fertile

肥沃な

植物や農作物がよく育つ土地のこと。

やさしい英語で： Land that allows plants and crops to grow well.

• The soil here is fertile.
• Farmers grow rice in the fertile valley.
• The river leaves the fields more fertile after each flood.

類義語： productive

反対語： barren, infertile

よく使う表現： fertile soil, fertile land, fertile valley

生殖能力のある、繁殖力のある

子どもや種子を生み出す能力があること。

やさしい英語で： Able to produce young, seeds, or babies.

• These seeds are fertile.
• The tests showed that both partners were fertile.
• Only fertile eggs can develop into chicks.

類義語： fecund

反対語： infertile, sterile

よく使う表現： fertile eggs, fertile seeds, fertile woman, fertile male

想像力豊かな、創造力のある

新しく面白い考えを次々に生み出せること。

やさしい英語で： Able to create many new and interesting ideas.

• She has a fertile imagination.
• His fertile mind produced a new solution every day.
• The story reveals the writer’s wonderfully fertile imagination.

類義語： creative, inventive, productive

反対語： unimaginative

よく使う表現： fertile imagination, fertile mind, fertile brain, fertile creativity