fertile

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

fer·tile BrE [ˈfɜːtaɪl] NAmE [ˈfɜːrtl] adjective
1. (of land or soil)that plants grow well in
•a fertile region
Opp: ↑infertile
2. (of people, animals or plants)that can produce babies, young animals, fruit or new plants
•The treatment has been tested on healthy fertile women under the age of 35.
Opp: ↑infertile
3. usually before noun that produces good results; that encourages activity
•a fertile partnership
•The region at the time was fertile ground for revolutionary movements (= there were the necessary conditions for them to develop easily).
4. usually before noun (of a person's mind or imagination)that produces a lot of new ideas
•the product of a fertile imagination
compare ↑sterile

Word Origin:
[fertile] late Middle English: via French from Latin fertilis, from ferre ‘to bear’.

Example Bank:
•women who proved particularly fertile
•The region at the time was fertile ground for revolutionary movements.
•a fertile region/valley
•a fertile source of argument/dispute
•the product of a fertile brain/imagination/mind

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fat, productive, rich, prolific, fecund
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  sterile, unfertile, infertile