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

prolific

/prəˈlɪfɪk

adjective

1(Of a plant, animal, or person) producing much fruit or foliage or many offspring: in captivity tigers are prolific breeders...

Both are frequently images of creativity: rabbits are prolific and snakes shed their skins and grow new ones as an act of renewal.
It is one of Britain's most prolific weeds, with its creeping, fanned leaves having taken over large swathes of countryside.
Backs of vacant houses create a poor impression at the Docks, where weeds were quite prolific on the gravel areas.

Synonyms

productive, creative, inventive, fertile

1.1(Of an artist, author, or composer) producing many works: he was a prolific composer of operas...

A prolific poet and author, he appears for the time being to have put down his pen.
She is also a prolific composer of ballads in English and Irish.
Beamish is one of the best-known names in classical music, and Britain's most prolific composer of concertos.

1.2(Of a sports player) high-scoring: a prolific goalscorer...

In fact, the line-backer has been a more prolific scorer this season than many offensive players throughout the league.
Missing some of their regular players including their prolific scorer, Thomas Doyle, they still managed to gain a point from this fixture.
They aren't the most prolific scorers in the league but their goals come from all over the team and with a solid back four they are third in the league on merit.

2Present in large numbers or quantities; plentiful: mahogany was once prolific in the tropical forests...

Forty-six species of wildlife have been identified here and the bird life is prolific.
Restricted movement causes increased pollution and traffic lights are becoming so prolific there must be a drain on power supplies.
What has changed is that this technology has become prolific.

Synonyms

plentiful, abundant, bountiful, profuse, copious, luxuriant, rich, lush, proliferative;

fertile, fruitful, fecund;

rife, rank

literary plenteous, bounteous

rare proliferous

2.1Characterized by plentiful wildlife or produce: the prolific rivers around Galway...

The Dee in Aberdeenshire, once a highly prolific spring river, continues to suffer from a dreadful lack of these big early salmon.
From Cape Wrath to Campbeltown, once prolific river systems have been denuded of their most precious asset.
Beats higher up the river are often more prolific this late in the season with fish running hard to the middle and upper stretches.

Derivatives

prolificacy

/ˌprəˈlɪfɪkəsi/ noun ...

Despite their solidly middle-class roots, the Boultings offered an example of how enthusiastic hopefuls could carve a name for themselves in film from the bottom up through sheer determination and prolificacy.
Syrie Johnson goes behind the scenes at the Oscars and finds a prolificacy of pampering, plucking, pinching and preening - all in the pursuit of celebrity
Their side benefited most from the prolificacy of their neighbours, but Jim Duffy's men hovered steadfastly in a holding pattern without achieving lift off.

prolifically

/prəˈlɪfɪk(ə)li

/ adverb ...

There is quite a bit of maintenance, as everyone knows we shed hair prolifically and when wearing extensions the real hair cannot escape, as it's attached to the extension.
In aromatherapy, many essential oils often used as anti-depressants, such as jasmine, rose, neroli, rosemary and lavender, are extracted from plants that flower most prolifically in spring and summer.
As someone who rails prolifically against the irrelevance of political science to actual politics, I would have been glad to talk about whether blogging may help make scholarship more relevant.

prolificness

noun ...

Geeks get their credibility and prolificness out of sharing everything - put it in public and the public organizes it for you.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin prolificus, from Latin proles 'offspring' (see proliferous).