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单词 pullulate
释义
pullulate
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v

WORD FAMILY
pullulate: pullulated, pullulates, pullulating, pullulation+/pullulation: pullulations
USAGE EXAMPLES
Records attesting to his death were pullulating like insect eggs and verifying each other beyond all contendon.
Joseph Heller, Catch-22(1961)
The long narrative paragraphs and clearly recurring motifs intertwine and pullulate, drawing the ear and interest along.
Washington Post(Apr 28, 2016)
Hope, who disparaged the country as a land “Where second hand Europeans pullulate / Timidly on the edge of alien shores.”
New York Times(Apr 11, 2014)
1v produce buds, branches, or germinate
Syn|Hyper
bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, shoot, sprout, spud
germinate
cause to grow or sprout
grow
increase in size by natural process
2v breed freely and abundantly
Hyper
breed, multiply
have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
3v become abundant; increase rapidly
Hyper
increase
become bigger or greater in amount
4v be teeming, be abuzz
her mind pullulated with worries
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
swarm, teem
crawl
be full of
buzz, hum, seethe
be noisy with activity
5v move in large numbers
beggars pullulated in the plaza
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
pour, stream, swarm, teem
pour out, spill out, spill over
be disgorged
crowd, crowd together
to gather together in large numbers
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