cul-ti-var
/'kAltivai(r)/
noun
[technical
i§) a type of plant that has been deliberately developed to have particular
features栽培种；栽培品种 cultivate /'kAltiveit/ verb [VN] 1 to prepare and use
land for growing plants or crops 耕；耕作 grow： The land around
here has never been cultivated. 这一带的土地从未开垦过。2 to grow plants or
crops 种植；栽培；培育：I7ie peopZe cuirivate
mafnZy rice and beans.这里的人们主要种植稻子和豆类。3 (sometimes disapproving) to try to get sb^
friendship or support 建立（友谊）；结交（朋友）；获得（支持）：He purposely tried
to cultivate good relations with the press. 他特意设法与新闻界搞好关系。◊ heips i/you go out 0/
your way to cultivate the ZocaZ peopZe•主S结交当地人大
有好处。4 to develop an
attitude, a way of talking or behaving，etc.逐渐形成（某种态度、谈话或举止方式
等）：.She cuirivated an air 〇/sophistication.她养成了 一派精明练达的气度。
cul.ti.vated
/.kAltiveitid/
a办 1 (of people 人）having a high level of
education and showing good manners 有 教养的；有修养的；举止文雅的SEl CULTURED 2 (Of land 土地）used to grow crops 用于耕作的：activated _/Mds 耕地 3
(of plants that are also wild 野生植物） grown on a farm, etc.
in order to be sold '(为出售而） 栽培的，培植的：cuWvateci mushrooms培植的赫菇
EQ3 wild
cul-ti-va-tion
/.kAlti'yeiJn/
noun [U] 1 the prepararion and
use of land for growing plants or crops 耕种； 种植；栽培：/erriZe Zand that is
under cuZtivation (=being cultivated)肥沃的耕地◊ rice/wheat,
etc. cultivation 水稻、小麦等 A
# 植一see also shifting cultivation 2 the
deliberate development of a particular relationship, quality or skill (关系的_ )培 植；（品质或技巧的）培养：the activation 〇/ a
good reZarionship with _〖ocai_/?rm.s发展与当:地公司的良好关系
cul.ti.va.tor
/'kAltiveita(r)/
noun 1 a person who cultivates (= grows crops on) the land
_种者;’种植 者；栽培者 2
a machine for breaking up soil and destroying weeds
(=. plants growing where they are not wanted)耕耘机；中耕机
Cill-tural
/'kAltJaral/
adj. [usually before noun]
1
connected with the culture of a particular society or group, its customs,
beliefs, etc.与文化有关的；文化的： cultural differences between the two
communities 种社群之间的文化差异◊ economic,
sociaZ cmd cuituraZ /actors 经_、在会和文化因素 2 connected with art,
literature, music, etc.与幺术、文学、音乐等有关的：a cuZtura〖 event 文化活动◊ Europe’s
cuZturaZ heritage ■欧洲 的文化遗产◊ The orc/iestra
is very important /or the cuZturaUi/e o/the dfy.管弦乐队对这座城市的文化生活而
言非常重奏。► cu l.tu r.a 丨.ly /-rali/ adv.
Cill-ture /'kAltj9(r)/ noun,
verb unoun
►
WAY OF LIFE 生活方式 1
[U] the customs and beliefs，art, way of life and
social organization of a particular country or group文化，文明（指国家或群体的风俗、信
仰、艺术、生活方式及社会组织）：£uropean/Mamic/ A/Hcan/Americfm，etc. culture 欧洲、伊斯兰、非洲、
||国等文化◊ worfcing-ckws
culture工人阶级的文化2 [C]
a country, group, etc. with its own beliefs, etc. X it
(指拥有特定信仰等的国家、群体等）：ThechiWrenare taught
to respect d敗erent cultures.孩子们受到的教育叫
他们要尊重不同的文化。◊ the e#ect 〇/ technology on
traditiona〖 cultures技术分各种传统化的影响
►
ART/MUSIC/LITERATURE 艺术；音乐；文学 3 [U] art, music, literature，etc.，thought of as a group 文化（艺
术、音乐、文学等的统称）：Venice is a beauti；A^ city /uH o/cuiture an^ history•威尼斯是一座具有深厚文化希
历史底蕴的.美丽城市。◊ popular cu丨ture (= that is
enjoyed by a lot of people)大众'文化◊ the
Minister/or Cu〖ture文化部长
BEUEFS/ATTITUDES
看法；态廣 4 [C，U] the beliefs and attitudes about sth
that people in a particular group or organization share文化（棄群体或组织的一致看备和
态度）：77ie poh’ricaZ
cuitures 〇/ the United States and
Europe are very dijferent.美国的政治观和欧洲的大不相
同。◊ A cuZture o//arture exists in some
schook.在某些
学校中存在着失败文化。◊ company culture企业文也◊
| 487 cumulonimbus
We
are in a consumer cu〖ture.我们生活在一种消费
文化之中。
►
GROWING°/BREEDING 种植;养殖 5 [U] (tec/w/a?/ 术语）the growing of plants
or breeding of particular animals in order to get a particular substance or
crop from them 种植；栽培；养殖；培育：the culture 〇/sfWcworms (=for silk)桑蚕养殖
►
CELLS/BACTERIA 细胞；细菌 6 [C] (b/o/ogy 生，med/cfl/ 医）a group of cells or
bacteria, especially one taken from a person or an animal and grown for medical
or scientific study, or to produce food; the process of obtaining and growing
these cells培养物；培养细胞；培养菌；（为医
疗、科研或食品生产而作细胞或细菌的）培养：a cutaire 〇/ ce〖Zs /rom the tumour 肿瘤细胞的培养◊ Ybgurt is made介om active ci^tures•酸奶是由活性培养菌制成的。
◊
to do/tafce a throat cuZture采集喉部培养细胞
■
verb [VN] (fc/o/o幻/生，med/’cfl/ 医）to grow a group of
cells or bacteria for medical or scientific study i普养（细胞或 细菌）
cul-tured /'kAltJad;
NAmE -tjard/ adj. 1 (of people A) well educated and able
to understand and enjoy art, literature，etc.有教养的；有修养的；文雅的HEl cultivated 2 (of cells or bacteria 细胞或细菌）grown
for medical or scientific
study “ 为医学或科学故究）培
养的 3 (of pearls 珍珠)grown
artificially 人f养殖的
'culture shock noun [C, U] a feeling of
confusion and anxiety that sb may feel when they live in or visit another
country文化冲击，文化休克（指在异国生活或
访问时的一种困惑不安的感觉）
'culture vulture noun [humorous) a person who is very
interested in serious art, music, iiterature, etc.文化症 热分子
cul-vert /'kAlvat;
NAmE -vart/ noun a tunnel that carries
a river or a pipe for water under a road 涵洞；（道路下
面的）排水管
cum /kAm/
(used for linking two nouns 用于连接 两个名词）and; as well as 和；与；及：a bedroom-cum- study卧4兼书房
cum-bersome
/'kAmbasam;
NAmE -bars-/ adj. 1 large and heavy;
difficult to carry大而笨重的；难以携带
的 bulky : cumbersome
machinery 笨重的 +几器 2 slow
and complicated 缓慢复杂的：cumbersome 〖egaZ procedures 繁琐命法律程序 3
(of words or phrases 词语) long or complicated 冗的；累赘的；i杂的：The organization
changed its cumbersome title to something easier to remember.这家机构把它那复杂累赘的名称改得
好记<一些了。
cumin /'kAmin/
noun [U] the dried seeds
of the cumin
plant,
used in cooking as a spice 府萝籽；土茴香籽：
cumin
seeds 土茴香軒
cum laude /,kum 'loidi; 'laudei/ adv.} adj. (from Latin) (in the
cum-merbund /'kAmabAnd;
NAmE -marb-/ noun a wide band of silk，etc. worn around the waist, especially
under a dinner jacket ( 尤指男 式晚礼k 的）
腰封 '
cu-mu-la-tive
/'kjuimjalatrv;
NAmE -leitiv/ adj. *1 having a result that
increases in strength or importance each time more of sth is added (在力量或重要性方面）聚积
的，积累的，渐增的：the cumulative ej〇fect 〇/ human
activity on the worZd environment■人类活品对世界生态环
境日积月累的影响 2 including
all the amounts that have been added previously 累计的；累积的：the mo/itWy sales
figures and the cumulative total for the past six months每月的销售数字和过去六个月的累计总数► cu-
mu-la-tive-ly adv.
cu.mu.lo.nim.bus
/.kjuimalau'nimbas;
NAmE -lou-/
noun [U] {technical a high mass of thick
cloud with a flat base, often seen during thunderstorms
积雨云
(常伴有雷阵雨}’