cultivate

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vt. 培养, 耕作

发音

US /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/

词形变化

cultivated cultivates 三单 cultivates cultivateth cultivating cultivating 现在分词 cultivated 过去式 cultivated 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

培养；陶冶；耕作

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    To grow plants, notably crops.

    耕种

    种植

    Most farmers in this region cultivate maize.

  2. 2.

    To nurture; to foster; to tend.

    培育

    培养

    比喻

    They tried to cultivate an interest in learning among their students.

  3. 3.

    To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants.

    耕种

    种植

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

work school train further foster crop tame educate domesticate civilize

上位词 10

down ready set fix further prepare advance polish encourage setup

下位词 7

grow raise farm produce overcrop overcultivate sophisticate

近义相关 2

work knead

词源

From Medieval Latin cultivātus, perfect passive participle of cultivō (“till, cultivate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more), from cultīvus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“till, cultivate”), which comes from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō) and Sanskrit चरति (cárati). The same Proto-Indo-European root also gave Latin in-quil-īnus (“inhabitant”) and anculus (“servant”).

来源：wiktionary