fecundity

英

美 [fəˈkʌndɪti]

n.  多产；富饶；肥沃; 产卵力；生殖力；结实性

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BNC.25096 / COCA.22711

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 肥沃的;丰腴的;多产的
  Land or soil that isfecundis able to support the growth of a large number of strong healthy plants.
  1. The pampas are still among the most fecund lands in the world...
     南美大草原仍然是世界上最肥沃的土地之一。
  2. Large animals are less fecund than small ones.
     大动物没有小动物繁殖能力强。
• ADJ-GRADED 有创造力的;成就斐然的;硕果累累的
  If you describe something asfecund, you approve of it because it produces a lot of good or useful things.
  1. It has now become clear how extraordinarily fecund a decade was the 1890s.
     现在已经很清楚 19 世纪 90 年代是多么超乎寻常、成就斐然的 10 年了。

英英释义

noun

• the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
  Synonym:fruitfulness
• the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
  Synonym:fruitfulness
• the state of being fertile
  Synonym:fertility

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