| 单词 | proliferate |
| 释义 | proliferate (once / 2811 pages) v When something proliferates, it's growing, spreading or multiplying really quickly. Bunny rabbits have a habit of proliferating, as do dandelions in untended gardens and funny YouTube videos on the internet. Proliferate was originally a biological term used to describe the growth of cells and producing offspring. It wasn’t until 1961 that we started to use proliferate more generally to talk about everything from the spread of nuclear weapons to the wide growth of Walmart. Other similar words include expand, reproduce, snowball, and spawn. WORD FAMILYproliferate: proliferated, proliferates, proliferating, proliferation+/proliferation: non-proliferation, nonproliferation, proliferations USAGE EXAMPLESAs pests proliferate, scientists seek to contain them. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Versions of the story and speculation over its origins proliferate on the internet. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) Financial firms are increasingly appointing "chief data officers" as cooperation agreements between financial firms and data providers proliferate, the regulators said. Reuters(Dec 19, 2016) 1v grow rapidly Pizza parlors proliferate in this area Hyper grow become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain 2v cause to grow or increase rapidly We must not proliferate nuclear arms Hyper manifold, multiply combine or increase by multiplication |
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