proliferate
verb🔊/prəˈlɪfəreɪt/
🔊/prəˈlɪfəreɪt/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they proliferate | 🔊/prəˈlɪfəreɪt/ 🔊/prəˈlɪfəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it proliferates | 🔊/prəˈlɪfəreɪts/ 🔊/prəˈlɪfəreɪts/ |
| past simple proliferated | 🔊/prəˈlɪfəreɪtɪd/ 🔊/prəˈlɪfəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle proliferated | 🔊/prəˈlɪfəreɪtɪd/ 🔊/prəˈlɪfəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form proliferating | 🔊/prəˈlɪfəreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/prəˈlɪfəreɪtɪŋ/ |
to increase rapidly in number or amount 迅速繁殖（或增殖）；猛增 Books and articles on the subject have proliferated over the last year. 过去一年以来，论及这一专题的书和文章大量涌现。 🔊🔊 Time passed and animal life proliferated. 时间的流逝和动物生命的增加。
Word Originlate 19th cent.: back-formation from proliferation.