fertile

形容词 adj.
/ˈfɜːtaɪl/|/ˈfɜːtəl/    /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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