fertilize

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T When an egg from the ovary of a woman or female animal is fertilized, a sperm from the male joins with the egg, causing a baby or young animal to begin forming. A female plant is fertilized when its reproductive parts come into contact with pollen from the male plant. 使受精; 使授粉
Certain varieties cannot be fertilized with their own pollen. 某些品種不能自花授粉。
...the normal sperm levels needed to fertilize the egg. …使卵子受精所需的正常精子水平。
2. fertilizationN-UNCOUNT 受精; 授粉
From fertilization until birth is about 266 days. 從受精到出生大約是266天。
3. V-T To fertilize land means to improve its quality in order to make plants grow well on it, by spreading solid animal waste or a chemical mixture on it. 使肥沃
The faeces contain nitrogen which fertilizes the soil. 排泄物含有肥沃土壤的氮。