英语词汇“cultivate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINcultivate

Origin:

1600-1700 Medieval Latin past participle of cultivare, from cultivus ‘used for crops’, from Latin cultus, past participle of colere ‘to cultivate’

VERB TABLE

cultivate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	cultivate
	he, she, it	cultivates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	cultivated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have cultivated
	he, she, it	has cultivated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had cultivated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will cultivate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have cultivated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am cultivating
	he, she, it	is cultivating
	you, we, they	are cultivating
Past	I, he, she, it	was cultivating
	you, we, they	were cultivating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been cultivating
	he, she, it	has been cultivating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been cultivating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be cultivating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been cultivating

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Baseball teams spend a lot on cultivating new talent.
Dozens of eucalyptus species are cultivated in the arboretum.
Gradually it was found more profitable to cultivate vines and olives rather than grain.
He's spent years cultivating a knowledge of art.
Her marriage allowed her to cultivate friendships with the Paris literary elite.
Minnesota has long cultivated its cultural image.
Nearer the coast, huge areas of land are given over to cultivating tomatoes.
Population growth is causing people to clear more woodland so that they can cultivate the land.
The tribe cultivated the land and grew the food.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Christoffers has cultivated a network among antiques dealers, collectors and museum staff who will allow her to copy their prize pieces.
Converse purchased a pint of Gold Leaf Cognac to cultivate the management.
He also cultivates an amiable sort of ruthlessness.
In greenhouse or field, pollen and egg from wild tomatoes were tested for the ability to cross with cultivated plants.
Specimens cultivated under this name for some forty to fifty years have never flowered.
The most sophisticated farmers are the leaf-cutting ants, which cultivate fungus on fresh vegetation thanks to an assembly-line of specialised castes.
The second species, R. humilis, has been imported and is cultivated in aquariums and terrariums.

Longman Language Activatorto make plants grow► grow

to plant and look after plants so that they develop and grow: · Farmers in this area grow mainly wheat.· It's very satisfying growing your own vegetables.· Wild flowers are quick and easy to grow from seed.

► cultivate

to grow vegetables and other crops, especially in order to sell them: · Nearer the coast, huge areas of land are given over to cultivating tomatoes.· Gradually it was found more profitable to cultivate vines and olives rather than grain.cultivate the land (=use the land to grow crops): · Population growth is causing people to clear more woodland so that they can cultivate the land.

► raise

to grow plants, especially in large amounts to be used as food: · Last year we raised a good crop of onions.· Tomato plants can be raised from seed in a heated greenhouse.

► have green fingers

British /have a green thumb American to be good at making plants grow: · He had green fingers, my grandfather. He could grow anything.· The flower show season is upon us, and whether you have a green thumb or not, you should take a look at your garden.

WORD SETS► Agriculture

agrarian, adjectiveagribusiness, nounagro-, prefixagro-industry, nounanimal husbandry, nounanimal rights, nounartificial insemination, nounbale, nounbale, verbbarn, nounbarnyard, nounbattery, nounbiotechnology, nounbreadbasket, nounbreed, verbbreeding, nounbroiler, nounbroiler chicken, nounBSE, nounbuckaroo, nounbull, nounbutcher, verbbyre, nouncapon, nouncattleman, nouncattle market, nouncattle prod, nounchaff, nounchicken, nounchicken run, nouncollective farm, nouncoop, nounco-op, nouncorral, nouncorral, verbcowboy, nouncowgirl, nouncowhand, nouncowpoke, nouncreamery, nouncroft, nouncrofter, nouncrofting, nouncultivate, verbcultivation, noundairy, noundairy cattle, noundairy farm, noundairymaid, noundairyman, nounDDT, noundip, verbdip, noundirt farmer, noundrover, noundry-stone wall, noundude ranch, nounDutch barn, nounextensive agriculture, factory farming, nounfallow, adjectivefarm, nounfarm, verbfarmer, nounfarmhand, nounfarmhouse, nounfarming, nounfarmland, nounfarmstead, nounfarmyard, nounfeedstock, nounfield, nounfishery, nounfish farm, nounfish meal, nounflail, verbflail, nounfleece, nounfodder, nounfold, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounforage, nounfowl, nounfree-range, adjectivefungicide, noungamekeeper, noungeld, verbgenetically modified, adjectivegentleman farmer, nounGM, adjectivegoatherd, noungraft, noungraft, verbgranary, noungreenhouse, noungreen revolution, nounGreen Revolution, nounhacienda, nounharrow, nounhatchery, nounhayloft, nounhaymaking, nounhaystack, nounheifer, nounhen house, nounherbicide, nounherd, nounherd, verbherdsman, nounhigh-yield, adjectivehired hand, nounhomestead, nounhomestead, verbhopper, nounhorticulture, nounhusbandry, nounhutch, nouninsecticide, nounintensive agriculture, irrigate, verbJersey, nounkibbutz, nounlamb, verbland agent, nounlasso, nounlasso, verblift, verblitter, nounlivestock, nounlonghorn, nounmad cow disease, nounmanure, nounmeat, nounmerino, nounmilk, nounmilk churn, nounmilking machine, nounmilking parlour, nounmilkmaid, nounmixed farming, nounmower, nounmuck, nounmuckheap, nounnursery, nounoast house, nounorangery, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic farming, paddock, nounpaddy, nounpasturage, nounpasture, nounpasture, verbpastureland, nounpen, nounperpendicular, adjectivepest, nounpesticide, nounpiggery, nounpigpen, nounpigsty, nounpigswill, nounpitchfork, nounplantation, nounplanter, nounplough, nounplough, verbploughboy, nounploughman, nounploughshare, nounpoultry, nounproducer, nounpullet, nounPYO, raise, verbranch, nounrancher, nounranching, nounrange, nounranger, nounrear, verbrick, nounrubber, nounrun, nounrustle, verbscarecrow, nounscythe, nounsharecropper, nounshare-cropper, nounshear, verbshearer, nounsheep-dip, nounsheepdog, nounsheep-pen, nounshepherd, nounshepherdess, nounsickle, nounsilage, nounsilo, nounslaughter, verbslaughterhouse, nounsmallholding, nounsow, verbsow, nounsprayer, nounstable, nounstable, verbstable boy, nounstall, nounstation, nounsteer, nounstock, nounstockbreeder, nounstockman, nounstockyard, nounstubble, nounsty, nounswill, nounswine, nounswineherd, nountenant farmer, nounterrace, nounthresh, verbthreshing machine, nountractor, nountrough, nountruck farm, nountrue, adverbudder, nounvillein, nounvineyard, nounweedkiller, nounweevil, nounwheat, nounwheatgerm, nounwheatmeal, nounwinnow, verbwool, nounwrangler, nounyoke, nounyoke, verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a cultivated field

(=one with crops growing on it)· The valley is an area of lush greenery and cultivated fields.

► cultivate an image

(=try to encourage or develop an image)· He was trying to cultivate an image of himself as an intellectual.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► carefully

· That's why you carefully cultivate eccentric habits to set you apart from others.· This evolution needs to be carefully cultivated.· He's spent 12 months planning and carefully cultivating what he hopes will be prize blooms.· The citizens of Athens recognized that responsible citizenship would not come about automatically; it had to be carefully cultivated.

NOUN► aquarium

· Only V. dubyana is frequently cultivated as a decorative aquarium plant.· This is also true for plants cultivated in the aquarium, except those species forming rhizomes.· Many of them have gotten into aquarium literature, although they can not be cultivated in the aquarium.· It can not be cultivated in the aquarium.· This plant has been known for 60 years but has not yet been cultivated extensively in the aquarium.

► attitude

· They haven't cultivated the attitude that by serving you they're doing you a favour.· I can actively cultivate an attitude of engagement.· In six years she had never been able to cultivate that devil-may-care attitude that seemed to characterise the gentleman at the Feathers.

► garden

· The Jorgensens bake lasagne in a solar oven, keep their showers short and cultivate an organic garden in their backyard.· Love must be the most beautiful flower than can be cultivated in transcendent garden of the mind.· Just as methods of cultivating a garden change over time, practices develop from season to season.· But they are not merely carriages for we have reached the stage when the soil must be cultivated into gardens.· I sat, surrounded by the papers, by the secrets she had guarded and cultivated like a garden.· In his case, it was a farming image, though he was incapable of cultivating the smallest back garden.· But all this is reversed for a cultivated garden, where not varied but controlled conditions are required.

► image

· She did not want to cultivate the snob image.· He cultivates this image of himself as the defender of the oppressed.· Therefore it is a matter of cultivating the interior images which last as long as the human being lives.· Though Catherine assiduously cultivated an image of absolute authority. she was well aware of the limitations on her own power.

► land

· Farmers fled to work as itinerant merchants; the amount of cultivated grain land shrank from 12,350 acres to less than 5,000.· Today, we have only about two acres of cultivated land per person.· Traditionally the landowner need not cultivate the land intensively to provide sufficient to maintain prestige and a very good life-style.· Our people have lived on and cultivated the bottom lands along the Missouri River for many hundreds of years.· Unlike outright slaves, they maintained themselves by cultivating the land conditionally allotted to them by their master.· Coastal land may be included in the future, but cultivated land, parks and gardens, woodland and riversides are excluded.· Henrique Alemão encouraged many people to come and settle to cultivate his extensive land.· Productive activity was carried out by peasants, who lived on and cultivated the land which was controlled by the feudal lords.

► plant

· She would dig and cultivate her plants with great gusto and had one of the finest gardens in the Institute compound.· Botanists praise the many qualities of the hellebore, but relatively few gardeners cultivate the plant.· They show that the crucial shift to self-fertilization in the cultivated plant involves but a single gene.· In greenhouse or field, pollen and egg from wild tomatoes were tested for the ability to cross with cultivated plants.

► relationship

· Maybe you have cultivated a good relationship with your dealer.· My husband and I cultivated a relationship with our elderly childless neighbors, exchanging dinners and visits.· Vic inherited her from his predecessor, who had evidently cultivated an informal working relationship.

► species

· They are suitable aquarium plants and are cultivated like Cryptocoryne species in a medium-rich substratum and water that is not too acid.· Successful aquarists often cultivate this species on decorative roots together with fish of the genus Aphyosemion.· Among all the cultivated species of Hygrophila it is the one best adapted to submersed existence.· It is the most cultivated medium-size species.· Commonly cultivated species can be obtained easily in florist shops.

VERB► try

· He tried to cultivate a reputation for dangerous magical power by engaging in narcotic shamanistic seances.· He tried on a newly cultivated smile and looked across the boat at Hattie Johnson with it.