English Dictionary

fertile

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfɜːtaɪl/

形容詞

比喩的用法

Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive. / (figuratively) Of one's imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific. / Capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful.

日本語の意味

土地などが豊かな作物を育てる能力があり、肥沃または生産性が高い状態。 / 比喩的に、想像力やアイデアなどが豊かで、積極的かつ生産的である状態。 / 生物が繁殖する力が強く、実り多い状態。

After years of careful irrigation and composting, the farmers turned the once barren valley into fertile soil that produced record harvests.

何年にもわたる入念な灌漑と堆肥作りの結果、農民たちはかつて不毛だった谷を肥沃な土壌に変え、記録的な収穫をあげた。

意味（1）

Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.

意味（2）

(figuratively) Of one's imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific.

意味（3）

Capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful.

Most women at the age of fifty are not fertile.

意味（4）

Capable of developing past the egg stage.

意味（5）

(physics) Not itself fissile, but able to be converted into a fissile material by irradiation in a reactor.

There are two basic fertile materials: uranium-238 and thorium-232.

more fertile （ comparative ）

most fertile （ superlative ）