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cultured

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cul·tured /ˈkʌltʃəd $ -ərd/ adjective  INTELLIGENTintelligent, polite, and interested in art, literature, music etc 有文化的,有修养的 SYN cultivated a well-read and cultured woman 博览群书、有文化素养的女人 His voice was cultured and unmistakably English. 他说话的声音很有修养,毫无疑问是英国式的。
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culturedHe was highly cultured and came of a family of minor nobility.The Art Nouveau Cafe is a popular meeting place for the city's cultured classes.He was a cultured, educated man, yet he lacked the simple faith of the poorest of the poor.Sempaio is a highly cultured lawyer with a love of classical music.Ramsay was a deeply cultured man who travelled a great deal on the continent.The cultured orchestral playing and well-upholstered recording quality point in the same overall direction.His voice was cultured Oxbridge, and the grim intent in that voice made Cardiff and Pearce stand obediently aside.I loved her combination of cultured sophistication and working-class humor.The whole manuscript is illuminated by a genuinely cultured temperament.The Gooner also carries an articulate open letter to David Dein, Arsenal's cultured vice-chairman.
cul·tured adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus interested music and literature, intelligent, art, in polite,


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cultured
cultured /ˈkʌltʃəd $ -ərd/ adjective
 Word Family: noun: culture, subculture; adjective: cultural, cultured; adverb: culturally
intelligent, polite, and interested in art, literature, music etc
   SYN  cultivated:
    a well-read and cultured woman
    His voice was cultured and unmistakably English.


cul·tured AW BrE /ˈkʌltʃəd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkʌltʃərd/ 🔊 adjective(of people ) well educated and able to understand and enjoy art, literature, etc. 有教养的;有修养的;文雅的 SYN cultivated OPP uncultured (of cells or bacteria 细胞或细菌) grown for medical or scientific study (为医学或科学研究)培养的(of pearls 珍珠) grown artificially 人工养殖的