fertilize

• vt. 使受精；使肥沃

来自fertile, 能生育的。-ize, 使。

fertilize (v.)

1640s, "make fertile;" see fertile + -ize. Its biological sense of "unite with an egg cell" is first recorded 1859. Related: Fertilized; fertilizing.

1. It only takes one sperm to fertilize an egg.

只需要一个精子就能让卵子受精。

来自柯林斯例句

2. They hauled feedlot manure from the ranches to fertilize their fields.

他们从牧场的饲养场拖走肥料去肥田.

来自辞典例句

3. It is important to match varieties in order that they may cross - fertilize.

要配置的授粉品种必须是能互相授粉的.

来自辞典例句

4. Fertilizer is a substance put on land to fertilize it.

肥料是施在地里使之肥沃的物质.

来自辞典例句

5. Reading will fertilize his vocabulary.

阅读会丰富他的词汇.

来自辞典例句