Pastoral
['pɑːst(ə)r(ə)l] or ['pæstərəl]
解释:
(noun.) a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds).
(noun.) a letter from a pastor to the congregation.
(adj.) of or relating to a pastor; 'pastoral work'; 'a pastoral letter' .
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解释:
(a.) Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.
(a.) Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter.
(n.) A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic.
(n.) A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life.
(n.) A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese; also (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish.
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同义词及近义词:
a. [1]. Rural, rustic, of shepherds.[2]. Bucolic.[3]. Ministerial, of a pastor.
n. Bucolic, idyl, eclogue, pastoral poem.
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例句:
- Lorne was sitting in a very pastoral fashion on a gate near my door, whistling. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Then does she twirl and twine, a pastoral nymph of good family, through the mazes of the dance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- It is not certain whether the Neolithic pastoral people who left those remains were the direct ancestors of the later Egyptians. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- With my pastoral crook I went over the brook, And behold I am spread into bands! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Lord Raymond was never born to be a drone in the hive, and to find content in our pastoral life. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Quite a pastoral state of innocence all round, returned Miss Belle with a shrug. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- The subjects were all pastoral, the scenes were all sunny. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
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