cultivate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To grow plants, notably crops.
    — Most farmers in this region cultivate maize.
  2. To nurture; to foster; to tend. figuratively
    — They tried to cultivate an interest in learning among their students.
  3. To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants.

词形变化

cultivates present,singular,third-person cultivating participle,present cultivated participle,past cultivated past

词汇关系

衍生词
cocultivate cultivable cultivar cultivatable cultivated cultivation cultivator miscultivate overcultivate recultivate subcultivate uncultivate uncultivated

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”).
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