pollinate
verb /ˈpɒləneɪt/
/ˈpɑːləneɪt/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they pollinate | /ˈpɒləneɪt/ /ˈpɑːləneɪt/ |
| he / she / it pollinates | /ˈpɒləneɪts/ /ˈpɑːləneɪts/ |
| past simple pollinated | /ˈpɒləneɪtɪd/ /ˈpɑːləneɪtɪd/ |
| past participle pollinated | /ˈpɒləneɪtɪd/ /ˈpɑːləneɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form pollinating | /ˈpɒləneɪtɪŋ/ /ˈpɑːləneɪtɪŋ/ |
- pollinate something to put pollen into a flower or plant so that it produces seeds
授粉；传粉 - flowers pollinated by bees/the wind
由蜜蜂／风传粉的花卉
Collocations DictionaryPollinate is used with these nouns as the subject:- bee
- flower
词源late 19th cent.: from Latin pollen, pollin- ‘pollen’ + -ate. - flowers pollinated by bees/the wind