fertile

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈfɜːtaɪl/|/ˈfɜːtəl/    美 /ˈfɝːtəl/|/ˈfɝːtaɪl/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.
  2. Of one's imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific. figuratively
  3. Capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful.
    — Most women at the age of fifty are not fertile.
  4. Capable of developing past the egg stage.
  5. Not itself fissile, but able to be converted into a fissile material by irradiation in a reactor.
    — There are two basic fertile materials: uranium-238 and thorium-232.

词形变化

more fertile comparative most fertile superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
cross-fertile equifertile fertile as a turtle Fertile Belt Fertile Crescent fertilely Fertile Valley fertiloscope fertiloscopy hyperfertile hypofertile interfertile nonfertile overfertile postfertile prefertile self-fertile semifertile superfertile unfertile
相关词
fertilisation fertilization fertilise fertilize fertiliser fertilizer fertility fertileness subfertile

词源

From Middle English, from Middle French fertile, from Old French fertile, from Latin fertilis (“fruitful, fertile”), from ferō (“to bear, carry”).
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