cultivation
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++cul·ti·va·tion /ˌkʌltəˈveɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] 1 TACthe preparation and use of land for growing crops 开垦；耕作 soil cultivation 土壤耕作under cultivation These fields have been under cultivation (=used for growing crops) for years. 这些田地已耕作很多年了。2 TACthe planting and growing of plants and crops 栽培，种植 Terraces for rice cultivation covered the hillsides. 山坡上全是种植水稻的梯田。cultivation of the cultivation of tobacco 烟草种植3. DEVELOPthe deliberate development of a particular quality or skill 〔某种素质或技能的〕培养
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cultivation• The technique used was lazy-bed cultivation which is a form of hand cultivation.• What concerns them is the risk that engineered plants might acquire weedy traits and escape from cultivation.• Through his cultivation of Boris Yeltsin and United States aid, he kept relations positive.• Moreover, shifting cultivation was still being practised in Czechoslovakia, for example, until the late 1970s at least.• Not all of the losses of moorland and rough grassland to agricultural development are the result of surface cultivation and grass seeding.• Some varieties of waterlilies are fairly new to cultivation whereas the majority of well known cultivars date back years.under cultivation• Almost every inch of the land is already under cultivation.cultivation of• The ranch was used mainly for the cultivation of strawberries.• Many parents think that the cultivation of manners in children requires constant nagging.cul·ti·va·tion nounChineseSyllable
the for land growing and preparation use Corpus of crops
cultivation
cul‧ti‧va‧tion /ˌkʌltəˈveɪʃən, ˌkʌltɪˈveɪʃən/
noun [uncountable]
1. the preparation and use of land for growing crops:
soil cultivation
under cultivation
These fields have been under cultivation (=used for growing crops) for years.
2. the planting and growing of plants and crops:
Terraces for rice cultivation covered the hillsides.
cultivation of
the cultivation of tobacco
3. the deliberate development of a particular quality or skill
cul‧ti‧va‧tion /ˌkʌltəˈveɪʃən, ˌkʌltɪˈveɪʃən/
noun [uncountable]1. the preparation and use of land for growing crops:
under cultivation
2. the planting and growing of plants and crops:
cultivation of
3. the deliberate development of a particular quality or skill