单词 | cultivate |
释义 | cultivate v.tr.   1. a prepare and use (soil etc.) for crops or gardening. b break up (the ground) with a cultivator.   2. a raise or produce (crops). b culture (bacteria etc.).   3. a (often as cultivated adj.) apply oneself to improving or developing (the mind, manners, etc.). b pay attention to or nurture (a person or a person's friendship). Derivatives cultivable adj. cultivatable adj. cultivation n. Etymology: med.L cultivare f. cultiva (terra) arable (land) (as CULT) |
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