prolific

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /pɹəˈlɪf.ɪk/    美 /pɹəˈlɪf.ɪk/|/pɹəˈlɪf.ɪk/|/ˌpɹoʊˈlɪf.ɪk/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Fertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance, applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.
  2. Similarly producing results or performing deeds in abundance.
    — However appealing Antibes may be to migrant authors, indigenous ones are relatively scarce. A notable exception is Jacques Audiberti, Antibes-born novelist and prolific playwright who wrote in the turn-of-the-century surrealist style, with titles that translate as Slaughter, or In Favour of Infanticide.
  3. Of a flower: from which another flower is produced.
  4. Copious; plentiful; abundant.
    — The prolific bird life around the Inlet was thinning out but grey rosellas and zebras and painted finches made the bush merry[.]

词形变化

more prolific comparative most prolific superlative prolifick alternative

词汇关系

近义词
fertile
衍生词
antiprolific hyperprolific improlific nonprolific overprolific prolificacy prolifically prolification prolificity prolificness unprolific

词源

First use appears c. 1635. From French prolifique and its etymon Latin prōlificus, from prōlēs (“offspring”) + -ficus (“making”).
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