fertile 音标拼音: [f'ɚtəl] [fɚt'ɑɪl]
a . 肥沃的,富饶的;丰富的;能繁殖的,可生育的
肥沃的,富饶的;丰富的;能繁殖的,可生育的
fertile adj 1 :
capable of reproducing [
ant : {
infertile }, {
sterile },
{
unfertile }]
2 :
intellectually productive ; "
a prolific writer "; "
a fecund imagination " [
synonym : {
fecund }, {
fertile }, {
prolific }]
3 :
bearing in abundance especially offspring ; "
flying foxes are extremely prolific "; "
a prolific pear tree " [
synonym : {
prolific },
{
fertile }]
4 :
marked by great fruitfulness ; "
fertile farmland "; "
a fat land "; "
a productive vineyard "; "
rich soil " [
synonym : {
fat },
{
fertile }, {
productive }, {
rich }]
Fertile \
Fer "
tile \ (?
or ?;
277 ),
a . [
L .
fertilis ,
fr .
ferre to bear ,
produce :
cf .
F .
fertile .
See {
Bear }
to support .]
1 .
Producing fruit or vegetation in abundance ;
fruitful ;
able to produce abundantly ;
prolific ;
fecund ;
productive ;
rich ;
inventive ;
as ,
fertile land or fields ;
a fertile mind or imagination .
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1913 Webster ]
Though he in a fertile climate dwell . --
Shak .
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2 . (
Bot .)
(
a )
Capable of producing fruit ;
fruit -
bearing ;
as ,
fertile flowers .
(
b )
Containing pollen ; --
said of anthers .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
produced in abundance ;
plenteous ;
ample .
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Henceforth ,
my early care . . .
Shall tend thee ,
and the fertile burden ease Of thy full branches . --
Milton .
Syn : {
Fertile }, {
Fruitful }.
Usage :
Fertile implies the inherent power of production ;
fruitful ,
the act .
The prairies of the West are fertile by nature ,
and are turned by cultivation into fruitful fields .
The same distinction prevails when these words are used figuratively .
A man of fertile genius has by nature great readiness of invention ;
one whose mind is fruitful has resources of thought and a readiness of application which enable him to think and act effectively .
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1913 Webster ]
90 Moby Thesaurus words for "
fertile ":
abounding ,
abundant ,
affluent ,
all -
sufficing ,
ample ,
aplenty ,
blooming ,
bottomless ,
bounteous ,
bountiful ,
bursting ,
bursting out ,
conceptive ,
conceptual ,
copious ,
creative ,
diffuse ,
effuse ,
epidemic ,
esemplastic ,
exhaustless ,
extravagant ,
exuberant ,
fat ,
fecund ,
flourishing ,
flush ,
fructiferous ,
fructuous ,
fruitful ,
full ,
galore ,
generative ,
generous ,
germinal ,
ideational ,
ideative ,
imaginative ,
in plenty ,
in quantity ,
inexhaustible ,
ingenious ,
inspired ,
inventive ,
lavish ,
liberal ,
lush ,
luxuriant ,
many ,
maximal ,
much ,
notional ,
numerous ,
opulent ,
original ,
originative ,
overflowing ,
plenitudinous ,
plenteous ,
plentiful ,
plenty ,
pregnant ,
prevailing ,
prevalent ,
prodigal ,
productive ,
profuse ,
profusive ,
proliferous ,
prolific ,
rampant ,
replete ,
rich ,
rife ,
riotous ,
running over ,
seminal ,
shaping ,
superabundant ,
swarming ,
teeming ,
thriving ,
uberous ,
visioned ,
wealthy ,
well -
found ,
well -
furnished ,
well -
provided ,
well -
stocked ,
wholesale
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