動詞 fertilize:

1. provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
   同義詞：fertilise, feed
2. make fertile or productive
   同義詞：fecundate, fertilise
3. introduce semen into (a female)
   同義詞：inseminate, fecundate, fertilise

1. Bees fertilize the flowers.
   蜜蜂使花受精。
2. Flowers are often fertilized by bees as they gather nectar.
   蜜蜂采蜜時常使花受粉。
3. The bees may fertilize flowers when they collect nectar.
   蜜蜂采集花粉時會使花授粉。
4. The peasants fertilize the field by using manure.
   農(nóng)民們施肥來使土地肥沃。

fer.til.ize

v.（動詞）
fer.til.ized,fer.til.iz.ing,fer.til.iz.es
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To cause the fertilization of (an ovum, for example).
使（如卵子）受精、受胎
To make (soil, for example) fertile:
使肥沃：
例句：
Compost fertilizes the soil.
堆肥使土地肥沃

To spread fertilizer on:
施肥于：
例句：
used a mechanical spreader to fertilize the lawn.
用機械散布機給草坪施肥

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To spread fertilizer.
施肥

【引伸】
fer.tiliz.able
adj.（形容詞）