fertilize /ˈfɜːtɪˌlaɪz/ ( fertilizing, fertilized, fertilizes )

• 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

  例：

  Certain varieties cannot be fertilized with their own pollen.

  某些品种不能自花授粉。

  例：

  ...the normal sperm levels needed to fertilize the egg.

  …使卵子受精所需的正常精子水平。

• 2. 

  fertilization N-UNCOUNT 受精; 授粉

  例：

  From fertilization until birth is about 266 days.

  从受精到出生大约是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

  例：

  The faeces contain nitrogen which fertilizes the soil.

  排泄物含有肥沃土壤的氮。