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单词 pastora
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pastoran.

Brit. /pɑːˈstɔːrə/, /paˈstɔːrə/, U.S. /pæsˈtɔrə/
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish pastora.
Etymology: < Spanish pastora (1220–50), feminine form corresponding to pastor pastor n. Compare Old Occitan, Occitan pastora (a1150), Old French, Middle French, French regional pastoure (13th cent.; in Old French also as pastore ), Italian pastora (1565). Compare slightly earlier pastorella n. 5.
literary.
A shepherdess.Sometimes used in literature as the proper name of a shepherdess.
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1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 ii. iv. 83 She that goes vp and down these plaines and hils among vs in the habite of a Pastora [Sp. en habito de pastora].
1661 I. Walton Daman & Dorus in A. Brome Songs & Other Poems 8 Tyterus, and his dear Clora, Tom and Will, and their Pastora.
1729 H. Carey Artful Shepherdess in Poems Several Occasions 198 The fair Pastora Sat in a shady Grove, With Coridon her darling Swain Prostrate before her.
1771 J. Cunningham Narcissus in Poems, Chiefly Pastoral 47 The fair Pastora chanc'd to pass, With such an angel air.
1827 G. Darley Sylvia v. iii. 167 Some country-hoyden, I surmise, that purls a little through an oaten pipe, and infests these parts in a sheep-keeping character,—a ‘dear Pastora’.
2002 Renascence (Nexis) 54 150 He does not plead with the pastora but, rather, laments her absence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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