音标：['kʌltʃә]
n. 文化, 修养, 耕种
vt. 耕种, 培养
【化】 培养物
【医】 培养; 培养物
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culture的短语、例句：
culture
n
1 [U]
(a) refined understanding and appreciation of art, literature, etc 文化（对於文艺等的深刻的了解和鉴赏）
a society without much culture 文化不发达的社会
She is a woman of considerable culture. 她是个文化修养很高的女子.
Universities should be centres of culture. 大学应该是文化的中心.
(b) (often derog 常作贬义) art, literature, etc collectively 文化（文学、 艺术等的总称）
tourists coming to Venice in search of culture 前来威尼斯附庸风雅的游客.
2 [U] state of intellectual development of a society 文化（一个社会智力发展的状况）
twentieth-century mass culture 二十世纪的大众文化
a period of high/low culture 文化高[低]的时期.
3 [U, C] particular form of intellectual expression, eg in art and literature 文化（智力表现的形式, 如体现於文艺方面）
We owe much to Greek culture. 我们得益於希腊文化之处甚多.
She has studied the cultures of Oriental countries. 她研究过东方各国的文化.
4 [U, C] customs, arts, social institutions, etc of a particular group or people 文化（某群体或民族的风俗、 人文现象、 社会惯例等）
the culture of the Eskimos 爱斯基摩人的文化
working-class culture 工人阶级的文化.
5 [U] development through training, exercise, treatment, etc 锻炼; 训练; 修养
physical culture, ie developing one´s muscles and fitness by doing exercises 体育
The culture of the mind is vital. 修心养性是极其重要的.
6 [U] growing of plants or rearing of certain types of animal (eg bees, silkworms, etc) to obtain a crop or improve the species （植物的）栽培; （动物, 如蜂、 蚕等, 良种的）培育
bulb culture, ie the growing of flowers from bulbs 鳞茎植物的栽培.
7 [C] (biology 生) group of bacteria grown for medical or scientific study 培养的细菌
a culture of cholera germs 培养出的霍乱菌.
culture