| 释义 |
pastoralize, v.|ˈpɑːstərəlaɪz, ˈpæ-|
[See -ize.]
1. trans. To make pastoral or rural.
1825Examiner 34/1 A pretty little pastoralized edition of Kensington Gardens.
2. To put into or celebrate in a pastoral.
1839Blackw. Mag. XLV. 536 It would never have answered to pastoralize the prattle which was heard in the streets and forums of Syracuse. 1842United Service Mag. ii. 6 Izaak Walton pastoralized the art into popularity. 1895C. H. Herford Spenser's Sheph. Cal. Introd. 43 A somewhat clumsy attempt to pastoralise Bion's dainty myth.
3. To guide or take charge of pastorally.
1870Tyerman J. Wesley I. 420 The time of the two Wesleys was now employed in pastoralizing the societies they had formed.
4. intr. To ‘do’ the pastoral; to occupy oneself with pastoral music. colloq.
1828Blackw. Mag. XXIII. 39 A second set..pastoralising over the little musical pieces of the ‘Vaudeville’. |