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pabulum

/pab-yuh-luhm/US // ˈpæb yə ləm //UK // (ˈpæbjʊləm) //

摆设,摆布,摆件,摆锤

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something that nourishes an animal or vegetable organism; food; nutriment.
    • : material for intellectual nourishment.
    • : pablum.

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Examples

  • Such unromantic literature as Acts of Parliament had not, it may be supposed, up to this, formed part of my mental pabulum.

  • I know, speaking for myself, I feel much better after perusing a column that might have supplied the pabulum of a sermon.

  • Meanwhile, the daily papers furnished pabulum for the general curiosity and kept the interest as to the outcome on the increase.

  • The operatic pabulum in England consisted of the works of Balfe and Wallace.

  • Has he no desire to furnish a nourishing pabulum and a healthful inspiration to the mind of his country?