fertile

adjective

/ˈfɜːtaɪl/

/ˈfɜːrtl/

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(of land or soil) that plants grow well in
- a fertile region/valley
opposite infertile
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- barren
- fertile
- landscape
- lush
- mountainous
- rolling
- rugged
- undulating
- volcanic
- wooded
Topics Geographyc1, Farmingc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- look
- become
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
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(of people, animals or plants) that can produce babies, young animals, fruit or new plants
- The treatment has been tested on healthy fertile women under the age of 35.
- women who proved particularly fertile
opposite infertileTopics Biologyc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- look
- become
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
See full entry
[usually before noun] that produces good results; that encourages activity
- a fertile partnership
- The region at the time was fertile ground for revolutionary movements (= there were the necessary conditions for them to develop easily).
- a fertile source of argument/dispute
- The fall of the old regime provided fertile ground for opportunism.
[usually before noun] (of a person’s mind or imagination) that produces a lot of new ideas
- the product of a fertile imagination
- the product of a fertile brain/mind

compare sterile

Word Originlate Middle English: via French from Latin fertilis, from ferre ‘to bear’.

单词	fertile
释义	fertile adjective /ˈfɜːtaɪl/ /ˈfɜːrtl/ jump to other results (of land or soil) that plants grow well in a fertile region/valley opposite infertile Wordfinder barren fertile landscape lush mountainous rolling rugged undulating volcanic wooded Topics Geographyc1, Farmingc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be look become … adverb extremely fairly very … See full entry (of people, animals or plants) that can produce babies, young animals, fruit or new plants The treatment has been tested on healthy fertile women under the age of 35. women who proved particularly fertile opposite infertileTopics Biologyc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be look become … adverb extremely fairly very … See full entry [usually before noun] that produces good results; that encourages activity a fertile partnership The region at the time was fertile ground for revolutionary movements (= there were the necessary conditions for them to develop easily). a fertile source of argument/dispute The fall of the old regime provided fertile ground for opportunism. [usually before noun] (of a person’s mind or imagination) that produces a lot of new ideas the product of a fertile imagination the product of a fertile brain/mind compare sterile Word Originlate Middle English: via French from Latin fertilis, from ferre ‘to bear’.
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