pullulate
英 ['pʌljʊleɪt]
美
- vi. 成长；发芽；产生；充满；繁殖
英英释意
- 1. be teeming, be abuzz;
- "The garden was swarming with bees"
- "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"
- "her mind pullulated with worries"
- 2. move in large numbers;
- "people were pouring out of the theater"
- "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
- 3. produce buds, branches, or germinate;
- "the potatoes sprouted"
- 4. become abundant; increase rapidly
- 5. breed freely and abundantly