culture

英 [ˈkʌltʃə(r)]

美 [ˈkʌltʃər]

n.  文化，文明(指国家或群体的风俗、信仰、艺术、生活方式及社会组织); 文化(指拥有特定信仰等的国家、群体等); 文化(艺术、音乐、文学等的统称)
v.  培养(细胞或细菌)

复数：cultures　过去分词：cultured　现在分词：culturing　

中考高考CET4CET6考研TOEFLIELTS

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.983 / COCA.611

同义词辨析

civilizationculture【导航词义：文明】

牛津词典

noun

生活方式 way of life
• 文化，文明（指国家或群体的风俗、信仰、艺术、生活方式及社会组织）
  the customs and beliefs, art, way of life and social organization of a particular country or group
  1. European/Islamic/African/American , etc. culture
     欧洲、伊斯兰、非洲、美国等文化
  2. working-class culture
     工人阶级的文化
• 文化（指拥有特定信仰等的国家、群体等）
  a country, group, etc. with its own beliefs, etc.
  1. The children are taught to respect different cultures.
     孩子们受到的教育叫他们要尊重不同的文化。
  2. the effect of technology on traditional cultures
     技术对各种传统文化的影响
艺术；音乐；文学 art/music/literature
• 文化（艺术、音乐、文学等的统称）
  art, music, literature, etc., thought of as a group
  1. Venice is a beautiful city full of culture and history.
     威尼斯是一座具有深厚文化和历史底蕴的美丽城市。
  2. popular culture (= that is enjoyed by a lot of people)
     大众文化
  3. the Minister for Culture
     文化部长
看法；态度 beliefs/attitudes
• 文化（某群体或组织的一致看法和态度）
  the beliefs and attitudes about sth that people in a particular group or organization share
  1. The political cultures of the United States and Europe are very different.
     美国的政治观和欧洲的大不相同。
  2. A culture of failure exists in some schools.
     在某些学校中存在着失败文化。
  3. company culture
     企业文化
  4. We are living in a consumer culture.
     我们生活在一种消费文化之中。
种植；养殖 growing/breeding
• 种植；栽培；养殖；培育
  the growing of plants or breeding of particular animals in order to get a particular substance or crop from them
  1. the culture of silkworms (= for silk)
     桑蚕养殖
细胞；细菌 cells/bacteria
• 培养物；培养细胞；培养菌；（为医疗、科研或食品生产而作细胞或细菌的）培养
  a group of cells or bacteria, especially one taken from a person or an animal and grown for medical or scientific study, or to produce food; the process of obtaining and growing these cells
  1. a culture of cells from the tumour
     肿瘤细胞的培养
  2. Yogurt is made from active cultures.
     酸奶是由活性培养菌制成的。
  3. to do/take a throat culture
     采集喉部培养细胞

verb

• 培养（细胞或细菌）
  to grow a group of cells or bacteria for medical or scientific study

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 文化，文明(如艺术、哲学)
  Cultureconsists of activities such as the arts and philosophy, which are considered to be important for the development of civilization and of people's minds.
  1. There is just not enough fun and frivolity in culture today.
     当今的文化恰恰是不够轻松有趣。
  2. ...aspects of popular culture.
     大众文化的方方面面
  3. ...France's Minister of Culture and Education.
     法国文化和教育部部长
• N-COUNT 文化(尤指拥有特定信仰、生活方式或艺术形式的社会或文明）
  Acultureis a particular society or civilization, especially considered in relation to its beliefs, way of life, or art.
  1. ...people from different cultures...
     来自不同文化背景的人们
  2. I was brought up in a culture that said you must put back into the society what you have taken out.
     我成长于其中的那个社会文化认为，取之社会必须回报社会。
• N-COUNT 文化(某组织或群体的一致习惯和行为方式)
  Thecultureof a particular organization or group consists of the habits of the people in it and the way they generally behave.
  1. But social workers say that this has created a culture of dependency, particularly in urban areas...
     然而社会工作者认为这使得人们普遍产生了依赖，尤其是在城市地区。
  2. The institutions have realised they need to change their culture to improve efficiency and service.
     这些机构已经意识到需要改变他们的内部文化以提高效率、改进服务。
• N-COUNT 培养物;培养菌;培养细胞
  In science, acultureis a group of bacteria or cells which are grown, usually in a laboratory as part of an experiment.
  1. ...a culture of human cells.
     人类细胞的培养物
  2. ...a number of tissue culture experiments.
     多次组织细胞培养实验
• VERB 培养(细菌);培植(细胞)
  In science, toculturea group of bacteria or cells means to grow them, usually in a laboratory as part of an experiment.
  1. To confirm the diagnosis, the hospital laboratory must culture a colony of bacteria.
     为进一步确诊，医院实验室必须培养一个细菌菌落。
  2. ...cultured human blood cells.
     培养的人体血细胞

双语例句

• But social workers say that this has created a culture of dependency, particularly in urban areas
  然而社会工作者认为这使得人们普遍产生了依赖，尤其是在城市地区。
• The institutions have realised they need to change their culture to improve efficiency and service.
  这些机构已经意识到需要改变他们的内部文化以提高效率、改进服务。
• He was one of the world's foremost scholars of ancient Indian culture
  他是世界上最杰出的古印第安文化研究者之一。
• She speaks no Japanese and is unfamiliar with Japanese culture.
  她不会说日语，也不了解日本文化。
• The culture minister once ran a theatre
  这位文化部长曾经经营过一家剧院。
• He also spoke of his fears for the future of his country's culture.
  他也谈到了对祖国文化前途的担忧。
• French Jews generally had been assimilated into the nation's culture.
  法裔犹太人已经被这个国家的文化同化了。
• The nine republics are immensely disparate in size, culture and wealth.
  这9个共和国在面积、文化和财富上迥然不同。
• We shall take our place in the world as a nation with an advanced culture.
  我们将以一个具有高度文化的民族出现于世界。
• To confirm the diagnosis, the hospital laboratory must culture a colony of bacteria.
  为进一步确诊，医院实验室必须培养一个细菌菌落。