fertilize

动词 fertilize:

1. provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
   同义词：fertilise, feed
2. make fertile or productive
   同义词：fecundate, fertilise
3. introduce semen into (a female)
   同义词：inseminate, fecundate, fertilise

1. Bees fertilize the flowers.
   蜜蜂使花受精。
2. Flowers are often fertilized by bees as they gather nectar.
   蜜蜂采蜜时常使花受粉。
3. The bees may fertilize flowers when they collect nectar.
   蜜蜂采集花粉时会使花授粉。
4. The peasants fertilize the field by using manure.
   农民们施肥来使土地肥沃。

fer.til.ize

v.（动词）
fer.til.ized,fer.til.iz.ing,fer.til.iz.es
v.tr.（及物动词）
To cause the fertilization of (an ovum, for example).
使（如卵子）受精、受胎
To make (soil, for example) fertile:
使肥沃：
例句：
Compost fertilizes the soil.
堆肥使土地肥沃

To spread fertilizer on:
施肥于：
例句：
used a mechanical spreader to fertilize the lawn.
用机械散布机给草坪施肥

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To spread fertilizer.
施肥

【引伸】
fer.tiliz.able
adj.（形容词）