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单词 cultures
释义

culture /kulˈchər/

noun
  1. Cultivation
  2. The result of cultivation
  3. The state of being cultivated
  4. Refinement in manners, thought, taste, etc
  5. Loosely, the arts
  6. A type of civilization
  7. The attitudes and values which inform a society
  8. A crop of micro-organisms, eg bacteria, grown in a solid or liquid medium in a laboratory
transitive verb
  1. To cultivate
  2. To grow (living organisms or cells) in a culture medium
ORIGIN: L cultūra, from colere

culˈturable adjective

culˈtural adjective

culˈturally adverb

culˈtured adjective

  1. Cultivated
  2. Well-educated, esp in the arts and humanities
  3. Refined

culˈtureless adjective

culˈturist noun

  1. A devotee of culture
  2. A person who grows cultures in a laboratory

cultural anthropology noun

Social anthropology

cultural cringe noun (esp Aust)

A subservient attitude (usu of a nation) to what are regarded as the superior cultures of others

cultural lag or culture lag noun

A slower rate of cultural change in one part of a society compared with the whole, or in one society compared with others

cultural or culture shock noun

Disorientation caused by a change from one environment, culture, ideology, etc to another that is radically different or alien

cultured pearl noun

A pearl grown round a small foreign body deliberately introduced into an oyster's shell

culture medium noun

A nutritive substance on which laboratory cultures can be grown, eg gelatin, agar, etc

culture vulture noun (informal)

Someone who has an avid interest in the arts

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