proliferate
美音:
[prəu´lıfə´reıt
]英音:
[prəu´lıfə´reıt
]v.增生扩散
难易程度:
proliferate为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
形容词:proliferative 名词:proliferation 动词过去式:proliferated 过去分词:proliferated 现在分词:proliferating 第三人称单数:proliferates
词根
al=to nourish(滋养) 变化型 ol,ul
proliferate
/prə'lɪfəreɪt; [US] prəʊ-; pro`lɪfə,ret/
v
1 [I] produce new growth or offspring rapidly; multiply (迅速地)繁殖; 增殖; 增生.
2 [Tn] reproduce (cells, etc) 分裂, 繁殖(细胞等).
3 [I] increase rapidly in numbers (数量)激增.
proliferate
v [I]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: proliferation]
if something proliferates, it increases quickly and spreads to many different places
Computer courses continue to proliferate.