| 单词 | fecundity |
| 释义 | fecundity (once / 8079 pages) n Fecundity means fruitfulness and fertility, the ability to produce abundant healthy growth or offspring. What a wonderful word fecundity is! It refers to a powerful productivity, usually in the area of natural growth, either from the earth or by human reproduction. But it can also be used to describe great mental ability and creativity, the ability to create intellectual products. In any case, fecundity has a positive sense, suggesting healthy growth of life-forms and mental abilities. WORD FAMILYfecundity: fecundities+/fecund: fecundity USAGE EXAMPLESThey questioned the fecundity of Rauner’s caps on rate hikes. Washington Times(Dec 06, 2016) “The idea was, all these things happen simultaneously in our lives — decay and fecundity,” Mr. Sultan said. New York Times(Jul 14, 2016) The gestures conceal her sex and fecundity yet simultaneously draw attention to those attributes, both physical and conceptual. Los Angeles Times(Jun 17, 2016) 1n the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring Syn|Ant|Hyper fertility infertility, sterility the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state the condition or state of the body or bodily functions 2n the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper fruitfulness aridity, barrenness, fruitlessness the quality of yielding nothing of value fertility, prolificacy, rankness, richness the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth productiveness, productivitythe quality of being productive or having the power to produce quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone 3n the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination Syn|Hyper fruitfulness creative thinking, creativeness, creativity the ability to create |
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