单词 | culture |
释义 | culture —culture /ˈkʌl.tʃər/ aep /-tʃɚ/ noun [C or U] (WAY OF LIFE) ► B1 the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a particular group of people at a particular time: » youth/working-class culture» She's studying modern Japanese language and culture.→ SEE ALSO SUBCULTURE(Cf. ↑subculture)Thesaurus+: ↑Lifestyles and their studyWord Builder:–Nouns: culture, subculture–Adjectives: cultural, cultured–Adverbs: culturally• • • Extra Examples:» American culture has been exported all over the world.» She got some books out of the library and immersed herself in Jewish history and culture.» It's a nostalgia trip back into the youth culture of the swinging 60s.» Surely it is wrong to try to impose western culture on these people?» Each culture had a special ritual to initiate boys into manhood.noun [C or U] SPECIALIZED (GROWING) ► F0 cells, tissues, organs, or organisms grown for scientific purposes, or the activity of breeding and keeping particular living things in order to get the substances they produceThesaurus+: ↑Bacteria, moulds, germs and virusesWord Builder:–Nouns: culture, subculture–Adjectives: cultural, cultured–Adverbs: culturallynoun [U] (ART) ► B1 music, art, theatre, literature, etc.: » You won't find much culture in this sleepy little town, I'm afraid!» popular culture (= the books, music, etc. liked by most people)Thesaurus+: ↑Art and cultureWord Builder:–Nouns: culture, subculture–Adjectives: cultural, cultured–Adverbs: culturally• • • Extra Examples:» I was suffering from an overdose of culture.» She's the personification of culture and refinement.» The advertising industry's use of classic songs is vandalism of popular culture, he said.» There's not much here in the way of culture.verb [T] SPECIALIZED ↑Verb Endings for culture ► F0 to breed and keep particular living things in order to get the substances they produceThesaurus+: ↑Bacteria, moulds, germs and viruses |
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