Dictionary Workbench Ondict

fecund

Dictionary entry view. Switch to definition mode above when you know the meaning but not the word.

fecund

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fec·und /ˈfekənd, ˈfiːkənd/ adjective formal  HBLOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTable to produce many children, young animals, or crops 生殖力旺盛的;多产的 SYN fertilefecundity /fɪˈkʌndəti/ noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
fecundIndeed, many of the women were unusually fecund.fecund agricultural landOne of these was the forceful Bantam, pre-eminent among the fecund Marshend females.And its business, of course, at this fecund point of the year, was that of survival - survival and reproduction.The ultimate evolutionary victory, on the theistic hypothesis, does not go to the most ruthless exterminators and most fecund replicators.You can smell the fecund rot of the jungle in every headline.The result was that Dahomean kings were very fecund, while ordinary Dahomean men were often celibate and barren.Certain questions were asked only of currently married fecund women.
Origin fecund (1300-1400) French fécond, from Latin fecundus
fec·und adjectiveChineseSyllable
children, many produce Corpus animals, young to able


fecund
fecund /ˈfekənd, ˈfiːkənd/ adjective formal
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: French
 Origin: fécond, from Latin fecundus
able to produce many children, young animals, or crops
   SYN  fertile
—fecundity /fɪˈkʌndəti, fɪˈkʌndɪti/ noun [uncountable]


fec·undBrE /ˈfiːkənd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfiːkənd/ 🔊BrE /ˈfekənd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfekənd/ 🔊 adjective (formal) able to produce a lot of children, crops, etc. 生殖力旺盛的;多产的 SYN fertile producing new and useful things, especially ideas 有发明创造力的;(尤指)能提出新颖想法的 fe·cund·ity BrE /fɪˈkʌndəti/ 🔊NAmE /fɪˈkʌndəti/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]