прилагательное 1) плодородный; изобилующий, богатый Например: fertile imagination — богатое воображение The plains are fertile in / of native plants. — На равнинах растёт очень много характерных для этой местности растений. He was fertile in resources. — Он обладал огромным потенциалом. It was a family, singularly fertile of great men. — Это была семья, исключительно богатая великими людьми. Синоним(ы): fruitful, prolific 2) всхожий (о семенах); плодоносящий Синоним(ы): viable 3) способствующий плодородию, плодоношению, развитию Например: fertile climate — благоприятный, благодатный климат fertile debates — плодотворные дебаты fertile ground / field — благодатная почва to be / provide a fertile field for something — являться, служить благодатной почвой для чего-либо Germany in the 1920s and 30s was fertile ground for such ideas. — В двадцатых-тридцатых годах прошлого столетия Германия была благодатной почвой для таких идей. 4) [физика] делящийся
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adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French and Latin; Middle French, from Latin fertilis, from ferre to carry, bear — more at bear 1. a. producing or bearing fruit in great quantities; productive b. characterized by great resourcefulness of thought or imagination; inventive Example: a fertile mind c. obsolete plentiful 2. a. (1) capable of sustaining abundant plant growth Example: fertile soil (2) affording abundant possibilities for growth or development Example: damp bathrooms are fertile ground for fungi —Consumer Reports Example: a fertile area for research b. capable of growing or developing Example: a fertile egg c. (1) capable of producing fruit (2) of an anther containing pollen (3) developing spores or spore-bearing organs d. capable of breeding or reproducing 3. capable of being converted into fissionable material Example: fertile uranium 238 • fertilely adverb • fertileness noun Synonyms: fertile, fecund, fruitful, prolific mean producing or capable of producing offspring or fruit. fertile implies the power to reproduce in kind or to assist in reproduction and growth Example: fertile soil; applied figuratively, it suggests readiness of invention and development Example: a fertile imagination. fecund emphasizes abundance or rapidity in bearing fruit or offspring Example: a fecund herd. fruitful adds to fertile and fecund the implication of desirable or useful results Example: fruitful research. prolific stresses rapidity of spreading or multiplying by or as if by natural reproduction Example: a prolific writer.