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Bucolic Cow Adj Hovel Latin Greek Root Bju:'Kɔlik

单词 bucolic
音标 [bju:'kɔlik]
解释 a.乡村的;牧羊的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 乡村的(of country life; rustic, rural);牧羊的(pastoral)
【考】 反义词:urban(城市 的)palatial : hovel / city : bucolic(富丽堂皇的:简陋的/ 城市的 : 乡村的)
【记】 buc(牛)+olic(养…的 )→养牛的→乡村的
字源 bucolic (adj.)
1610s, earlier bucolical (1520s), from Latin bucolicus, from Greek boukolikos "pastoral, rustic," from boukolos "cowherd, herdsman," from bous "cow" (see cow (n.)) + -kolos "tending," related to Latin colere "to till (the ground), cultivate, dwell, inhabit" (the root of colony). Middle Irish búachaill, Welsh bugail "shepherd" are Celtic words form from the same root material as Greek boukolos.
不择手段背单词 adj. 乡村的 = rustic = rural; 牧羊的 = pastoral; 田园生活的
【记】bu = bull(n 公牛), co = cow(n 母牛)-养牛的-乡村的
【类】palatial: hovel = city[metropolis]: bucolic = hovel: palatial富丽堂皇的对简陋的 = 城市对乡村的 = 简陋小屋对宏伟的
【反】urban(adj 城市的); sophisticated(adj 久经世故的)
趣味全助记 【记】源自cow; buck雄鹿,公羊,雄兔 + cow ;bull, cow + 音:犁,公牛母牛一起犁地
【相关】bovine 公牛

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