pollinating
present participle ofpollinate
| 单词 | pollinating |
| 释义 | pollinating present participle ofpollinate pollinate verb[T] uk/ˈpɒl.ə.neɪt/us/ˈpɑː.lə.neɪt/to takepollenfrom oneplantorpartof aplantto another so that newplantseedscan beproduced: Bees pollinate theplantsbycarryingthepollenfrom oneflowerto another. Plant reproduction
Examplesofpollinatingpollinating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The absence of other majorpollinatingspecies in this system is likely to cause competition among plants to attract the same visitors. From theCambridge English Corpus However, some insects are beneficial and have a role inpollinatingflowers, thus enabling fruit set. From theCambridge English Corpus Two other factors contributing to thepollinatingcapacity of a pollinator species are flower fidelity and foraging activity thresholds. From theCambridge English Corpus The wasps are deceived intopollinatingthe inflorescences on female plants, but fail to reproduce. From theCambridge English Corpus The eventual establishment of any new pollinator depends on itspollinatingperformance, sustainability, and manageability, as well as on its economic cost. From theCambridge English Corpus Selfing was achieved bypollinatingimmature flower buds with pollen from open flowers of the same plant. From theCambridge English Corpus For the same reason, counting pollen grains on the pollinator's body does not provide a good indication of itspollinatingability. From theCambridge English Corpus Protracted pre-emergence and emergence periods are undesirable whenpollinatingshort-blooming crops such as fruit trees. From theCambridge English Corpus Male euglossine bees collect fragrances produced by flowers for reasons not yet clearly understood,pollinatingthem during this process. From theCambridge English Corpus Pollination could be impaired in these fragments because isolation often negatively influences the dispersal of insects, the most importantpollinatingagents in the tropics. From theCambridge English Corpus At a finer scale, among generapollinatingmonoecious figs we found marked differences in flight behaviour (height and time-of-dispersal). From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, either self-pollination or cross-pollination can be found in olives, with wind being the mainpollinatingagent. From theCambridge English Corpus Pollinatingbees - the conservation link between agriculture and nature. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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