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21. cult [L]=

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to till 耕作在culture，cultivate，agriculture 等常用词中，包含着一个很重要的词根cult，它是拉丁动词colere 的动名词词干（这个动词的不定式词干col 在英语中的派生词很少，例词见练习第4题）。colere 的意思包含了古代社会的三种基本的社会活动：居住、耕作、敬神。所以，可以用三个英语动词来表示它的意思：inhabit，till 和worship。相应地，词根cult 也包含了这三种意思，但是主要意思是to till（耕作，栽培）。cult [cult=to worship 崇拜→] n. system of formal worship or religious belief 礼拜；迷信：the cultof personality 个人崇拜▽cultism [cult;-ism n.] n.崇拜；迷信cultist [cult;-ist n.] n.热衷于搞迷信崇拜的人cultivate [cult=to till 耕作；-iv(e)；-ate v.=to make capable of 使能……→“to make capable ofbeing tilled 使能用来耕种”→] v. ① make arable land;produce by tillage 耕作；栽培：tocultivate the soil 耕地② improve;develop 改进；培养：to cultivate the habit of analysis 养成分析的习惯▽cultivation [cultivat(e);-ion n.] n.耕作；培养；教养cultivatable [cultivat(e);-able a.] a.可耕作的；可培养的culture [cult=to till 耕作，栽培；-ure n.=the act or result 表示行为或结果→“tilling or the resultof tilling 耕作或栽培的结果”→] n.① tillage 耕作② cultivation 培养：moral culture 德育③improvement by physical or mental training 教养：a man of considerable culture 文化修养高的人④ special form or stage of civilization 文化；文明：the ancient culture 古代文化▽cultural [cultur(e);-al a.] a.文化的；教养的-culture 常作为合词成分与其他词根构词，表示cultivation（栽培；培养）的意思。agriculture [agri=field 田地；-culture=cultivation 栽培→“cultivation about fields 田地上的栽培术”→] n. the science or practice of cultivating the soil and rearing animals 农学；农艺；农业▽agricultural [agricultur(e);-al a.] a.农业的；农艺的；农学的agriculturist [agricultur(e);-ist n.] n.农学家apiculture [api(apis)=bee 蜂；-culture=cultivation 培养→] n. cultivation of bee;bee-keeping 养蜂业；养蜂▽apicultural [apicultur(e);-al a.] a.养蜂的apiculturist [apicultur(e);-ist n.] n.养蜂专家aquaculture [aqua=water 水；-culture=cultivation 培养→] n. cultivation of plans or breeding ofanimals in water 水产养殖▽aquacultural [aquacultur(e);-al a.] a.水产养殖的aquaculturist [aquacultur(e);-ist n.] n.水产养殖专家floriculture [flori (floris)=flower 花；-culture=cultivation 栽培→] n. cultivation of flowers 养花；花卉栽培术▽floricultural [floricultur(e);-al a.] a.养花的；花卉栽培的floriculturist [floricultur(e);-ist n.] n.花匠；花卉栽培专家pisciculture [pisci (piscis)=fish 鱼； -culture=cultivation 培养→ ] n. cultiva-tion of fish;artificialrearing of fish 鱼类养殖▽piscicultural [piscicultur(e);-al a.] a.养鱼的；养鱼术的pisciculturist [piscicultur(e);-ist n.] n.养鱼专家

N Culture Cultivation Cult Till Cult=To Cultivate Make