单词 | prolific |
释义 | prolific —prolificacy /preuh lif"i keuh see/, prolificity /proh'leuh fis"i tee/, prolificness, n. —prolifically, adv. /preuh lif"ik/, adj. 1. producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree. 2. producing in large quantities or with great frequency; highly productive: a prolific writer. 3. profusely productive or fruitful (often fol. by in or of): a bequest prolific of litigations. 4. characterized by abundant production: a prolific year for tomatoes. [1640-50; < ML prolificus fertile. See PROLICIDE, -FIC] Syn. 1, 2. teeming, fecund, abundant. See productive. Ant. 1. barren. |
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