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pastoralism

/pas-ter-uh-liz-uhm, pah-ster-/US // ˈpæs tər əˌlɪz əm, ˈpɑ stər- //

游牧业,牧业,放牧,畜牧业

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society.

Examples

  • The character of Angelica, however, and stray touches of pastoralism in the last play, hint at an impending change.

  • George Peele has left behind him a name associated with sweetness of versification and graceful pastoralism.

  • In France the interest of pastoralism, from our present point of view, is summed up in the work of one man--Clément Marot.

  • It is presumably at this point that Randolph's Amyntas should appear in a chronological survey of English pastoralism.

  • A study which I have found very useful both in relation to Spanish and French pastoralism.