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肥沃,丰饶,生产力

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fertility \Fer*til"i*ty\, n. [L. fertilitas: cf. F.
   fertilit['e].]
   The state or quality of being fertile or fruitful;
   fruitfulness; productiveness; fecundity; richness; abundance
   of resources; fertile invention; quickness; readiness; as,
   the fertility of soil, or of imagination. ``fertility of
   resource.'' --E. Everett.

         And all her husbandry doth lie on heaps Corrupting in
         its own fertility.                       --Shak.

         Thy very weeds are beautiful; thy waste More rich than
         other climes' fertility.                 --Byron.

资料来源 : WordNet®

fertility
     n 1: the ratio of live births in an area to the population of
          that area; expressed per 1000 population per year [syn:
          {birthrate}, {birth rate}, {fertility rate}, {natality}]
     2: the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
        [syn: {fecundity}] [ant: {sterility}]
     3: the property of producing abundantly and sustaining growth;
        "he praised the richness of the soil" [syn: {richness}, {prolificacy}]