cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise

v [Tn] 1 (botany 植) fertilize (a plant) by using pollen from a different type of plant 以异种花粉使(植物)受精; 使异花受精. 2 (fig 比喻) stimulate (sb/sth) usefully or positively with ideas from a different field, etc (从不同方面以有益的或积极的思想)影响(某人[某事物]): Literary studies have been cross-fertilized by new ideas in linguistics. 文学研究从语言学方面的新见解中受益良多.


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