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
- : 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.
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