prolific
Intermediatezipf 3.60Pronunciation
/prəˈlɪfɪk/(pruh-LIF-ik)
Part of speech
adjectiveneutral
Chinese
多产的;丰富的(产出大量作品或成果)
Definition
Producing a great quantity of something; highly productive.
Word family
- prolifically/prəˈlɪfɪkəli/(adv)多产地
- proliferate/prəˈlɪfəreɪt/(v)激增
Collocations
- prolific writer
- prolific scorer
- prolific output
- prolific career
Examples
- 1.She is one of the most prolific novelists of her generation. (writes many books)
- 2.The striker has been prolific this season, scoring 25 goals. (sports: scoring many)
Synonyms
- productive/prəˈdʌktɪv/— producing results efficiently
- fertile/ˈfɜːtaɪl/— capable of producing abundantly
- abundant/əˈbʌndənt/— existing in large quantities
Etymology
from Latin "prolificus" — proles (offspring) + facere (to make) — making many offspring