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pollinate something
pollinate 是及物动词，直接接宾语，表示给某物授粉。
Bees pollinate many fruit trees.
蜜蜂为许多果树授粉。
授粉；给……授粉
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授粉；给……授粉
to fertilize a plant by transferring pollen to it
Bees pollinate many fruit trees.
蜜蜂为许多果树授粉。
给(柱头)授粉。
To apply pollen to (a stigma).
pollinate
Base
原形
pollinates
3rd person
第三人称单数
pollinating
-ing
现在分词
pollinated
Past
过去式
pollinated
Past participle
过去分词
Bees pollinate flowers.
蜜蜂给花授粉。
The farmer pollinated the apple trees last spring.
农民去年春天给苹果树授粉。
The bees are pollinating the garden.
蜜蜂正在给花园授粉。
规则动词：过去式和过去分词均为 pollinated；常用于描述蜜蜂等传播花粉。
Bees pollinate many flowers when they collect nectar.
蜜蜂采集花蜜时为许多花授粉。
These apple trees were pollinated by insects last spring.
这些苹果树去年春天由昆虫授粉。
The farmer is pollinating the tomato plants by hand today.
农民今天正在用手给番茄植株授粉。
pollinate 是及物动词，直接接宾语，表示给某物授粉。
Bees pollinate many fruit trees.
蜜蜂为许多果树授粉。
被动语态中 by 引出授粉的媒介。
These flowers are pollinated by insects.
这些花由昆虫授粉。
with 后接授粉工具或花粉来源，常用于人工授粉。
Gardeners pollinate the flowers with a small brush.
园丁用小刷子给花朵授粉。
Not this
Bees pollinate for the flowers.
Use this
Bees pollinate the flowers.
pollinate 是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词 for；中文“给……授粉”的“给”不能直译为 for。
Not this
The flowers are pollinate by bees.
Use this
The flowers are pollinated by bees.
被动语态要用 be 加上过去分词，pollinate 的过去分词是 pollinated。
Not this
The bees pollen the flowers.
Use this
The bees pollinate the flowers.
pollen 是名词“花粉”，表示“授粉”时动词应用 pollinate。
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给庄稼授粉
Many farmers depend on insects to pollinate their crops.
许多农民依赖昆虫给庄稼授粉。
给花授粉
Butterflies and bees pollinate flowers in the garden.
蝴蝶和蜜蜂为花园里的花授粉。
人工授粉
In greenhouses, workers pollinate tomatoes by hand.
在温室里，工人给番茄人工授粉。
传粉昆虫
Pollinating insects are essential for a healthy ecosystem.
传粉昆虫对健康的生态系统至关重要。
给果树授粉
The farmer introduced beehives to pollinate the fruit trees.
农场主引进蜂箱给果树授粉。
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看到pollinate就想到pollen(花粉)，蜜蜂把花粉从雄蕊送到雌蕊=授粉。
语域：neutral 常见场景：植物学、农业、园艺 pollinate 通常用于植物学、农业和园艺等说明性语境，属于中性常用词；口语中也不生僻，但多见于涉及传粉、种植或生态的叙述。
及物动词，宾语通常为花或植物。
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