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单词 fertile
释义

fertileadjective

uk/ˈfɜː.taɪl/us/ˈfɝː.t̬əl/

fertile adjective (LAND)

C2 Fertile land can produce a large number of good quality crops.

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barren

Examples

  • The ploughed earth looked rich and dark and fertile.
  • In order to turn the deserts into fertile and productive land, engineers built an 800-mile canal.
  • Organic farmers don't put chemicals into the soil, but keep it fertile by growing clover and adding manure.
  • These plants need a moist fertile soil and a sheltered position.
  • The corn grows waist-high in these fertile fields.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Fertile or infertile land

  • barren
  • bread basket
  • cultivable
  • denude
  • exuberant
  • fallow
  • fertility
  • granary
  • hospitable
  • hostile
  • infertile
  • luscious
  • lush
  • luxuriant
  • marginal land
  • overgrown
  • rank
  • rich
  • sterile
  • verdant

fertile adjective (PEOPLE/ANIMALS/PLANTS)

Fertile animals or plants are able to produce (a lot of) young or fruit:

People get less fertile as they get older.
Opposite
infertile

A fertile seed or egg is able to develop into a new plant or animal.

More examples

  • Cats become fertile at about 6 months old.
  • Women become less fertile as their age increases.
  • To improve your chances of conceiving, you should know at what time in your menstrual cycle you are most fertile.
  • The tests showed that you are perfectly fertile and that, in theory, you should be able to have a family.
  • The female laid sixteen fertile eggs, each resulting in a healthy chick.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Animal reproduction

  • asexual
  • asexual reproduction
  • bird
  • breed
  • egg
  • embryo
  • embryonic
  • estrogen
  • fertilize
  • incubate
  • infertile
  • inseminate
  • lamb
  • mate
  • ova
  • reproduction
  • seminal
  • spawning ground
  • spermatozoon
  • the birds and the bees idiom

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fertile adjective (IMAGINATION)

A fertile mind or imagination is active and produces a lot of interesting and unusual ideas.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Imagining and conceiving

  • a reach of the imagination idiom
  • assume
  • blue-sky
  • conceivable
  • conceive
  • conceptualize
  • dream
  • feel
  • fertility
  • foundation
  • grant
  • look on/upon sb/sth as sth
  • mind
  • picture
  • presumption
  • put
  • put yourself in sb's place/position/shoes idiom
  • reckon
  • riot
  • suspicion

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Idiom(s)

fertile ground for sth
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