culture

英 ['kʌltʃə(r)] 美 ['kʌltʃər]

• n. 栽培；文化；教养
• vt. 培养，栽培

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U][C]文化

   development of the arts and sciences in society

2. [U]休养,教养; 精神文明; 训练; 教育

   artistic and other activity of the mind and the works produced by this

3. [U]养殖,培养,栽培

   the practice of raising animals and growing plants

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 栽培，（人工）培养，培育
2. 文化，文明
3. 养殖
4. 教养，修养
5. 培养菌，培养物
6. 陶冶
7. 磨炼
8. 培养组织
9. 耕作，造林，培植，种植
10. 《文化报》

v. 动词

1. 养殖
2. 培养（细菌），栽培，培植，培育
3. 耕种，耕作
4. 修养，修习，使有教养
5. 磨炼

英英释义

Noun:

1. a particular society at a particular time and place;

   "early Mayan civilization"
   

2. the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group

3. all the knowledge and values shared by a society

4. (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar);

   "the culture of cells in a Petri dish"
   

5. a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality;

   "they performed with great polish"
   "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"
   "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"
   

6. the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization;

   "the developing drug culture"
   "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"
   

7. the raising of plants or animals;

   "the culture of oysters"
   

Verb:

1. grow in a special preparation;

   "the biologist grows microorganisms"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He has to learn the culture of bees.
   他得学养蜂。
2. She has studied the cultures of Oriental countries.
   她研究过东方各国的文化。
3. He is a man of little culture.
   他没多少文化修养。
4. The culture of the mind is vital.
   修心养性是极其重要的。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Universities are centers of culture.
   大学是文化中心。
2. He has studied the cultures of the Eastern countries.
   他研究过东方国家的文化。
3. Paris is a good city for people who are interested in culture.
   对于修养心性有兴趣的人来说,巴黎是个好城市。
4. She is a woman of culture and taste.
   她是一个有修养、有风度的女人。
5. This is a culture of cholera germs.
   这是培养出的霍乱菌。

经典引文

• Their method of rice culture was far superior to any other in SE Asia.

  出自： F. Fitzgerald

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• absorb〔bridge〕 culture 吸收〔沟通〕文化
• acquire culture 受到教育
• develop a culture 发展文化
• lack culture 缺乏修养
• promote physical culture 发展体育运动
• spread culture 传播文化

形容词+～

• ancient culture 古代文化
• artistic culture 艺术修养
• Confucian culture 儒教
• ethnic culture 民族文化
• human culture 人类文化
• intellectual culture 智育
• physical culture 体育
• western culture 西方文化

名词+～

• beauty culture 美容术
• bird culture 鸟的饲养
• fruit culture 果树栽培
• health culture 养身法
• mass culture 大众文化

介词+～

• man of culture 有教养的人

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. culture常用作不可数名词,当表示某一特定形式的文化或某种类型的文化时，可用于复数形式。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

culture, civilization, cultivation

• 这组词都可表示“文化”“文明”“修养”。它们的区别在于:
• 1.在表示某一国家或民族所特有的文化时, civilization常与culture互换使用。
• 2.civilization一般指的是与barbarism(野蛮)相对立的“文明”或“文化”; culture指某种类型的文化、风俗、信仰或传统等,尤指民族的艺术与思想; cultivation主要指身心文明、礼貌等的“养成”或“培养”。

culture, education

• 这两个词的含义有区别:education强调通过教育得到的知识与能力,而culture则强调通过教育得到的素质上的提高。例如:
• 有教养的人喜欢好的音乐。
• ［误］ A person with education appreciates good music.
• ［正］ A person with culture appreciates good music.

civilization，culture

• 这两个名词均含“文化，文明”之意。
• civilization指广义的文化，标志人类发展开化的进程。强调物质方面的文明。
• culture侧重指精神方面，即多由科技、文化等所体现的人类智力开发的程度。

词源解说

• ☆ 15世纪中期进入英语，直接源自古典拉丁语的cultura，意为倾向。

近反义词

【近义词】

• art
• civilization
• good taste