資料來源 : pyDict

文化,文明,教養,修養栽培,培植,培養

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Culture \Cul"ture\, n.
   1. (Biol.)
      (a) The cultivation of bacteria or other organisms in
          artificial media or under artificial conditions.
      (b) The collection of organisms resulting from such a
          cultivation.

Culture \Cul"ture\ (k?l"t?r; 135), n. [F. culture, L. cultura,
   fr. colere to till, cultivate; of uncertain origin. Cf.
   {Colony}.]
   1. The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the
      earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the
      culture of the soil.

   2. The act of, or any labor or means employed for, training,
      disciplining, or refining the moral and intellectual
      nature of man; as, the culture of the mind.

            If vain our toil We ought to blame the culture, not
            the soil.                             --Pepe.

   3. The state of being cultivated; result of cultivation;
      physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline
      acquired by mental and moral training; civilization;
      refinement in manners and taste.

            What the Greeks expressed by their paidei`a, the
            Romans by their humanitas, we less happily try to
            express by the more artificial word culture. --J. C.
                                                  Shairp.

            The list of all the items of the general life of a
            people represents that whole which we call its
            culture.                              --Tylor.

   {Culture fluid}, a fluid in which the germs of microscopic
      organisms are made to develop, either for purposes of
      study or as a means of modifying their virulence.

Culture \Cul"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cultured} (-t?rd; 135);
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Culturing}.]
   To cultivate; to educate.

         They came . . . into places well inhabited and
         cultured.                                --Usher.

資料來源 : WordNet®

culture
     n 1: a particular society at a particular time and place; "early
          Mayan civilization" [syn: {civilization}, {civilisation}]
     2: the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social
        group
     3: all the knowledge and values shared by a society [syn: {acculturation}]
     4: (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium
        (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a
        Petri dish"
     5: (bacteriology) the product of cultivating micro-organisms in
        a nutrient medium
     6: a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or
        impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I
        admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an
        inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is
        almost art"--Joseph Conrad [syn: {polish}, {refinement}, {cultivation},
         {finish}]
     7: the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a
        particular social group or organization; "the developing
        drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to
        inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"
     8: the raising of plants or animals; "the culture of oysters"