每日英语单词35:fertile


今日单词

fertile

adj.  肥沃的; 可繁殖的; 想象力丰富的;

形近词

 

 

infertile

adj.  不能生育的,不结果实的; 贫瘠的,不毛的;

fertilize

vt.  使肥沃;  使受孕;  施肥;

reptile

n.  爬行动物;  卑鄙的人;

adj.  爬虫类的;  卑鄙的;

textile

n.  纺织品,织物; 纺织业;

近义词

abundant;ruch




fertile  
英[ˈfɜ:taɪl]   美 [ˈfɜ:rtl] 
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adj.  肥沃的; 可繁殖的; 想象力丰富的;
词根:fert带来,拿来+ile…的→能带来粮食→fertile肥沃的
① (ADJ-GRADED) (土地、土壤)肥沃的,丰腴的 
Land or soil that is fertile is able to support the growth of a large number of strong healthyplants.
● ...fertile soil. 
肥沃的土地
② (ADJ-GRADED) 主意多的;富有创意的 
A fertile mind orimagination is able to produce a lot of good, original ideas.
● ...a product of Flynn'sfertile imagination... 
弗林丰富想象力的产物
③ (ADJ-GRADED) (环境或条件)易于…的,有助于…的,适于…的 
A situation or environment that is fertile in relation to a particular activity or feeling encourages the activity or feeling.
● ...a fertile breedingground for this kind of violent racism. 
易于滋生这种极端种族主义的温床
④ (ADJ-GRADED) 能生育的;可繁殖的 
A person or animal thatis fertile is able to reproduce and have babies or young.
● The operation cannot bereversed to make her fertile again. 
手术结果不可逆转,无法让她恢复生育能力。
 
形近词:
1、infertile
英 [ɪnˈfɜ:taɪl]   美[ɪnˈfɜrtl] 
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adj.  不能生育的,不结果实的; 贫瘠的,不毛的;
词根:in不+fertile肥沃的,能生育的→infertile不毛的,不能生育的
① (ADJ) (人或动物)不能生育的 
A person or animal that is infertile is unable to produce babies.
● According to onesurvey, one woman in eight is infertile. 
据我们调查,八分之一的女性不能生育。
② (ADJ-GRADED) (土壤)不肥沃的,贫瘠的 
Infertile soil is of poor quality so that plants cannot grow in it.
● The polluted waste isoften dumped, making the surrounding land infertile. 
被污染的废物经常被随意倒掉,周边土地因此而变得很贫瘠。
 
2、fertilize
英 [ˈfɜ:təlaɪz]   美[ˈfɜrtəlaɪz] 
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vt.  使肥沃;使受孕; 施肥;
词根:fert带来,拿来+il=ile…的+ize表动词→施肥带来粮食→施肥;受精
① (VERB) 使受精;为…授粉 
When an egg from the ovary of a woman or female animal is fertilized, a sperm from the male joins with the egg, causing a baby or young animal to begin forming. A female plantis fertilized when its reproductive parts come into contact with pollen fromthe male plant.
● Certain varietiescannot be fertilised with their own pollen. 
某些物种只能异花授粉。
② (VERB) 给…施肥;使肥沃 
To fertilize land means to improve its quality in order to make plants grow well on it, by spreading solid animal waste or a chemical mixture on it.
● The faeces containnitrogen and it is that which fertilises the desert soil. 
粪便含氮,而正是氮可以肥化荒芜的土地。
 
3、reptile
英 [ˈreptaɪl]   美 [ˈrɛptɪl, -ˌtaɪl] 
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n.  爬行动物; 卑鄙的人;
adj.  爬虫类的; 卑鄙的;
词根:rept爬+ile表名词→reptile爬行动物        
① (N-COUNT) 爬行动物 
Reptiles are a group of cold-blooded animals which have skins covered with small hard plates calledscales and lay eggs. Snakes, lizards, and crocodiles are reptiles.
 
4、textile
英 [ˈtekstaɪl]   美[ˈtɛksˌtaɪl, -təl] 
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n.  纺织品,织物;纺织业;
① (N-COUNT) 织物;纺织品
Textiles are types of cloth or fabric, especially ones that have been woven.
● ...decorative textilesfor the home. 
家用装饰织品
② (N-PLURAL) 纺织业 
Textiles are the industries concerned with the manufacture of cloth.
● Another 75,000 jobswill be lost in textiles and clothing. 
纺织和服装业又要减少 75,000 个工作岗位。
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