Definition of prolific in English:

prolific

adjective prəˈlɪfɪkprəˈlɪfɪk

1(of a plant, animal, or person) producing much fruit or foliage or many offspring.
（植物，动物，人）多产的，多育的
in captivity tigers are prolific breeders
圈养的老虎生育能力很强。
Example sentencesExamples
- That North Mart must be a very prolific species.
- Backs of vacant houses create a poor impression at the Docks, where weeds were quite prolific on the gravel areas.
- The total catch remains high because they are replaced by short-lived, prolific species like mackerels.
- The average working life of a bee is eight weeks during the summer but the queen is very prolific and lays between 2,000-3,000 eggs a day so the hives are self generating.
- It is one of Britain's most prolific weeds, with its creeping, fanned leaves having taken over large swathes of countryside.
- Both are frequently images of creativity: rabbits are prolific and snakes shed their skins and grow new ones as an act of renewal.
- It is only the female midge that bites (we refrain from any inappropriate comment whatsoever) and they are extremely prolific.
- You'll soon get to recognise the most prolific weeds in your garden and discover ways to keep them under control.
- Meyers are a dime a dozen in many California backyards (we had a prolific tree next to our oranges).
Synonyms
productive, creative, inventive, fertile
1. 1.1 (of an artist, author, or composer) producing many works.
  （艺术家，作家，作曲家）作品丰富的，多产的
  he was a prolific composer of operas
  他是一位多产的歌剧作曲家。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He was immensely prolific, producing more than 1,000 paintings and a great many drawings.
  A prolific poet and author, he appears for the time being to have put down his pen.
  Here is an amazingly prolific young songwriter who is teetering on the brink of worldwide recognition.
  Michael is one of the most prolific people in this business, with a number of books and a huge number of lectures behind him.
  Yet for someone who spends most of his life on the road he is a very prolific recording artist.
  Although he was prolific, producing some 200 canvases in just one year at Arles, hardly anything sold.
  Seeing this wealth of material brings home what an extraordinarily prolific group they were.
  He's one of the most prolific people out there in music right now.
  These prolific composers often wrote several operas in a single year, and reports of new performances spread quickly from city to city.
  There has hardly been a more prolific writer with a greater range of material to choose from.
  The prolific composer has led his own bands of all sizes, including big bands.
  He was incredibly prolific, writing hundreds of choral, keyboard and instrumental works.
  No black woman writer had been as prolific.
  Helps was a legendary pianist and a prolific composer.
  He doesn't do fiction, of course, but he is mighty prolific.
  She is also a prolific composer of ballads in English and Irish.
  His passion for classical music, coupled with boundless energy, has made him one of the most prolific composers of the age.
  Beamish is one of the best-known names in classical music, and Britain's most prolific composer of concertos.
  He developed into an extremely prolific playwright, novelist, and lecturer.
  He was a prolific composer, writing symphonies, concertos, sonatas, and dramatic works.
2. 1.2 (of a sports player) high-scoring.
  （运动员）得分高的
  a prolific goalscorer
  进球高手。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The prolific scorer netted a hat-trick in this win over Brooklands.
  Displaying cat-like reflexes, Beene proved she was as adept at frustrating the world's most prolific goal scorers as her more famous rival.
  Indian cricket has seen some of the most prolific run scorers and bowlers.
  At the other end, prolific striker Steve Hislop came closest in the first half.
  The lads are now calling Shaun Wright-Phillips a prolific scorer and at least it showed me that we are not one-dimensional.
  With scoring at a premium in the playoffs, the teams with two prolific scorers are more difficult to match up against.
  In fact, the line-backer has been a more prolific scorer this season than many offensive players throughout the league.
  The 27-year-old former Lugano player is a prolific scorer, and illustrated as much with two goals against the Slovakian side.
  As the table below shows, left-handers have been far more prolific at this ground over the last four years.
  Carter can be one of the league's most prolific scorers, but he needs to drive to the basket more instead of settling for outside jumpers.
  Though by no means a prolific scorer, the leggy midfielder is always a threat going forward, where he uses his size and strength to full advantage.
  Denis Savard and Joe Mullen were two of the NHL's most prolific scorers over their careers.
  Hasselbaink and Viduka are both prolific scorers and they are potentially a lethal combination up front.
  The home side welcomed prolific scorer Ruth Jeays into the squad and started the match with a determination rarely seen at this level.
  If you look at his record this season he is beginning to pick up all the traits of a prolific goal scorer.
  He was one of the most prolific natural goal scorers the game has ever seen.
  In Pancev, they possessed the continent's most prolific scorer, with 34 goals for his club.
  Missing some of their regular players including their prolific scorer, Thomas Doyle, they still managed to gain a point from this fixture.
  He was a prolific scorer at junior level and those in the know have long tipped him to make a career out of the game.
  They aren't the most prolific scorers in the league but their goals come from all over the team and with a solid back four they are third in the league on merit.
2Present in large numbers or quantities; plentiful.
大量的，丰富的
mahogany was once prolific in the tropical forests
热带森林一度盛产红木。
Example sentencesExamples
- Restricted movement causes increased pollution and traffic lights are becoming so prolific there must be a drain on power supplies.
- The south is home to some of the most popular restcamps as the wildlife is prolific.
- Forty-six species of wildlife have been identified here and the bird life is prolific.
- In the east of Natal, a series of game reserves offer the chance to sample some of South Africa's varied and prolific wildlife.
- Because of Costa Rica's small size, its prolific animals and plants are easily accessible - and quite easy to see.
- Though the wildlife is not as prolific as in the upcountry game parks, the beautiful rainforest and the spectacular Sheldrick Falls make it worth a visit.
- Tourism is well controlled and, as a result, the wildlife is prolific but the birds and animals have become accustomed to visitors and many are quite tame.
- What has changed is that this technology has become prolific.
Synonyms
plentiful, abundant, bountiful, profuse, copious, luxuriant, rich, lush, proliferative
fertile, fruitful, fecund
rife, rank
literary plenteous, bounteous
rare proliferous
1. 2.1 Characterized by plentiful wildlife or produce.
  （河流，地区，季节）丰产的
  the prolific rivers around Galway
  戈尔韦周围物产丰富的河流、湖泊。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Beats higher up the river are often more prolific this late in the season with fish running hard to the middle and upper stretches.
  The north of the island is by far the most prolific, especially Grankulla Bay, a large salty inland lake where the sheltered and shallow water offers refuge for the fish in spring and autumn.
  From Cape Wrath to Campbeltown, once prolific river systems have been denuded of their most precious asset.
  All of a sudden the fishing returns plummeted and overnight prolific sections of the river produced no fish.
  The Dee in Aberdeenshire, once a highly prolific spring river, continues to suffer from a dreadful lack of these big early salmon.
  Synonyms
  abundant, plentiful, superabundant, considerable, copious, ample, lavish, luxuriant, profuse, boundless, munificent, bountiful, inexhaustible, generous

Derivatives

prolificacy

noun ˌprəˈlɪfɪkəsiprəˈlɪfɪkəsi

mass noun

The quality of being prolific or highly productive.
that master of Victorian prolificacy, Anthony Trollope
Example sentencesExamples
- he continued his prolificacy with 36 goals in the season
- Their side benefited most from the prolificacy of their neighbours, but Jim Duffy's men hovered steadfastly in a holding pattern without achieving lift off.
- Syrie Johnson goes behind the scenes at the Oscars and finds a prolificacy of pampering, plucking, pinching and preening - all in the pursuit of celebrity
- Despite their solidly middle-class roots, the Boultings offered an example of how enthusiastic hopefuls could carve a name for themselves in film from the bottom up through sheer determination and prolificacy.

prolifically

adverb prəˈlɪfɪk(ə)liprəˈlɪfɪk(ə)li

He eventually accepted the post of Senior Lecturer in Photography at Exeter College of Art but continued to paint prolifically, until recently.
Example sentencesExamples
- In aromatherapy, many essential oils often used as anti-depressants, such as jasmine, rose, neroli, rosemary and lavender, are extracted from plants that flower most prolifically in spring and summer.
- There is quite a bit of maintenance, as everyone knows we shed hair prolifically and when wearing extensions the real hair cannot escape, as it's attached to the extension.
- He really came into his own in the 1950s and '60s, when he started writing and speaking prolifically in the US and elsewhere on the subjects that were so much a part of his life.
- As someone who rails prolifically against the irrelevance of political science to actual politics, I would have been glad to talk about whether blogging may help make scholarship more relevant.

prolificness

noun

Geeks get their credibility and prolificness out of sharing everything - put it in public and the public organizes it for you.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin prolificus, from Latin proles 'offspring' (see proliferous).

Rhymes

anaglyphic, beatific, calorific, colorific, hieroglyphic, honorific, horrific, Indo-Pacific, pacific, scientific, soporific, specific, terrific, transpacific, triglyphic

Definition of prolific in US English:

prolific

adjectiveprəˈlifikprəˈlɪfɪk

1(of a plant, animal, or person) producing much fruit or foliage or many offspring.
（植物，动物，人）多产的，多育的
in captivity tigers are prolific breeders
圈养的老虎生育能力很强。
Example sentencesExamples
- You'll soon get to recognise the most prolific weeds in your garden and discover ways to keep them under control.
- It is one of Britain's most prolific weeds, with its creeping, fanned leaves having taken over large swathes of countryside.
- Both are frequently images of creativity: rabbits are prolific and snakes shed their skins and grow new ones as an act of renewal.
- That North Mart must be a very prolific species.
- It is only the female midge that bites (we refrain from any inappropriate comment whatsoever) and they are extremely prolific.
- The total catch remains high because they are replaced by short-lived, prolific species like mackerels.
- Backs of vacant houses create a poor impression at the Docks, where weeds were quite prolific on the gravel areas.
- Meyers are a dime a dozen in many California backyards (we had a prolific tree next to our oranges).
- The average working life of a bee is eight weeks during the summer but the queen is very prolific and lays between 2,000-3,000 eggs a day so the hives are self generating.
Synonyms
productive, creative, inventive, fertile
1. 1.1 (of an artist, author, or composer) producing many works.
  （艺术家，作家，作曲家）作品丰富的，多产的
  he was a prolific composer of operas
  他是一位多产的歌剧作曲家。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Although he was prolific, producing some 200 canvases in just one year at Arles, hardly anything sold.
  He was immensely prolific, producing more than 1,000 paintings and a great many drawings.
  He developed into an extremely prolific playwright, novelist, and lecturer.
  He was incredibly prolific, writing hundreds of choral, keyboard and instrumental works.
  She is also a prolific composer of ballads in English and Irish.
  The prolific composer has led his own bands of all sizes, including big bands.
  Beamish is one of the best-known names in classical music, and Britain's most prolific composer of concertos.
  No black woman writer had been as prolific.
  Here is an amazingly prolific young songwriter who is teetering on the brink of worldwide recognition.
  He's one of the most prolific people out there in music right now.
  Yet for someone who spends most of his life on the road he is a very prolific recording artist.
  Michael is one of the most prolific people in this business, with a number of books and a huge number of lectures behind him.
  Seeing this wealth of material brings home what an extraordinarily prolific group they were.
  His passion for classical music, coupled with boundless energy, has made him one of the most prolific composers of the age.
  A prolific poet and author, he appears for the time being to have put down his pen.
  He doesn't do fiction, of course, but he is mighty prolific.
  Helps was a legendary pianist and a prolific composer.
  There has hardly been a more prolific writer with a greater range of material to choose from.
  He was a prolific composer, writing symphonies, concertos, sonatas, and dramatic works.
  These prolific composers often wrote several operas in a single year, and reports of new performances spread quickly from city to city.
2. 1.2 (of a sports player) high-scoring.
  （运动员）得分高的
  a prolific home-run hitter
  Example sentencesExamples
  Indian cricket has seen some of the most prolific run scorers and bowlers.
  He was one of the most prolific natural goal scorers the game has ever seen.
  He was a prolific scorer at junior level and those in the know have long tipped him to make a career out of the game.
  Though by no means a prolific scorer, the leggy midfielder is always a threat going forward, where he uses his size and strength to full advantage.
  In fact, the line-backer has been a more prolific scorer this season than many offensive players throughout the league.
  The lads are now calling Shaun Wright-Phillips a prolific scorer and at least it showed me that we are not one-dimensional.
  With scoring at a premium in the playoffs, the teams with two prolific scorers are more difficult to match up against.
  Displaying cat-like reflexes, Beene proved she was as adept at frustrating the world's most prolific goal scorers as her more famous rival.
  Carter can be one of the league's most prolific scorers, but he needs to drive to the basket more instead of settling for outside jumpers.
  Missing some of their regular players including their prolific scorer, Thomas Doyle, they still managed to gain a point from this fixture.
  If you look at his record this season he is beginning to pick up all the traits of a prolific goal scorer.
  The prolific scorer netted a hat-trick in this win over Brooklands.
  They aren't the most prolific scorers in the league but their goals come from all over the team and with a solid back four they are third in the league on merit.
  In Pancev, they possessed the continent's most prolific scorer, with 34 goals for his club.
  Denis Savard and Joe Mullen were two of the NHL's most prolific scorers over their careers.
  The home side welcomed prolific scorer Ruth Jeays into the squad and started the match with a determination rarely seen at this level.
  At the other end, prolific striker Steve Hislop came closest in the first half.
  Hasselbaink and Viduka are both prolific scorers and they are potentially a lethal combination up front.
  As the table below shows, left-handers have been far more prolific at this ground over the last four years.
  The 27-year-old former Lugano player is a prolific scorer, and illustrated as much with two goals against the Slovakian side.
2Present in large numbers or quantities; plentiful.
大量的，丰富的
mahogany was once prolific in the tropical forests
热带森林一度盛产红木。
Example sentencesExamples
- Tourism is well controlled and, as a result, the wildlife is prolific but the birds and animals have become accustomed to visitors and many are quite tame.
- The south is home to some of the most popular restcamps as the wildlife is prolific.
- Because of Costa Rica's small size, its prolific animals and plants are easily accessible - and quite easy to see.
- Though the wildlife is not as prolific as in the upcountry game parks, the beautiful rainforest and the spectacular Sheldrick Falls make it worth a visit.
- In the east of Natal, a series of game reserves offer the chance to sample some of South Africa's varied and prolific wildlife.
- Forty-six species of wildlife have been identified here and the bird life is prolific.
- Restricted movement causes increased pollution and traffic lights are becoming so prolific there must be a drain on power supplies.
- What has changed is that this technology has become prolific.
Synonyms
plentiful, abundant, bountiful, profuse, copious, luxuriant, rich, lush, proliferative
1. 2.1 (of a river, area, or season of the year) characterized by plentiful wildlife or produce.
  （河流，地区，季节）丰产的
  the prolific rivers and lakes of Franklin County
  戈尔韦周围物产丰富的河流、湖泊。
  Example sentencesExamples
  All of a sudden the fishing returns plummeted and overnight prolific sections of the river produced no fish.
  Beats higher up the river are often more prolific this late in the season with fish running hard to the middle and upper stretches.
  The Dee in Aberdeenshire, once a highly prolific spring river, continues to suffer from a dreadful lack of these big early salmon.
  From Cape Wrath to Campbeltown, once prolific river systems have been denuded of their most precious asset.
  The north of the island is by far the most prolific, especially Grankulla Bay, a large salty inland lake where the sheltered and shallow water offers refuge for the fish in spring and autumn.
  Synonyms
  abundant, plentiful, superabundant, considerable, copious, ample, lavish, luxuriant, profuse, boundless, munificent, bountiful, inexhaustible, generous

Origin

Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin prolificus, from Latin proles ‘offspring’ (see proliferous).

单词	prolific
释义	Definition of prolific in English: prolific adjective prəˈlɪfɪkprəˈlɪfɪk 1(of a plant, animal, or person) producing much fruit or foliage or many offspring. （植物，动物，人）多产的，多育的 in captivity tigers are prolific breeders 圈养的老虎生育能力很强。 Example sentencesExamples That North Mart must be a very prolific species. Backs of vacant houses create a poor impression at the Docks, where weeds were quite prolific on the gravel areas. The total catch remains high because they are replaced by short-lived, prolific species like mackerels. The average working life of a bee is eight weeks during the summer but the queen is very prolific and lays between 2,000-3,000 eggs a day so the hives are self generating. It is one of Britain's most prolific weeds, with its creeping, fanned leaves having taken over large swathes of countryside. Both are frequently images of creativity: rabbits are prolific and snakes shed their skins and grow new ones as an act of renewal. It is only the female midge that bites (we refrain from any inappropriate comment whatsoever) and they are extremely prolific. You'll soon get to recognise the most prolific weeds in your garden and discover ways to keep them under control. Meyers are a dime a dozen in many California backyards (we had a prolific tree next to our oranges). Synonyms productive, creative, inventive, fertile 1.1 (of an artist, author, or composer) producing many works. （艺术家，作家，作曲家）作品丰富的，多产的 he was a prolific composer of operas 他是一位多产的歌剧作曲家。 Example sentencesExamples He was immensely prolific, producing more than 1,000 paintings and a great many drawings. A prolific poet and author, he appears for the time being to have put down his pen. Here is an amazingly prolific young songwriter who is teetering on the brink of worldwide recognition. Michael is one of the most prolific people in this business, with a number of books and a huge number of lectures behind him. Yet for someone who spends most of his life on the road he is a very prolific recording artist. Although he was prolific, producing some 200 canvases in just one year at Arles, hardly anything sold. Seeing this wealth of material brings home what an extraordinarily prolific group they were. He's one of the most prolific people out there in music right now. These prolific composers often wrote several operas in a single year, and reports of new performances spread quickly from city to city. There has hardly been a more prolific writer with a greater range of material to choose from. The prolific composer has led his own bands of all sizes, including big bands. He was incredibly prolific, writing hundreds of choral, keyboard and instrumental works. No black woman writer had been as prolific. Helps was a legendary pianist and a prolific composer. He doesn't do fiction, of course, but he is mighty prolific. She is also a prolific composer of ballads in English and Irish. His passion for classical music, coupled with boundless energy, has made him one of the most prolific composers of the age. Beamish is one of the best-known names in classical music, and Britain's most prolific composer of concertos. He developed into an extremely prolific playwright, novelist, and lecturer. He was a prolific composer, writing symphonies, concertos, sonatas, and dramatic works. 1.2 (of a sports player) high-scoring. （运动员）得分高的 a prolific goalscorer 进球高手。 Example sentencesExamples The prolific scorer netted a hat-trick in this win over Brooklands. Displaying cat-like reflexes, Beene proved she was as adept at frustrating the world's most prolific goal scorers as her more famous rival. Indian cricket has seen some of the most prolific run scorers and bowlers. At the other end, prolific striker Steve Hislop came closest in the first half. The lads are now calling Shaun Wright-Phillips a prolific scorer and at least it showed me that we are not one-dimensional. With scoring at a premium in the playoffs, the teams with two prolific scorers are more difficult to match up against. In fact, the line-backer has been a more prolific scorer this season than many offensive players throughout the league. The 27-year-old former Lugano player is a prolific scorer, and illustrated as much with two goals against the Slovakian side. As the table below shows, left-handers have been far more prolific at this ground over the last four years. Carter can be one of the league's most prolific scorers, but he needs to drive to the basket more instead of settling for outside jumpers. Though by no means a prolific scorer, the leggy midfielder is always a threat going forward, where he uses his size and strength to full advantage. Denis Savard and Joe Mullen were two of the NHL's most prolific scorers over their careers. Hasselbaink and Viduka are both prolific scorers and they are potentially a lethal combination up front. The home side welcomed prolific scorer Ruth Jeays into the squad and started the match with a determination rarely seen at this level. If you look at his record this season he is beginning to pick up all the traits of a prolific goal scorer. He was one of the most prolific natural goal scorers the game has ever seen. In Pancev, they possessed the continent's most prolific scorer, with 34 goals for his club. Missing some of their regular players including their prolific scorer, Thomas Doyle, they still managed to gain a point from this fixture. He was a prolific scorer at junior level and those in the know have long tipped him to make a career out of the game. They aren't the most prolific scorers in the league but their goals come from all over the team and with a solid back four they are third in the league on merit. 2Present in large numbers or quantities; plentiful. 大量的，丰富的 mahogany was once prolific in the tropical forests 热带森林一度盛产红木。 Example sentencesExamples Restricted movement causes increased pollution and traffic lights are becoming so prolific there must be a drain on power supplies. The south is home to some of the most popular restcamps as the wildlife is prolific. Forty-six species of wildlife have been identified here and the bird life is prolific. In the east of Natal, a series of game reserves offer the chance to sample some of South Africa's varied and prolific wildlife. Because of Costa Rica's small size, its prolific animals and plants are easily accessible - and quite easy to see. Though the wildlife is not as prolific as in the upcountry game parks, the beautiful rainforest and the spectacular Sheldrick Falls make it worth a visit. Tourism is well controlled and, as a result, the wildlife is prolific but the birds and animals have become accustomed to visitors and many are quite tame. What has changed is that this technology has become prolific. Synonyms plentiful, abundant, bountiful, profuse, copious, luxuriant, rich, lush, proliferative fertile, fruitful, fecund rife, rank literary plenteous, bounteous rare proliferous 2.1 Characterized by plentiful wildlife or produce. （河流，地区，季节）丰产的 the prolific rivers around Galway 戈尔韦周围物产丰富的河流、湖泊。 Example sentencesExamples Beats higher up the river are often more prolific this late in the season with fish running hard to the middle and upper stretches. The north of the island is by far the most prolific, especially Grankulla Bay, a large salty inland lake where the sheltered and shallow water offers refuge for the fish in spring and autumn. From Cape Wrath to Campbeltown, once prolific river systems have been denuded of their most precious asset. All of a sudden the fishing returns plummeted and overnight prolific sections of the river produced no fish. The Dee in Aberdeenshire, once a highly prolific spring river, continues to suffer from a dreadful lack of these big early salmon. Synonyms abundant, plentiful, superabundant, considerable, copious, ample, lavish, luxuriant, profuse, boundless, munificent, bountiful, inexhaustible, generous Derivatives prolificacy noun ˌprəˈlɪfɪkəsiprəˈlɪfɪkəsi mass noun The quality of being prolific or highly productive. that master of Victorian prolificacy, Anthony Trollope Example sentencesExamples he continued his prolificacy with 36 goals in the season Their side benefited most from the prolificacy of their neighbours, but Jim Duffy's men hovered steadfastly in a holding pattern without achieving lift off. Syrie Johnson goes behind the scenes at the Oscars and finds a prolificacy of pampering, plucking, pinching and preening - all in the pursuit of celebrity Despite their solidly middle-class roots, the Boultings offered an example of how enthusiastic hopefuls could carve a name for themselves in film from the bottom up through sheer determination and prolificacy. prolifically adverb prəˈlɪfɪk(ə)liprəˈlɪfɪk(ə)li He eventually accepted the post of Senior Lecturer in Photography at Exeter College of Art but continued to paint prolifically, until recently. Example sentencesExamples In aromatherapy, many essential oils often used as anti-depressants, such as jasmine, rose, neroli, rosemary and lavender, are extracted from plants that flower most prolifically in spring and summer. There is quite a bit of maintenance, as everyone knows we shed hair prolifically and when wearing extensions the real hair cannot escape, as it's attached to the extension. He really came into his own in the 1950s and '60s, when he started writing and speaking prolifically in the US and elsewhere on the subjects that were so much a part of his life. As someone who rails prolifically against the irrelevance of political science to actual politics, I would have been glad to talk about whether blogging may help make scholarship more relevant. prolificness noun Geeks get their credibility and prolificness out of sharing everything - put it in public and the public organizes it for you. Origin Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin prolificus, from Latin proles 'offspring' (see proliferous). Rhymes anaglyphic, beatific, calorific, colorific, hieroglyphic, honorific, horrific, Indo-Pacific, pacific, scientific, soporific, specific, terrific, transpacific, triglyphic Definition of prolific in US English: prolific adjectiveprəˈlifikprəˈlɪfɪk 1(of a plant, animal, or person) producing much fruit or foliage or many offspring. （植物，动物，人）多产的，多育的 in captivity tigers are prolific breeders 圈养的老虎生育能力很强。 Example sentencesExamples You'll soon get to recognise the most prolific weeds in your garden and discover ways to keep them under control. It is one of Britain's most prolific weeds, with its creeping, fanned leaves having taken over large swathes of countryside. Both are frequently images of creativity: rabbits are prolific and snakes shed their skins and grow new ones as an act of renewal. That North Mart must be a very prolific species. It is only the female midge that bites (we refrain from any inappropriate comment whatsoever) and they are extremely prolific. The total catch remains high because they are replaced by short-lived, prolific species like mackerels. Backs of vacant houses create a poor impression at the Docks, where weeds were quite prolific on the gravel areas. Meyers are a dime a dozen in many California backyards (we had a prolific tree next to our oranges). The average working life of a bee is eight weeks during the summer but the queen is very prolific and lays between 2,000-3,000 eggs a day so the hives are self generating. Synonyms productive, creative, inventive, fertile 1.1 (of an artist, author, or composer) producing many works. （艺术家，作家，作曲家）作品丰富的，多产的 he was a prolific composer of operas 他是一位多产的歌剧作曲家。 Example sentencesExamples Although he was prolific, producing some 200 canvases in just one year at Arles, hardly anything sold. He was immensely prolific, producing more than 1,000 paintings and a great many drawings. He developed into an extremely prolific playwright, novelist, and lecturer. He was incredibly prolific, writing hundreds of choral, keyboard and instrumental works. She is also a prolific composer of ballads in English and Irish. The prolific composer has led his own bands of all sizes, including big bands. Beamish is one of the best-known names in classical music, and Britain's most prolific composer of concertos. No black woman writer had been as prolific. Here is an amazingly prolific young songwriter who is teetering on the brink of worldwide recognition. He's one of the most prolific people out there in music right now. Yet for someone who spends most of his life on the road he is a very prolific recording artist. Michael is one of the most prolific people in this business, with a number of books and a huge number of lectures behind him. Seeing this wealth of material brings home what an extraordinarily prolific group they were. His passion for classical music, coupled with boundless energy, has made him one of the most prolific composers of the age. A prolific poet and author, he appears for the time being to have put down his pen. He doesn't do fiction, of course, but he is mighty prolific. Helps was a legendary pianist and a prolific composer. There has hardly been a more prolific writer with a greater range of material to choose from. He was a prolific composer, writing symphonies, concertos, sonatas, and dramatic works. These prolific composers often wrote several operas in a single year, and reports of new performances spread quickly from city to city. 1.2 (of a sports player) high-scoring. （运动员）得分高的 a prolific home-run hitter Example sentencesExamples Indian cricket has seen some of the most prolific run scorers and bowlers. He was one of the most prolific natural goal scorers the game has ever seen. He was a prolific scorer at junior level and those in the know have long tipped him to make a career out of the game. Though by no means a prolific scorer, the leggy midfielder is always a threat going forward, where he uses his size and strength to full advantage. In fact, the line-backer has been a more prolific scorer this season than many offensive players throughout the league. The lads are now calling Shaun Wright-Phillips a prolific scorer and at least it showed me that we are not one-dimensional. With scoring at a premium in the playoffs, the teams with two prolific scorers are more difficult to match up against. Displaying cat-like reflexes, Beene proved she was as adept at frustrating the world's most prolific goal scorers as her more famous rival. Carter can be one of the league's most prolific scorers, but he needs to drive to the basket more instead of settling for outside jumpers. Missing some of their regular players including their prolific scorer, Thomas Doyle, they still managed to gain a point from this fixture. If you look at his record this season he is beginning to pick up all the traits of a prolific goal scorer. The prolific scorer netted a hat-trick in this win over Brooklands. They aren't the most prolific scorers in the league but their goals come from all over the team and with a solid back four they are third in the league on merit. In Pancev, they possessed the continent's most prolific scorer, with 34 goals for his club. Denis Savard and Joe Mullen were two of the NHL's most prolific scorers over their careers. The home side welcomed prolific scorer Ruth Jeays into the squad and started the match with a determination rarely seen at this level. At the other end, prolific striker Steve Hislop came closest in the first half. Hasselbaink and Viduka are both prolific scorers and they are potentially a lethal combination up front. As the table below shows, left-handers have been far more prolific at this ground over the last four years. The 27-year-old former Lugano player is a prolific scorer, and illustrated as much with two goals against the Slovakian side. 2Present in large numbers or quantities; plentiful. 大量的，丰富的 mahogany was once prolific in the tropical forests 热带森林一度盛产红木。 Example sentencesExamples Tourism is well controlled and, as a result, the wildlife is prolific but the birds and animals have become accustomed to visitors and many are quite tame. The south is home to some of the most popular restcamps as the wildlife is prolific. Because of Costa Rica's small size, its prolific animals and plants are easily accessible - and quite easy to see. Though the wildlife is not as prolific as in the upcountry game parks, the beautiful rainforest and the spectacular Sheldrick Falls make it worth a visit. In the east of Natal, a series of game reserves offer the chance to sample some of South Africa's varied and prolific wildlife. Forty-six species of wildlife have been identified here and the bird life is prolific. Restricted movement causes increased pollution and traffic lights are becoming so prolific there must be a drain on power supplies. What has changed is that this technology has become prolific. Synonyms plentiful, abundant, bountiful, profuse, copious, luxuriant, rich, lush, proliferative 2.1 (of a river, area, or season of the year) characterized by plentiful wildlife or produce. （河流，地区，季节）丰产的 the prolific rivers and lakes of Franklin County 戈尔韦周围物产丰富的河流、湖泊。 Example sentencesExamples All of a sudden the fishing returns plummeted and overnight prolific sections of the river produced no fish. Beats higher up the river are often more prolific this late in the season with fish running hard to the middle and upper stretches. The Dee in Aberdeenshire, once a highly prolific spring river, continues to suffer from a dreadful lack of these big early salmon. From Cape Wrath to Campbeltown, once prolific river systems have been denuded of their most precious asset. The north of the island is by far the most prolific, especially Grankulla Bay, a large salty inland lake where the sheltered and shallow water offers refuge for the fish in spring and autumn. Synonyms abundant, plentiful, superabundant, considerable, copious, ample, lavish, luxuriant, profuse, boundless, munificent, bountiful, inexhaustible, generous Origin Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin prolificus, from Latin proles ‘offspring’ (see proliferous).
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