fertilise

• 动词，指向土壤或植物施肥料以促进生长，也指使受精、使受孕，或使土地变得肥沃。

A verb meaning to apply fertilizer to soil or plants, or to make fertile.

1. Make fertile or productiveB2formalscientific

   To make soil or land capable of producing abundant crops or vegetation.

   施肥

   • Farmers fertilise the fields before planting season.
   • The volcanic ash helped fertilise the surrounding land.
   • Crop rotation can naturally fertilise the soil.

   同义词compostconditiondressenrichfeedimprovemanuremulch

   反义词depleteexhauststerilize

2. Provide with fertilizers or add nutrients toB2formalscientific

   To add natural or chemical substances to soil to improve its quality and increase plant growth.

   施肥

   • Gardeners fertilise their plants with compost every spring.
   • The company produces products to fertilise large agricultural areas.
   • You should fertilise the lawn after the first rain.

   同义词compostdressenrichfeedmanurenourishtopdress

   反义词depleteexhauststerilize

3. Introduce semen into a femaleB2formalscientific

   To cause an egg or female reproductive cell to start developing into a new living thing by combining it with a male cell.

   使受精

   • The sperm must fertilise the egg for pregnancy to occur.
   • In vitro fertilisation is a common medical procedure.
   • Bees help fertilise flowers by transferring pollen.

   同义词fecundateimpregnateinseminate