cultivate 音标拼音: [k'ʌltəv
, et]
vt . 耕,耕作;培养,磨炼
耕,耕作;培养,磨炼
cultivate v 1 :
foster the growth of 2 :
prepare for crops ; "
Work the soil "; "
cultivate the land "
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synonym : {
cultivate }, {
crop }, {
work }]
3 :
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment ;
"
Cultivate your musical taste "; "
Train your tastebuds "; "
She is well schooled in poetry " [
synonym : {
educate }, {
school },
{
train }, {
cultivate }, {
civilize }, {
civilise }]
4 :
adapt (
a wild plant or unclaimed land )
to the environment ;
"
domesticate oats "; "
tame the soil " [
synonym : {
domesticate },
{
cultivate }, {
naturalize }, {
naturalise }, {
tame }]
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LL .
cultivatus ,
p .
p .
of cultivare to cultivate ,
fr .
cultivus cultivated ,
fr .
L .
cultus ,
p .
p .
of colere to till ,
cultivate .
Cf . {
Colony }.]
1 .
To bestow attention ,
care ,
and labor upon ,
with a view to valuable returns ;
to till ;
to fertilize ;
as ,
to cultivate soil .
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2 .
To direct special attention to ;
to devote time and thought to ;
to foster ;
to cherish .
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Leisure . . .
to cultivate general literature .
--
Wordsworth .
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3 .
To seek the society of ;
to court intimacy with .
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I ever looked on Lord Keppel as one of the greatest and best men of his age ;
and I loved and cultivated him accordingly . --
Burke .
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4 .
To improve by labor ,
care ,
or study ;
to impart culture to ;
to civilize ;
to refine .
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To cultivate the wild ,
licentious savage . --
Addison .
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The mind of man hath need to be prepared for piety and virtue ;
it must be cultivated to the end .
--
Tillotson .
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5 .
To raise or produce by tillage ;
to care for while growing ;
as ,
to cultivate corn or grass .
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144 Moby Thesaurus words for "
cultivate ":
advance ,
ameliorate ,
apprentice ,
approach ,
backset ,
beautify ,
better ,
break ,
break in ,
break the ice ,
breed ,
bring up ,
brown -
nose ,
butter up ,
care for ,
carve ,
cherish ,
chisel ,
coddle ,
condition ,
convert ,
cosset ,
court ,
courteous ,
cradle ,
crop ,
cultivated ,
culture ,
cultured ,
cut ,
delve ,
develop ,
dig ,
discipline ,
distingue ,
dress ,
drill ,
dry -
nurse ,
educate ,
elaborate ,
embellish ,
encourage ,
evolve ,
excite ,
exercise ,
extract ,
fallow ,
farm ,
feed ,
fertilize ,
fetch up ,
finish ,
fit ,
fondle ,
force ,
form ,
foster ,
further ,
groom ,
grow ,
harrow ,
harvest ,
hoe ,
house -
train ,
housebreak ,
improve ,
instruct ,
labor ,
lavish care on ,
lick into shape ,
list ,
machine ,
make advances ,
make sensitive ,
make up to ,
manage ,
mature ,
mill ,
mine ,
mother ,
mulch ,
nourish ,
nurse ,
nurture ,
pamper ,
pay addresses to ,
pay court to ,
perfect ,
play up to ,
plow ,
polish ,
polished ,
polite ,
practice ,
prepare ,
process ,
produce ,
promote ,
propagate ,
prune ,
pump ,
put in tune ,
put to school ,
quicken ,
raise ,
rake ,
ready ,
rear ,
refine ,
refined ,
rehearse ,
ripen ,
run after ,
season ,
send to school ,
sensibilize ,
sensitize ,
sharpen ,
shine up to ,
smelt ,
spade ,
spoon -
feed ,
stimulate ,
stir ,
suck up to ,
suckle ,
sustain ,
take in hand ,
teach ,
tend ,
thin ,
thin out ,
till ,
till the soil ,
train ,
urbane ,
weed ,
weed out ,
well -
bred ,
wet -
nurse ,
whet ,
woo ,
work ,
work on
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