proliferate
verb [intransitive]Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they proliferate | |
he / she / it proliferates | |
past simple proliferated | |
past participle proliferated | |
-ing form proliferating |
to increase rapidly in number or amount synonym multiply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. 时间流逝,动物生命激增。
Word Originlate 19th cent.: back-formation from proliferation.