1640s, from French prolifique (16c.), from Medieval Latin prolificus, from Latin proles "offspring" + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Latin proles is contracted from *pro-oles, from PIE *pro-al-, from *pro- "forth" (see pro-) + *al- "to grow, nourish" (see old). Related: Prolifical (c. 1600).
Prolific is in common use, but to make a satisfactory noun from it has passed the wit of man. [Fowler]
实用例句
1. They are prolific breeders, with many hens laying up to six eggs.
他们都是多产的饲养员，养的母鸡很多都可以下6个蛋之多。
来自柯林斯例句
2. All the big game congregate here, and birdlife is particularly prolific.
所有的大型野兽都聚集在这里，鸟类尤其丰富。
来自柯林斯例句
3. During the Seventies, Rundgren was astonishingly prolific.
