fertilize

英 [ˈfɜːtəlaɪz]

美 [ˈfɜːrtəlaɪz]

v.  使受精; 使受粉; 使受胎; 使受孕; 施肥于

过去分词：fertilized　第三人称单数：fertilizes　现在分词：fertilizing　过去式：fertilized　

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Collins.1 / BNC.24109 / COCA.13459

牛津词典

verb

• 使受精；使受粉；使受胎；使受孕
  to put pollen into a plant so that a seed develops; to join sperm with an egg so that a baby or young animal develops
  1. Flowers are often fertilized by bees as they gather nectar.
     花常在蜜蜂采蜜时受粉。
  2. a fertilized egg
     受精卵
• 施肥于
  to add a substance to soil to make plants grow more successfully

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 fertilise


• VERB 使受精;为…授粉
  When an egg from the ovary of a woman or female animalis fertilized, a sperm from the male joins with the egg, causing a baby or young animal to begin forming. A female plantis fertilizedwhen its reproductive parts come into contact with pollen from the male plant.
  1. Certain varieties cannot be fertilised with their own pollen.
     某些物种只能异花授粉。
  2. ...the normal sperm levels needed to fertilise the female egg...
     能让卵子受孕所需的正常精子水平
  3. Pregnancy begins when the fertilized egg is implanted in the wall of the uterus.
     当受精卵植入子宫壁时，妊娠就开始了。
• VERB 给…施肥;使肥沃
  Tofertilizeland means to improve its quality in order to make plants grow well on it, by spreading solid animal waste or a chemical mixture on it.
  1. The faeces contain nitrogen and it is that which fertilises the desert soil.
     粪便含氮，而正是氮可以肥化荒芜的土地。
  2. ...chemically fertilized fields.
     施用化肥的田地

英英释义

verb

• introduce semen into (a female)
  Synonym:inseminatefecundatefertilise
• provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
  1. We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants
  Synonym:fertilisefeed
• make fertile or productive
  1. The course fertilized her imagination
  Synonym:fecundatefertilise

双语例句

• A way to encourage larger yields and fertilize the soil is to help the production of nitrogen.
  一种增加产量肥沃土壤的方法，就是帮助氮肥的产生。
• Bees fertilize the flowers.
  蜜蜂使花受精。
• It only takes one sperm to fertilize an egg.
  只需要一个精子就能让卵子受精。
• She also explains how best to fertilize and water your tomatoes and what dangers might threaten your harvest.
  她还解释了怎样最好地为你的番茄施肥和浇水，以及哪些因素可能会影响收成。
• The students use the mixture to fertilize the soil instead of buying chemical fertilizers that could harm the environment.
  学生用混合物作为土壤的肥料而不是使用对环境有损坏的化学肥料。
• Plant, fertilize, cultivate, spray, irrigate and harvest crops.
  种植，施肥，培育，喷洒，灌溉和收获作物。
• Once the eels arrive, the females lay their eggs and the males fertilize them.
  一旦这些鳗鱼抵达了目的地，雌鳗鱼就会产卵而雄鳗鱼就会给它们授精。
• I help my father fertilize the crops.
  我帮助父亲给农作物施肥。
• How to fertilize your lawn will be an ongoing task that will change with the needs of your soil.
  您如何施肥草坪将是一项持续性的工作，需要改变你的土壤。
• Fertilize a few times between the spring and fall.
  在春季和秋季之间要施肥。