| 单词 | fertile |
| 释义 | fertile (once / 189 pages) adj The word fertile means "able to reproduce," but like so many words, that's just the beginning. The fact that she gave birth to eight kids was proof that she was fertile; her fertile imagination explained their unusual names. The distance between fertile's literal meaning (able to make babies) and its figurative ones (productive, prolific, full of potential) is small. A child's mind is a fertile place; an idea can grow there very easily. Rabbits are famously fertile creatures; they can spawn several generations in a matter of months. And "fertile ground" can be arable land or a situation that provides the perfect opportunity. The Latin root, fertilis, means "bearing in abundance, fruitful, or productive," from ferre, "to bear." WORD FAMILYfertile: fertilely, fertilest, fertilise, fertility, fertilize, fertily, infertile, unfertile+/fertilisation: self-fertilisation/fertilise: cross-fertilise, fertilisation, fertilised, fertiliser, fertilises, fertilising/fertilised: self-fertilised, unfertilised/fertiliser: fertilisers/fertility: antifertility, fertilities/fertilization: fertilizations, self-fertilization/fertilize: cross-fertilize, fertilizable, fertilization, fertilized, fertilizer, fertilizes, fertilizing/fertilized: self-fertilized, unfertilized/fertilizer: fertilizers/infertile: infertility/infertility: infertilities USAGE EXAMPLESWhat the report highlights is the need for agriculture to continue in this fertile valley. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Turkey's climate of insecurity was fertile ground for the defining moment of this year. BBC(Dec 26, 2016) It is these ties, however, that are expected to be fertile ground of investigation for senators who must confirm his selection as Treasury secretary. New York Times(Dec 19, 2016) 1adj capable of reproducing Syn|Ant conceptive, impregnable capable of conceiving fecundcapable of producing offspring or vegetation fertilizablecapable of being fertilized rankvery fertile; producing profuse growth fruitfulproductive or conducive to producing in abundance potent, stiff, stronghaving a strong physiological or chemical effect productiveproducing or capable of producing (especially abundantly) infertile, sterile, unfertile incapable of reproducing barrennot bearing offspring sterilised, sterilizedmade infertile unfertilised, unfertilized, unimpregnatednot having been fertilized unfruitfulnot fruitful; not conducive to abundant production impotentlacking power or ability unproductivenot producing or capable of producing 2adj bearing in abundance especially offspring Syn prolific fruitful productive or conducive to producing in abundance 3adj marked by great fruitfulness fertile farmland Syn fat, productive, rich fruitful productive or conducive to producing in abundance 4adj intellectually productive Syn fecund, prolific productive producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly) |
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