosis, nounsystemic, adjectivetail, nountaxonomy, nounteeth, testosterone, nountest-tube baby, nountissue, nountrachea, nountube, noununicellular, adjectiveurethra, nounuric, adjectiveurinate, verburine, nounvariety, nounvector, nounvein, nounvenom, nounvenomous, adjectiveventricle, nounvertebra, nounvertebrate, nounvivisection, nounwarm-blooded, adjectivewean, verbwildlife, nounwindpipe, nounyolk, noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► fertile earth

· This earth is not fertile enough to produce crops.

► a vivid/fertile imagination

(=an ability to think of a lot of ideas and things that could happen)· She had a fertile imagination and a great sense of humour.· With your vivid imagination, you should write a book.

► fertile/rich land

(=good for growing crops)· The land near the river is very fertile.

► a fertile plain

· The rains washed soil down to create fertile plains.

► good/rich/fertile soil

(=good for growing plants)· The fertile soil produces delicious wines.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► more

· Advertising proved a more fertile category, with decisions which set heads nodding and shaking in equal measure.· But the coaching ground in New Zealand is probably more fertile.· Why are Brown Earths more fertile for crops?· Perhaps they were simply more healthy or more fertile.

► most

· Yet again it is the summer months that look the most fertile.· Though whites make up only 17 percent of the population, they control the most fertile farming areas.· Yet the most sweeping changes and the most fertile inventions have in the last decade come from New York.· In fact, Dunrossness has long been considered to be the most fertile and agriculturally productive area in the whole of Shetland.· They are not concerned with particular local food requirements and they usually control the most fertile land for cash cropping.· At the same time, in these places of instability and growth, the soil is most fertile.· Shakespeare has the most fertile imagination of all poets and is more than Homer's equal.· As a result Camberwell was at this time one of the most fertile art schools in Britain.

► very

· Male speaker Richard has a very fertile mind.· And the ground remains very fertile for a good sales team to farm.· It's the product of a very fertile mind.· The area is not very fertile, and so has never been cleared for cultivation.· The Cravens were a prolific lot, wretchedly poor but very fertile.· Land is often not very fertile in the controlled zones and there is always the problem of military incursions or air raids.

NOUN► area

· Farmers, especially in the more fertile areas have resisted efforts to place controls on their practices.· In this country, the plains states and the Southwest are fertile areas for a wide variety of game breeding.· Las Vegas, capital of sin, hope and desperation in this country, is a fertile area for passengers.

► ground

· I know that negotiations do not only constitute a bargaining process, but also serve as fertile ground for creativity.· Writers had not always found Black Mountain particularly fertile ground.· His inspiration fell on fertile ground, prepared by endless repetition.· Eller apparently wants access to the fertile ground of the I-19 corridor for his unsightly behemoths.· This is surely fertile ground for experimentation.· This is fertile ground for disequilibration of individuals' reasoning.· They are fertile ground for the emergence of an explicitly right-wing political force.· That was the fertile ground that produced the center.

► imagination

· Even now no-one seems quite certain whether this was a fact, a half-fact or the product of a fertile imagination.· And like her own fertile imagination, it shelters any and all images that happen to drift into its confines.· Shakespeare has the most fertile imagination of all poets and is more than Homer's equal.· Artisans needed more than just fertile imaginations and a soft touch with a trowel to bring their work to life.· They come from Hollywood, they have fertile imaginations.· He is said to have been convivial, widely knowledgeable, with a fertile imagination and a whimsical sense of humour.· The twentieth century has witnessed the realisation of these objectives, perhaps even beyond the horizons of Paracelsus's fertile imagination.

► land

· They are not concerned with particular local food requirements and they usually control the most fertile land for cash cropping.· For instance, fertile land and buckets of rain lead Iowans to plant corn.· Huge expanses of fertile land and unlimited supplies of water give it enormous productive potential.· He eventually came to Madeira where Zarco gave him the large area of fertile land around Madalena do Mar.· Access to the more fertile land taken over by foreign-owned companies?· The most fertile land lay towards Sikyon.

► mind

· Male speaker Richard has a very fertile mind.· It's the product of a very fertile mind.

► plain

· None knows like him to strew the wheaten Grain, Or drive the Plough-share o'er the fertile Plain.· When it dried up, the salts sank as the rains washed top soil down to create fertile plains.

► soil

· This new and fertile soil rapidly developed her character and painting style.· These tender plants like a moist, well-draining and fertile soil.· Quince C Semi-dwarfing, used for strong-growing types, needs fertile soil.· It appreciates an acidic, fertile soil that drains well.· Agriculture flourished on the fertile soils of Kosovo and Metohija.· And it is fertile soil for a severe economic downturn in the post-cold war world economy.· Once you get a fertile soil, the bully boys tend to take over and only about half a dozen plants flourish.· They do best in a deep, fertile soil that is well drained, but does not seriously dry out.

► valley

· A land of rich fertile valleys that reach up to touch the edge of wild moorland.· A shallow river had scooped a fertile valley out of the limestone mountains.· The almond trees grow in the fertile valleys of California, neatly planted in straight lines.· Nestled within these bleak volcanic highlands are fertile valleys filled with game plentiful enough to satisfy even the appetites of dragons.

PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► a fertile imagination/mind/brain

Even now no-one seems quite certain whether this was a fact, a half-fact or the product of a fertile imagination.
He is said to have been convivial, widely knowledgeable, with a fertile imagination and a whimsical sense of humour.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► breeding/fertile/proving ground

His inspiration fell on fertile ground, prepared by endless repetition.
On their arrival at the breeding grounds, male pied flycatchers find a suitable nesting site.
The position required no athletic ability, but traditionally has served as a proving ground for Mississippi politicians.
The race, the breeding ground, might be missed, both in sporting and traditional terms, should it cease.
The unhygienic conditions of a stable were a breeding ground for all manner of disease and bacteria hazardous to a newborn.
There are 22 events per year, and tracks range from Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground tote Mans.
Where scum settles on wetted surfaces in kitchens, it creates an ideal breeding ground for bacteria.

单词	fertile
释义	fertilefer‧tile /ˈfɜːtaɪl $ ˈfɜːrtl/ ●○○ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINfertile Origin: 1400-1500 French, Latin ferre ‘to carry, bear’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES fertile farmland Farmers left the rocky hills of New England for the fertile plains of the Middle West. The valley was fertile, and a good crop was a near certainty. This shrub likes sun and water as well as a fertile well-drained soil. While most men remain fertile into old age, women do not. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS For instance, fertile land and buckets of rain lead Iowans to plant corn. He brought the fertile blackness of the earth with him. I know that negotiations do not only constitute a bargaining process, but also serve as fertile ground for creativity. In this country, the plains states and the Southwest are fertile areas for a wide variety of game breeding. Journey north through the fertile Kikuyu heartland to Nyeri where a buffet lunch will be served at the Outspan Hotel. That is why science has been so fertile. That period had made the city a fertile news ground for freelancers such as myself. This was a fertile source of incomprehension between him and Ellen. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto be able to have babies► be able to have children to be physically able to have a baby: · After the operation will I still be able to have children? ► fertile able to have a baby or be the father of a baby: · While most men remain fertile into old age, women do not. land where the soil is good for growing plants► fertile land or soil that is fertile is good for growing plants because it contains substances that plants need: · This shrub likes sun and water as well as a fertile well-drained soil.· Farmers left the rocky hills of New England for the fertile plains of the Middle West.· The valley was fertile, and a good crop was a near certainty. ► rich soil or land that is rich contains a lot of substances that help plants to grow: · Potato plants are easy to grow and do not require rich soil.· the rich farmland of the Ukrainerich in: · The soil in this area is rich in nitrogen. WORD SETS► Biology aerobic, adjectiveafterbirth, nounalgae, nounalimentary canal, nounamber, nounameba, nounamino acid, nounamoeba, nounanaconda, nounanaerobic, adjectiveandrogynous, adjectiveantibody, nounantigen, nounantitoxin, nounappendage, nounarm, nounarmour, nounasexual, adjectiveassimilation, nounatrophy, verbaviary, nounbacteria, nounbacteriology, nounbarnacle, nounbile, nounbinocular vision, nounbio-, prefixbiochemistry, nounbiodegradable, adjectivebiodiversity, nounbiohazard, nounbiological, adjectivebiological clock, nounbiology, nounbiomass, nounbiome, nounbiosphere, nounblind, nounbrain, nounbreathe, verbbreed, verbbreed, nounbreeding, nounbristle, nounbulb, nouncapsule, nouncarbohydrate, nouncarbon dioxide, nouncarnivore, nouncell, nouncellular, adjectivecellulose, nouncentral nervous system, nouncervical, adjectivecholesterol, nounchromosome, nouncirculation, nouncirculatory, adjectiveclass, nounclone, nouncold-blooded, adjectiveconceive, verbconch, nounconnective tissue, nouncopulate, verbcoral reef, nouncornea, nouncoronary, adjectivecorpuscle, nouncortex, nouncortisone, nouncowrie, nouncrab, nouncrawfish, nouncrayfish, nouncreature, nouncross, verbcrossbreed, nounculture, nouncytoplasm, noundecay, verbdecay, noundecompose, verbdefecate, verbdenizen, noundextrose, noundiaphragm, noundigest, verbdigestion, noundigestive, adjectiveDNA, noundorsal, adjectivedry rot, nounduct, noundwarf, noundwarf, adjectiveecological, adjectiveecology, nounecosystem, nounegg, nounejaculate, verbembryo, nounembryonic, adjectiveenzyme, nounepidermis, nounevolution, nounevolutionary, adjectiveexcrement, nounexcrescence, nounexcrete, verbexcretion, nounexhale, verbexoskeleton, nounextinction, nounfaeces, nounfamily, nounfang, nounfat, nounfatty acid, nounfauna, nounfeces, nounfeed, verbfemale, adjectivefemale, nounferment, verbferment, nounfertile, adjectivefertility, nounfertilize, verbfission, nounflank, nounflatulence, nounflesh, nounfleshy, adjectiveflightless, adjectiveflora, nounfoetal, adjectivefoetus, nounfoliage, nounfossil, nounfreak, nounfreshwater, adjectivefructose, noungamete, nounganglion, noungene, noungene pool, noungenera, genetic, adjectivegenetic code, noungenetic engineering, noungenetic fingerprinting, noungenetics, noungenome, noungenus, noungestation, noungland, nounglandular, adjectiveglucose, noungluten, noungonad, noungrass snake, noungrow, verbgrowth, nounhabitat, nounhaemoglobin, nounhearing, nounheart, nounhemisphere, nounherbivore, nounhereditary, adjectiveheredity, nounhermaphrodite, nounhibernate, verbhistamine, nounhoming, adjectivehormone, nounhost, nounimpregnate, verbimpulse, nounincubate, verbindigenous, adjectiveinfected, adjectiveinfertile, adjectiveinfest, verbingest, verbinhale, verbinseminate, verbinsensate, adjectiveinsulin, nounintegument, nounintercourse, nouninterferon, nounintestine, nouninvertebrate, nouninvoluntary, adjectiveiris, nounjaw, nounjelly, nounkidney, nounkrill, nounlactate, verblactation, nounlactic acid, nounleech, nounleg, nounlesser, adjectivelichen, nounlife, nounlife cycle, nounlife form, nounligament, nounlimb, nounlimpet, nounlipid, nounliver, nounliving fossil, nounlocomotion, nounlymph, nounlymph node, nounmale, adjectivemale, nounmammal, nounmandible, nounmate, nounmate, verbmembrane, nounmetabolism, nounmetabolize, verbmetamorphosis, nounmicrobe, nounmicrobiology, nounmicroorganism, nounmicroscopic, adjectivemigrate, verbmigratory, adjectivemiscarriage, nounmolar, nounmorphology, nounmotor, adjectivemould, nounmouth, nounmucous membrane, nounmucus, nounmulticellular, adjectivemuscle, nounmuscular, adjectivemutant, nounmutate, verbmutation, nounnatural history, nounnatural selection, nounnature, nounneck, nounnectar, nounnerve, nounnervous, adjectivenervous system, nounneural, adjectiveneuro-, prefixneurology, nounnode, nounnose, nounnostril, nounnucleic acid, nounnucleus, nounnutrient, nounnutriment, nounoesophagus, nounoestrogen, nounolfactory, adjectiveoptic, adjectiveorgan, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic chemistry, nounorganism, nounorifice, nounossify, verbosteo-, prefixoutgrowth, nounova, ovary, nounoverwinter, verboviduct, nounoviparous, adjectiveovulate, verbovum, nounparasite, nounpathogen, nounpedigree, nounpelvic, adjectivepelvis, nounpenile, adjectivepenis, nounpepsin, nounperiod, nounperspiration, nounperspire, verbphotosynthesis, nounphylum, nounpigment, nounpigmentation, nounplankton, nounplasma, nounpollinate, verbpostnatal, adjectivepregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectiveprenatal, adjectiveproduct, nounproliferation, nounpropagate, verbprotein, nounprotoplasm, nounprotozoan, nounpuberty, nounpulmonary, adjectivepulp, nounpulsation, nounputrefy, verbputrid, adjectivered blood cell, nounregurgitate, verbrenal, adjectivereproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverespiration, nounrespiratory, adjectiverespire, verbretina, nounroot, nounrot, verbrot, nounruff, nounsac, nounsaliva, nounsalivary gland, nounsalivate, verbsaltwater, adjectivescale, nounscallop, nounscaly, adjectivesebaceous, adjectivesecrete, verbsecretion, nounsemen, nounsense organ, nounsensory, adjectiveserum, nounsex, nounsex, verbsexless, adjectivesexual intercourse, nounsheath, nounshell, nounsibling, nounskeletal, adjectiveskeleton, nounskin, nounskull, nounspasm, nounspasmodic, adjectivespecies, nounspecimen, nounsperm, nounspiderweb, nounspinal cord, nounspine, nounspineless, adjectivestarch, nounstem cell, nounstimulate, verbstimulus, nounstrain, nounsubject, nounsubspecies, nounsucker, nounsucrose, nounsweat, verbsweat, nounsweat gland, nounsymbiosis, nounsystemic, adjectivetail, nountaxonomy, nounteeth, testosterone, nountest-tube baby, nountissue, nountrachea, nountube, noununicellular, adjectiveurethra, nounuric, adjectiveurinate, verburine, nounvariety, nounvector, nounvein, nounvenom, nounvenomous, adjectiveventricle, nounvertebra, nounvertebrate, nounvivisection, nounwarm-blooded, adjectivewean, verbwildlife, nounwindpipe, nounyolk, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► fertile earth · This earth is not fertile enough to produce crops. ► a vivid/fertile imagination (=an ability to think of a lot of ideas and things that could happen)· She had a fertile imagination and a great sense of humour.· With your vivid imagination, you should write a book. ► fertile/rich land (=good for growing crops)· The land near the river is very fertile. ► a fertile plain · The rains washed soil down to create fertile plains. ► good/rich/fertile soil (=good for growing plants)· The fertile soil produces delicious wines. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► more · Advertising proved a more fertile category, with decisions which set heads nodding and shaking in equal measure.· But the coaching ground in New Zealand is probably more fertile.· Why are Brown Earths more fertile for crops?· Perhaps they were simply more healthy or more fertile. ► most · Yet again it is the summer months that look the most fertile.· Though whites make up only 17 percent of the population, they control the most fertile farming areas.· Yet the most sweeping changes and the most fertile inventions have in the last decade come from New York.· In fact, Dunrossness has long been considered to be the most fertile and agriculturally productive area in the whole of Shetland.· They are not concerned with particular local food requirements and they usually control the most fertile land for cash cropping.· At the same time, in these places of instability and growth, the soil is most fertile.· Shakespeare has the most fertile imagination of all poets and is more than Homer's equal.· As a result Camberwell was at this time one of the most fertile art schools in Britain. ► very · Male speaker Richard has a very fertile mind.· And the ground remains very fertile for a good sales team to farm.· It's the product of a very fertile mind.· The area is not very fertile, and so has never been cleared for cultivation.· The Cravens were a prolific lot, wretchedly poor but very fertile.· Land is often not very fertile in the controlled zones and there is always the problem of military incursions or air raids. NOUN► area · Farmers, especially in the more fertile areas have resisted efforts to place controls on their practices.· In this country, the plains states and the Southwest are fertile areas for a wide variety of game breeding.· Las Vegas, capital of sin, hope and desperation in this country, is a fertile area for passengers. ► ground · I know that negotiations do not only constitute a bargaining process, but also serve as fertile ground for creativity.· Writers had not always found Black Mountain particularly fertile ground.· His inspiration fell on fertile ground, prepared by endless repetition.· Eller apparently wants access to the fertile ground of the I-19 corridor for his unsightly behemoths.· This is surely fertile ground for experimentation.· This is fertile ground for disequilibration of individuals' reasoning.· They are fertile ground for the emergence of an explicitly right-wing political force.· That was the fertile ground that produced the center. ► imagination · Even now no-one seems quite certain whether this was a fact, a half-fact or the product of a fertile imagination.· And like her own fertile imagination, it shelters any and all images that happen to drift into its confines.· Shakespeare has the most fertile imagination of all poets and is more than Homer's equal.· Artisans needed more than just fertile imaginations and a soft touch with a trowel to bring their work to life.· They come from Hollywood, they have fertile imaginations.· He is said to have been convivial, widely knowledgeable, with a fertile imagination and a whimsical sense of humour.· The twentieth century has witnessed the realisation of these objectives, perhaps even beyond the horizons of Paracelsus's fertile imagination. ► land · They are not concerned with particular local food requirements and they usually control the most fertile land for cash cropping.· For instance, fertile land and buckets of rain lead Iowans to plant corn.· Huge expanses of fertile land and unlimited supplies of water give it enormous productive potential.· He eventually came to Madeira where Zarco gave him the large area of fertile land around Madalena do Mar.· Access to the more fertile land taken over by foreign-owned companies?· The most fertile land lay towards Sikyon. ► mind · Male speaker Richard has a very fertile mind.· It's the product of a very fertile mind. ► plain · None knows like him to strew the wheaten Grain, Or drive the Plough-share o'er the fertile Plain.· When it dried up, the salts sank as the rains washed top soil down to create fertile plains. ► soil · This new and fertile soil rapidly developed her character and painting style.· These tender plants like a moist, well-draining and fertile soil.· Quince C Semi-dwarfing, used for strong-growing types, needs fertile soil.· It appreciates an acidic, fertile soil that drains well.· Agriculture flourished on the fertile soils of Kosovo and Metohija.· And it is fertile soil for a severe economic downturn in the post-cold war world economy.· Once you get a fertile soil, the bully boys tend to take over and only about half a dozen plants flourish.· They do best in a deep, fertile soil that is well drained, but does not seriously dry out. ► valley · A land of rich fertile valleys that reach up to touch the edge of wild moorland.· A shallow river had scooped a fertile valley out of the limestone mountains.· The almond trees grow in the fertile valleys of California, neatly planted in straight lines.· Nestled within these bleak volcanic highlands are fertile valleys filled with game plentiful enough to satisfy even the appetites of dragons. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► a fertile imagination/mind/brain Even now no-one seems quite certain whether this was a fact, a half-fact or the product of a fertile imagination. He is said to have been convivial, widely knowledgeable, with a fertile imagination and a whimsical sense of humour. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► breeding/fertile/proving ground His inspiration fell on fertile ground, prepared by endless repetition. On their arrival at the breeding grounds, male pied flycatchers find a suitable nesting site. The position required no athletic ability, but traditionally has served as a proving ground for Mississippi politicians. The race, the breeding ground, might be missed, both in sporting and traditional terms, should it cease. The unhygienic conditions of a stable were a breeding ground for all manner of disease and bacteria hazardous to a newborn. There are 22 events per year, and tracks range from Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground tote Mans. Where scum settles on wetted surfaces in kitchens, it creates an ideal breeding ground for bacteria. 1fertile land or soil is able to produce good crops: 800 acres of fertile cropland2able to produce babies, young animals, or new plants OPP infertile: Most men remain fertile into old age.3a fertile imagination/mind/brain an imagination, mind etc that is able to produce a lot of interesting and unusual ideas4[only before noun] a fertile situation is one in which something can easily develop and succeed: the fertile Philadelphia music scene
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