fecund

• adj. 肥沃的；多产的；丰饶的；生殖力旺盛的

来自拉丁词根fe, 吮吸，吸奶，乳汁，拟声词，词源同female, felicity. 原义为多奶的，引申词义多产的，肥沃的。

fecund

fecund: see foetus

fecund (adj.)

a 16c. Latinizing revision of the spelling of Middle English fecond (early 15c.), from Middle French fecond (Old French fecont "fruitful"), from Latin fecundus "fruitful, fertile, productive; rich, abundant," from *fe-kwondo-, suffixed form (adjectival) of Latin root *fe-, corresponding to PIE *dhe(i)- "to suck, suckle," also "produce, yield."

Cognates include: Sanskrit dhayati "sucks," dhayah "nourishing;" Greek thele "mother's breast, nipple," thelys "female, fruitful;" Old Church Slavonic dojiti "to suckle," dojilica "nurse," deti "child;" Lithuanian dele "leech;" Old Prussian dadan "milk;" Gothic daddjan "to suckle;" Old Swedish dia "suckle;" Old High German tila "female breast;" Old Irish denaim "I suck," dinu "lamb."

Also from the same Latin root come felare "to suck;" femina "woman" (*fe-mna-, literally "she who suckles"); felix "happy, auspicious, fruitful;" fetus "offspring, pregnancy;" fenum "hay" (probably literally "produce"); and probably filia/filius "daughter/son," assimilated from *felios, originally "a suckling."

1. Large animals are less fecund than small ones.

大动物没有小动物繁殖能力强。

来自柯林斯例句

2. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

3. 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。

来自辞典例句

4. This is a fecund animal.

这是一只多产的动物.

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5. They have a fecund soil.

他们有肥沃的土地.

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