英语词汇“pullulate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pullulate

/ˈpʌljʊleɪt

verb [no object] (often as adjective pullulating)

1Breed or spread prolifically or rapidly: a pullulating little swarm of fish...

And books, everywhere, sprouting like mushrooms in a greenhouse, pullulating on shelves, in shoots that teeter at navel height like cubist stalagmites.
The hardest, foulest, most odious fact of all that he has to acknowledge is that much of his uncle, blood-kin truly, as of his mother, and no doubt his greatly admired father as well, is pullulating in him and in all of us.
People have had patches of their skin sterilized: cleaned of all those pullulating bacterial parasites.

1.1Be very crowded and lively: our pullulating megalopolis...

Although he never married, Hooker's flat on the Brighton sea-front pullulated with friends, widows of friends and innumerable godchildren.
This was early Tharp, and pullulated with groundbreaking ideas.
Lilywhite wards and the astringent smell of disinfectant had turned into a sad and pullulating slum, the saving grace being the medical orderlies who had refused to surrender.

Derivatives

pullulation

/pʌljʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ noun ...

A big-book writer launching himself at hard subjects like war and race and sex and ‘pullulation’ and America's remarkable decline.
In some areas, this pullulation of alternatives has few costs.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin pullulat- 'sprouted', from the verb pullulare, from pullulus, diminutive of pullus 'young animal'.

单词	pullulate
释义	pullulate /ˈpʌljʊleɪt / verb [no object] (often as adjective pullulating) 1Breed or spread prolifically or rapidly: a pullulating little swarm of fish... And books, everywhere, sprouting like mushrooms in a greenhouse, pullulating on shelves, in shoots that teeter at navel height like cubist stalagmites. The hardest, foulest, most odious fact of all that he has to acknowledge is that much of his uncle, blood-kin truly, as of his mother, and no doubt his greatly admired father as well, is pullulating in him and in all of us. People have had patches of their skin sterilized: cleaned of all those pullulating bacterial parasites. 1.1Be very crowded and lively: our pullulating megalopolis... Although he never married, Hooker's flat on the Brighton sea-front pullulated with friends, widows of friends and innumerable godchildren. This was early Tharp, and pullulated with groundbreaking ideas. Lilywhite wards and the astringent smell of disinfectant had turned into a sad and pullulating slum, the saving grace being the medical orderlies who had refused to surrender. Derivatives pullulation /pʌljʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ noun ... A big-book writer launching himself at hard subjects like war and race and sex and ‘pullulation’ and America's remarkable decline. In some areas, this pullulation of alternatives has few costs. Origin Early 17th century: from Latin pullulat- 'sprouted', from the verb pullulare, from pullulus, diminutive of pullus 'young animal'.
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