cultivation

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The art or act of cultivating (improvement of land for or by agriculture), as:; Tillage: plowing, sowing and raising crops. countable,uncountable
    — The cultivation of these valleys dates back thousands of years.
  2. The art or act of cultivating (improvement of land for or by agriculture), as:; Light tillage: turning or stirring the soil, especially for weed control. countable,uncountable
    — The cultivation of the hillside led to soil erosion.
  3. The state of being cultivated or used for agriculture countable,uncountable
    — These fields are in cultivation.
  4. Devotion of time or attention to the improvement of (something) countable,uncountable
    — His steadfast cultivation of their relationship finally bore fruit.
  5. Advancement or refinement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition countable,uncountable
    — She is a woman of great cultivation.

词形变化

cultivations plural

词汇关系

近义词
tillage
衍生词
cocultivation cultivational cultivation theory incultivation microcultivation miscultivation multicultivation noncultivation overcultivation precultivation recultivation self-cultivation shifting cultivation subcultivation uncultivation
相关词
cultivar cultivate cultivator

词源

From Medieval Latin cultivātus, perfect passive participle of cultivō, + -ion, or Middle French cultivation. By surface analysis, cultivate + -ion.
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