in·fer·tile
adjective/ɪnˈfɜːtaɪl/
/ɪnˈfɜːrtl/
- (of people, animals and plants) not able to have babies or produce young
不育的;不结果实的 - an infertile couple
一对不能生育的夫妇
- an infertile couple
- (of land) not able to produce good crops
opposite fertile贫瘠的
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French, or from late Latin infertilis, from in- ‘not’ + fertilis (from ferre ‘to bear’).