fertile

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fer·tile /ˈfɜːtaɪl $ ˈfɜːrtl/ ●○○ adjective  1  TASfertile land or soil is able to produce good crops 肥沃的，富饶的 800 acres of fertile cropland 800英亩的肥沃耕地2  HBable to produce babies, young animals, or new plants 可繁殖的，能生育的；能结果的 OPP infertile Most men remain fertile into old age. 大多数男子直到老年还有生育能力。3. a fertile imagination/mind/brain IDEAan imagination, mind etc that is able to produce a lot of interesting and unusual ideas 丰富的想象力/主意多[有创造性]的头脑4  [only before noun]SITUATION a fertile situation is one in which something can easily develop and succeed 有助于…发展的 the fertile Philadelphia music scene 费城这片音乐沃土

Examples from the Corpus

fertile• That is why science has been so fertile.• The valley was fertile, and a good crop was a near certainty.• In this country, the plains states and the Southwest are fertile areas for a wide variety of game breeding.• He brought the fertile blackness of the earth with him.• fertile farmland• I know that negotiations do not only constitute a bargaining process, but also serve as fertile ground for creativity.• While most men remain fertile into old age, women do not.• Journey north through the fertile Kikuyu heartland to Nyeri where a buffet lunch will be served at the Outspan Hotel.• For instance, fertile land and buckets of rain lead Iowans to plant corn.• That period had made the city a fertile news ground for freelancers such as myself.• Farmers left the rocky hills of New England for the fertile plains of the Middle West.• This was a fertile source of incomprehension between him and Ellen.• This shrub likes sun and water as well as a fertile well-drained soil.Origin fertile (1400-1500) French Latin ferre “to carry, bear”

fer·tile adjectiveChineseSyllable  

soil Corpus fertile is land able or to

fertile
fer‧tile /ˈfɜːtaɪl $ ˈfɜːrtl/ adjective1. fertile land or soil is able to produce good crops:
    800 acres of fertile cropland
2. able to produce babies, young animals, or new plants
   OPP  infertile:
    Most men remain fertile into old age.
3. a fertile imagination/mind/brain an imagination, mind etc that is able to produce a lot of interesting and unusual ideas
4. [only before noun] a fertile situation is one in which something can easily develop and succeed:
    the fertile Philadelphia music scene

fer·tileBrE /ˈfɜːtaɪl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfɜːrtl/ 🔊 adjective(of land or soil 土地或土壤) that plants grow well in 肥沃的；富饶的◆a fertile region富饶的地区 OPP infertile

barren, fertile, landscape, lush, mountainous, rolling, rugged, undulate, volcanic, wooded

(of people, animals or plants 人或动植物) that can produce babies, young animals, fruit or new plants 能生育的；可繁殖的；能结果的◆The treatment has been tested on healthy fertile women under the age of 35. 这个疗法已对 35 岁以下能生育的健康妇女进行了试验。🔊🔊 OPP infertile [usually before noun] that produces good results; that encourages activity 能产生好结果的；促进的◆a fertile partnership有成效的合伙关系◆The region at the time was fertile ground for revolutionary movements (= there were the necessary conditions for them to develop easily). 当时该地区是革命运动的沃土。🔊🔊 [usually before noun] (of a person's mind or imagination 人的思想或想象力) that produces a lot of new ideas 点子多的；想象力丰富的◆the product of a fertile imagination 想象力丰富的产物  ➡  compare sterile