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单词 pullulate
释义 pul·lu·late
\ˈpəlyəˌlāt, usu -ād.+V\ intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin pullulatus, past participle of pullulare to sprout, from pullulus young of an animal, chick, sprout, diminutive of pullus young of an animal — more at foal
1.
 a. : to send out shoots or show signs of growth : bud, germinate
 b. : to breed rapidly : produce abundantly
  < his muse pullulates with dizzying speed — Victor Purcell >
2.
 a. : to increase rapidly : become abundant : multiply
  < in the course of the argument, the most enormous errors of fact … simply pullulate — George Saintsbury >
 b. : swarm, teem
  < the bleak ground pullulates with jackrabbits — A.J.Liebling >
  < the pavements of hell pullulate with liars, thieves, murderers — Bruce Marshall >
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