pastoral 音标拼音: [p'æstɚəl]
n . 牧歌,田园诗
a . 牧人的,田园生活的,牧师的
牧歌,田园诗牧人的,田园生活的,牧师的
pastoral adj 1 :
of or relating to a pastor ; "
pastoral work "; "
a pastoral letter "
2 :
relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle ; "
pastoral seminomadic people "; "
pastoral land "; "
a pastoral economy " [
synonym : {
bucolic }, {
pastoral }]
3 : (
used with regard to idealized country life )
idyllically rustic ; "
a country life of arcadian contentment "; "
a pleasant bucolic scene "; "
charming in its pastoral setting "; "
rustic tranquility " [
synonym : {
arcadian }, {
bucolic }, {
pastoral }]
n 1 :
a musical composition that evokes rural life [
synonym :
{
pastorale }, {
pastoral }, {
idyll }, {
idyl }]
2 :
a letter from a pastor to the congregation 3 :
a literary work idealizing the rural life (
especially the life of shepherds )
Pastoral \
Pas "
tor *
al \,
a . [
L .
pastoralis :
cf .
F .
pastoral .
See {
Pastor }.]
1 .
Of or pertaining to shepherds ;
hence ,
relating to rural life and scenes ;
as ,
a pastoral life .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Relating to the care of souls ,
or to the pastor of a church ;
as ,
pastoral duties ;
a pastoral letter .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Pastoral staff } (
Eccl .),
a staff ,
usually of the form of a shepherd '
s crook ,
borne as an official emblem by a bishop ,
abbot ,
abbess ,
or other prelate privileged to carry it .
See {
Crook },
and {
Crosier }.
{
Pastoral Theology },
that part of theology which treats of the duties of pastors .
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Pastoral \
Pas "
tor *
al \,
n .
1 .
A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds ;
a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds ;
an idyl ;
a bucolic .
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A pastoral is a poem in which any action or passion is represented by its effects on a country life .
--
Rambler .
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2 . (
Mus .)
A cantata relating to rural life ;
a composition for instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness ;
a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life . --
Moore (
Encyc .
of Music ).
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1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Eccl .)
A letter of a pastor to his charge ;
specifically ,
a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese ;
also (
Prot .
Epis .
Ch .),
a letter of the House of Bishops ,
to be read in each parish .
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1913 Webster ]
286 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pastoral ":
Alcaic ,
Anacreontic ,
Arcadian ,
Castalian ,
Edenic ,
English sonnet ,
Grand Guignol ,
Homeric ,
Horatian ode ,
Hudibrastic ,
Italian sonnet ,
Passion play ,
Petrarchan sonnet ,
Pierian ,
Pindaric ,
Pindaric ode ,
Sapphic ode ,
Shakespearean sonnet ,
Theocritean ,
Tom show ,
abbatial ,
abbatical ,
agrarian ,
agrestic ,
agricultural ,
airscape ,
alba ,
anacreontic ,
antimasque ,
arcadian ,
archiepiscopal ,
at peace ,
audience success ,
balada ,
ballad ,
ballade ,
ballet ,
bardic ,
bloodless ,
bomb ,
broadcast drama ,
bucolic ,
burlesque show ,
calm ,
campestral ,
canonical ,
canso ,
capitular ,
capitulary ,
chanson ,
charade ,
churchly ,
cityscape ,
clerical ,
clerihew ,
cliff hanger ,
closet drama ,
cloudscape ,
comedy drama ,
concordant ,
countrified ,
country ,
critical success ,
daytime serial ,
dialogue ,
didactic ,
diorama ,
dirge ,
dithyramb ,
dithyrambic ,
documentary drama ,
drama ,
dramalogue ,
dramatic ,
dramatic play ,
dramatic series ,
duodrama ,
duologue ,
ecclesiastic ,
ecclesiastical ,
eclogic ,
eclogue ,
elegiac ,
elegy ,
epic ,
epic theater ,
epigram ,
episcopal ,
episcopalian ,
epithalamium ,
epode ,
epopee ,
epopoeia ,
epos ,
evangelistic ,
experimental theater ,
exterior ,
extravaganza ,
failure ,
farm ,
farming ,
farmscape ,
flop ,
gasser ,
genuine ,
georgic ,
ghazel ,
giveaway ,
haiku ,
halcyon ,
happening ,
harmonious ,
heroic ,
hit ,
hit show ,
homespun ,
humble ,
idyll ,
idyllic ,
improvisational drama ,
inartificial ,
innocent ,
interior ,
jingle ,
landscape ,
legitimate drama ,
limerick ,
lowland ,
lyric ,
madrigal ,
masque ,
melodrama ,
ministerial ,
minstrel show ,
miracle ,
miracle play ,
mock -
heroic ,
monodrama ,
monody ,
monologue ,
morality ,
morality play ,
music drama ,
musical revue ,
mystery ,
mystery play ,
narrative ,
narrative poem ,
native ,
natural ,
naturelike ,
nursery rhyme ,
ode ,
opera ,
orderly ,
outland ,
pacific ,
pageant ,
palinode ,
panel show ,
pantomime ,
pastoral drama ,
pastoral elegy ,
pastorela ,
pastourelle ,
peaceable ,
peaceful ,
peacetime ,
piece ,
piping ,
placid ,
play ,
playlet ,
poem ,
poetic ,
poetico -
mystical ,
poetico -
mythological ,
poetico -
philosophic ,
poetlike ,
prelatial ,
prelatic ,
priest -
ridden ,
priestish ,
priestly ,
problem play ,
prothalamium ,
provincial ,
psychodrama ,
quiet ,
quiz show ,
rabbinic ,
radio drama ,
restful ,
review ,
revue ,
rhapsodic ,
rhyme ,
riverscape ,
rondeau ,
rondel ,
roundel ,
roundelay ,
runic ,
rural ,
rustic ,
sacerdotal ,
sapphic ,
satire ,
scape ,
scene ,
seapiece ,
seascape ,
sensational play ,
serene ,
serial ,
sestina ,
show ,
simple ,
sitcom ,
situation comedy ,
skaldic ,
sketch ,
skit ,
skyscape ,
sloka ,
snowscape ,
soap ,
soap opera ,
sociodrama ,
soft ,
song ,
sonnet ,
sonnet sequence ,
spectacle ,
stage play ,
stage show ,
straight drama ,
success ,
suspense drama ,
tableau ,
tableau vivant ,
talk show ,
tanka ,
teleplay ,
television drama ,
television play ,
tenso ,
tenzone ,
theater of cruelty ,
threnody ,
total theater ,
townscape ,
tranquil ,
triolet ,
troubadour poem ,
ultramontane ,
unadorned ,
unaffected ,
unartificial ,
unassuming ,
uncomplicated ,
undesigning ,
undisguising ,
undissembling ,
undissimulating ,
unembellished ,
unfeigning ,
unpretending ,
unpretentious ,
unspoiled ,
untroubled ,
unvarnished ,
upland ,
variety show ,
vaudeville ,
vaudeville show ,
vehicle ,
verse ,
verselet ,
versicle ,
view ,
villanelle ,
virelay ,
waterscape ,
word -
of -
mouth success ,
work
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